Alabama Codes

Title 37 - Public Utilities And Public Transportation

Chapter 1 - Notification Of Excavation Or Demolition Operations

  • Section 37-15-1 Purpose and intent
    The purpose of this chapter is to safeguard against injury and loss of life due to excavation or demolition and to protect underground facilities ...
  • Section 37-15-2 Definitions
    As used in this chapter unless the context clearly implies a different meaning: (a) "Approximate Location" of underground facilities means information about an operator's ...
  • Section 37-15-3 Prohibition
    No person shall excavate in a street, highway, public easement, private easement or implied easement of an operator, or on property of an operator, ...
  • Section 37-15-4 Notice of intent to excavate or demolish
    (a) A permit issued pursuant to law authorizing excavation or demolition operations shall not be deemed to relieve a person from the responsibility for ...
  • Section 37-15-5 Underground damage prevention program
    (a) Operators who have underground facilities within this state shall either provide an in-house program which meets the operational requirements of receiving those excavation ...
  • Section 37-15-6 Response to notice of intent to excavate or demolish
    (a)(1) Each operator served with notice in accordance with Section 37-15-4, with underground facilities in the area, shall locate or otherwise provide the approximate ...
  • Section 37-15-7 Emergency excavation or demolition
    (a) Compliance with the notice requirements of Section 37-15-4, is not required of persons responsible for emergency excavation or demolition to eliminate an imminent ...
  • Section 37-15-8 Precaution to avoid damage
    In addition to the notification requirements of Section 37-15-4, each person responsible for an excavation or demolition operation designated in Section 37-15-3 shall: (a) ...
  • Section 37-15-9 Excavation or demolition damage
    (a) Each person responsible for any excavation or demolition operation that results in any damage to an underground facility shall, immediately upon discovery of ...
  • Section 37-15-10 Civil penalties
    (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each such ...
  • Section 37-15-11 Liberal construction
    The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed as to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and the operation of a "One-Call Notification ...