Chapter 556 Underground Facility Damage Prevention And Safety
- 556.101 Short title; legislative intent.
(1) This chapter may be cited as the "Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act." (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide access for...
- 556.102 Definitions.
As used in this act: (1) "Business days" means Monday through Friday, excluding the following holidays: New Year's Day, Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,...
- 556.103 Creation of the corporation; establishment of the board of directors; authority of the board; annual report.
(1) The "Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc.," is created as a not-for-profit corporation. Each operator of an underground facility in this state shall be a...
- 556.104 Free-access notification system.
The corporation shall maintain a free-access notification system. Any person who furnishes or transports materials or services by means of an underground facility in this...
- 556.105 Procedures.
(1)(a) Not less than 2 full business days before beginning any excavation or demolition, except an excavation beneath the waters of the state, an excavator shall...
- 556.106 Liability of the member operator, excavator, and system.
(1) There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the board members of the corporation...
- 556.107 Violations.
(1) NONCRIMINAL INFRACTIONS.-- (a) Violations of the following provisions are noncriminal infractions: 1. Section 556.105(1), relating to providing required information. 2. Section 556.105(6), relating to the avoidance of excavation....
- 556.108 Exemptions.
The notification requirements provided in s. 556.105(1) do not apply to: (1) Any excavation or demolition performed by the owner of a single-family residential property, not...
- 556.109 Emergency excavations or demolitions attempted; exception.
The provisions of this act do not apply to making an excavation or demolition during an emergency, provided the system or the member operator was...
- 556.110 Costs assessed among member operators.
Member operators shall proportionately share in the cost of operating the system through monthly assessments made upon each member operator. However, any member that receives...
- 556.111 Applicability to existing law.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to: (1) Constitute the establishment or enlargement of any rights to the use of real property or create an...
- 556.112 Design services.
(1) Each member operator shall provide to the system annually, and shall thereafter keep current, the contact names and telephone numbers of individuals who may be...
- 556.113 Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc.; public records exemption.
(1) As used in this section, the term "proprietary confidential business information" means information provided by: (a) A member operator which is a map, plan, facility location...
