45-15-3 - Activities performed in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines; precautions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 45-15-3. Activities performed in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines; precautions.
 

Unless the procedures have been followed as provided by Sections 45-15-9 and 45-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines: 
 

(a) No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, perform or require any other person to perform any function or activity upon any land, building, highway or other premises if at any time during the performance of that function or activity the person performing the function or activity could be reasonably expected to move or be placed within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line or if any equipment or part of any tool or material used by the person could be reasonably expected to move or be placed within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line during the performance of any function or activity. 

(b) No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, operate or bring any mechanical equipment or hoisting equipment or any other equipment or part of any tool or material within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line. 

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7015-12; Laws,  1960, ch. 257, § 2; Laws, 1988, ch. 530, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1988.