77-13-7 - Notification of damaged lines. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 77-13-7. Notification of damaged lines.
 

(1)  Each person responsible for any excavation that results in damage to an underground utility line or underground facility, immediately upon discovery of such damage, shall notify Mississippi One-Call System, Inc., and notify all operators of such damaged line or facility of the location of the damage and shall allow the operator reasonable time to accomplish any necessary repairs before completing the excavation in the immediate area of the damage to such line or facility. 

(2)  Each person responsible for any excavation that results in damage to an underground pipeline or underground facility permitting the escape of any hazardous, flammable, toxic or corrosive gas or liquid that may endanger life or cause serious bodily harm or damage to property shall, immediately upon discovery of such damage, call 911 and then notify or call Mississippi One-Call System, Inc., and the operator and take all other action as may reasonably be necessary to protect persons and property and to minimize the hazards, until arrival of the operator's personnel and the police or fire departments. 

(3)  Except where the excavator has fully complied with the provisions of Section 77-13-5 and subsections (1) and (2) of this section, each person responsible for excavation that results in damage to an underground line or underground facility, except the property owner, unless the property owner is the excavator, shall be responsible for any and all costs and expenses incurred by the operator in restoring, correcting, repairing or replacing the damaged line or facility. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1985, ch. 494, § 4; Laws,  1997, ch. 483, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 302, § 4; Laws, 2008, ch. 497, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 382, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2009.