Section 49-7A-12 - Notification of damage to underground facility--Repairs. - South Dakota Statutes

49-7A-12. Notification of damage to underground facility--Repairs. If any underground facility is damaged, dislocated, or disturbed in advance of or during excavation work, the excavator shall immediately notify the operator of the facility, or, if unknown, the one-call notification center of such damage, dislocation, or disturbance. No excavator may conceal or attempt to conceal such damage, dislocation, or disturbance, nor may that excavator attempt to make repairs to the facility unless authorized by the operator of the facility.

Source: SL 1993, ch 346, § 13; SL 1997, ch 263, § 6; SL 2002, ch 211, § 10.