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By the Council for Ready Infrastructure and Representative
Hogan
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Underground Facility
3 Damage Prevention and Safety Act; amending s.
4 556.101, F.S.; revising legislative intent;
5 amending s. 556.102, F.S.; redefining the terms
6 "business hours," "excavate," and "system";
7 defining the terms "design services," "positive
8 response," "premark," and "tolerance zone";
9 amending s. 556.104, F.S.; providing for a
10 free-access notification system; amending s.
11 556.105, F.S.; revising the procedures for
12 excavation and notification; amending s.
13 556.106, F.S.; revising liability provisions;
14 amending s. 556.107, F.S.; revising noncriminal
15 and criminal penalties; creating s. 556.112,
16 F.S.; prescribing requirements for member
17 operators and requests for design services;
18 providing application; providing an effective
19 date.
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21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23 Section 1. Section 556.101, Florida Statutes, is
24 amended to read:
25 556.101 Short title; legislative intent.--
26 (1) This act may be cited as the "Underground Facility
27 Damage Prevention and Safety Act."
28 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide
29 access a single toll-free telephone number for excavating
30 contractors and the general public to provide call for
31 notification to the system of their intent to engage in
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1 excavation or demolition. This notification system shall
2 provide the member operators an opportunity to identify and
3 locate their underground facilities.
4 (3) It is the purpose of this act to:
5 (a) Aid the public by preventing injury to persons or
6 property and the interruption of services resulting from
7 damage to an underground facility caused by excavation or
8 demolition operations.
9 (b) Create a not-for-profit corporation comprised of
10 operators of underground facilities in this state to
11 administer the provisions of this act.
12 (c) Fund the cost of administration through entirely
13 and exclusively by assessed contributions from the member
14 operators for services provided to the member operators and
15 from charges made to others for services requested and
16 provided, such as record searches, education or training, and
17 damage prevention activities.
18 (d) Reserve to the state the power to regulate any
19 subject matter specifically addressed in this act.
20 (e) Permit any local law enforcement officer or
21 permitting agency inspector to enforce this act without the
22 need to incorporate the provisions of this act into any local
23 code or ordinance.
24 (4) It is not the purpose of this act to create
25 liability for negligence on the part of any small municipality
26 or county operator of an underground facility which elects to
27 not participate in the one-call notification system in the
28 manner set forth in s. 556.103(1) created by this act. This
29 subsection expires January 1, 2003.
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1 (5) It is not the purpose of this act to amend or void
2 any permit issued by a state agency for placement or
3 maintenance of facilities in its right-of-way.
4 Section 2. Section 556.102, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 556.102 Definitions.--As used in this act:
7 (1) "Business days" means Monday through Friday,
8 excluding the following holidays: New Year's Day, Birthday of
9 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Day, Independence Day,
10 Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday,
11 Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Any such holiday that falls
12 on a Saturday shall be observed on the preceding Friday. Any
13 such holiday that falls on a Sunday shall be observed on the
14 following Monday.
15 (2) "Business hours" means the hours of a day during
16 which the system is open for business toll-free telephone
17 number is answered by a natural person.
18 (3) "Damage" means any impact upon or contact with,
19 including, without limitation, penetrating, striking,
20 scraping, displacing, or denting, however slight, the
21 protective coating, housing, or other protective devices of
22 any underground facility, or the removal or weakening of any
23 lateral or vertical support from any underground facility, or
24 the severance, partial or complete, of any underground
25 facility.
26 (4) "Demolish" or "demolition" means any operation by
27 which a structure or mass of material is wrecked, razed,
28 rended, moved, or removed by means of any tool, equipment, or
29 discharge of explosives, or any disturbance of the earth in
30 any manner on public or private lands which could damage any
31 underground facility.
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1 (5) "Design services" means services that may be
2 provided by a member operator to a design engineer, architect,
3 surveyor, or planner, if the presence of underground
4 facilities is known to a member operator, upon payment of a
5 fee to the member operator, which services may be based on:
6 (a) Information obtained solely from a review of
7 utility records.
8 (b) Information to augment utility records, such as
9 topographic surveying of above-ground utility features.
10 (c) Information obtained through the use of
11 designating technologies to obtain horizontal underground
12 facility locations.
13 (d) Information obtained from physically exposing
14 underground facilities.
15 (6)(5) "Excavate" or "excavation" means any manmade
16 cut, cavity, trench, or depression in the earth's surface,
17 formed by removal of earth, intended to change the grade or
18 level of land, or intended to penetrate or disturb the surface
19 of the earth, including land beneath the waters of the state,
20 as defined in s. 373.019(17), and the term includes pipe
21 bursting and directional drilling or boring from one point to
22 another point beneath the surface of the earth, or other
23 trenchless technologies.
24 (7)(6) "Excavator" or "excavating contractor" means
25 any person performing excavation or demolition operations.
26 (8)(7) "Member operator" means any person who
27 furnishes or transports materials or services by means of an
28 underground facility except a small municipality or county
29 that has elected not to participate in the one-call
30 notification system in the manner set forth in s. 556.103(1).
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1 (9)(8) "Person" means any individual, firm, joint
2 venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality,
3 or other political subdivision, governmental unit, department,
4 or agency, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or
5 personal representative of a person.
6 (10) "Positive response" means the communications
7 among member operators, excavators, and the system concerning
8 the status of locating an underground facility.
9 (11) "Premark" means to delineate the general scope of
10 the excavation on the surface of the ground using white paint,
11 white stakes, or other similar white markings.
12 (12) "Tolerance zone" means 24 inches from the outer
13 edge of either side of the exterior surface of a marked
14 underground facility.
15 (13)(9) "Underground facility" means any public or
16 private personal property which is buried, placed below
17 ground, or submerged on any member operator's right-of-way,
18 easement, or permitted use which is being used or will be used
19 in connection with the storage or conveyance of water; sewage;
20 electronic, telephonic, or telegraphic communication; electric
21 energy; oil; petroleum products; natural gas; optical signals;
22 or other substances, and includes, but is not limited to,
23 pipelines, pipes, sewers, conduits, cables, valves, and lines.
24 For purposes of this act, a liquefied petroleum gas line
25 regulated under chapter 527 is not an underground facility
26 unless such line is subject to the requirements of Title 49
27 C.F.R. adopted by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
28 Services, provided there is no encroachment on any member
29 operator's right-of-way, easement, or permitted use. Petroleum
30 storage systems subject to regulation pursuant to chapter 376
31 are not considered underground facilities for the purposes of
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1 this act unless the storage system is located on a member
2 operator's right-of-way or easement. Storm drainage systems
3 are not considered underground facilities.
4 (14)(10) "System" means a free-access one-call
5 toll-free telephone notification system established by the
6 corporation as provided in this act.
7 Section 3. Section 556.104, Florida Statutes, is
8 amended to read:
9 556.104 Free-access One-call notification system.--The
10 corporation shall maintain a free-access establish a one-call
11 toll-free telephone notification system which shall be
12 operational by June 1, 1994. Any person who furnishes or
13 transports materials or services by means of an underground
14 facility in this state shall participate as a member operator
15 of the system except that a small city as defined in s. 120.52
16 may elect not to participate in the system in the manner set
17 forth in s. 556.103(1). The purpose of the system is to
18 receive notification of planned excavation or demolition
19 activities and to notify member operators of such planned
20 excavation or demolition activities. The system shall provide
21 a single toll-free telephone number within this state which
22 excavators can use to notify member operators of planned
23 excavation or demolition activities, and the system may also
24 provide additional modes of access at no cost to the user.
25 Section 4. Section 556.105, Florida Statutes, is
26 amended to read:
27 556.105 Procedures.--
28 (1)(a) Not less than 2 nor more than 5 full business
29 days before beginning any excavation or demolition, an
30 excavator shall provide the following information through the
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1 1. The name of the individual who provided
2 notification and the name, address, including the street
3 address, city, state, zip code, and telephone number of her or
4 his employer.
5 2. The name and telephone number of the representative
6 for the excavator.
7 3. The county, the city or closest city, and the
8 street address or the closest street, road, or intersection to
9 the location where the excavation or demolition is to be
10 performed, and the construction limits of the excavation or
11 demolition.
12 4. The commencement date and anticipated duration of
13 the excavation or demolition.
14 5. Whether machinery will be used for the excavation
15 or demolition.
16 6. The person or entity for whom the work is to be
17 done.
18 7. The type of work to be done.
19 8. The approximate depth of the excavation.
20 (b) The excavator shall provide such information by
21 notifying the system through its free-access notification
22 system calling the statewide toll-free number during business
23 hours, as determined by the corporation, or by such other
24 method as authorized by the corporation. Any notification
25 received by the system at any time other than during business
26 hours shall be considered to be received at the beginning of
27 the next business day.
28 (c) Information provided by an excavator shall be
29 considered valid for a period of 20 calendar days after each
30 date such information is provided to the system. In computing
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1 valid, the date the notice is provided shall not be counted,
2 but the last day of such period shall be counted unless it is
3 a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event, the
4 period shall run until the end of the next day which is not a
5 Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday.
6 (2) Each notification by means of the system shall be
7 recorded to document compliance with this act. Such record
8 may be made by means of electronic, mechanical, or any other
9 method of all incoming and outgoing wire and oral
10 communications concerning location requests in compliance with
11 chapter 934. Such records shall be kept for a period of 5
12 years and, upon written request, shall be available to the
13 excavator making the request, the member operator intended to
14 receive the request, and their agents. However, custody of the
15 records shall not be transferred from the system except under
16 subpoena.
17 (3) The system shall provide the person who provided
18 notification with the names of the member operators who will
19 be advised of the notification and a notification number which
20 specifies the date and time of the notification.
21 (4) All member operators within the defined area of a
22 proposed excavation or demolition shall be promptly notified
23 through the system, except that member operators with
24 state-owned underground facilities located within the
25 right-of-way of a state highway need not be notified of
26 excavation or demolition activities and are under no
27 obligation to mark or locate such facilities.
28 (a) When an excavation site cannot be described in
29 information provided under subparagraph (1)(a)3. with
30 sufficient particularity to enable the member operator to
31 ascertain the excavation site, and if the excavator and member
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1 operator have not mutually agreed otherwise, the excavator
2 shall premark the proposed area of the excavation before a
3 member operator is required to identify the horizontal route
4 of its underground facilities in the proximity of any
5 excavation. However, premarking is not required for any
6 excavation that is over 500 feet in length and is not required
7 where the premarking could reasonably interfere with traffic
8 or pedestrian control.
9 (b)(5) If a member operator determines that a proposed
10 excavation or demolition is in proximity to or in conflict
11 with an underground facility of the member operator, except a
12 facility beneath the waters of the state, which is governed by
13 paragraph (c), the member operator shall identify the
14 horizontal route by marking to within 24 inches from the outer
15 edge of either side of the underground facility by the use of
16 stakes, paint, flags, or other suitable means within 2 full 48
17 hours, excluding days other than business days, after the time
18 the notification is received under subsection (1). If the
19 member operator is unable to respond within such time, the
20 member operator shall communicate with the person making the
21 request and negotiate a new schedule and time that is
22 agreeable to, and should not unreasonably delay, the
23 excavator.
24 (c) If a member operator determines that a proposed
25 excavation is in proximity to or in conflict with an
26 underground facility of the member operator beneath the waters
27 of the state, the member operator shall identify the estimated
28 horizontal route of the underground facility, within 10
29 business days, using marking buoys or other suitable devices,
30 unless directed otherwise by an agency having jurisdiction
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1 over the waters of the state under which the member operator's
2 underground facility is located.
3 (d) When excavation is to take place within a
4 tolerance zone, an excavator shall use increased caution to
5 protect underground facilities. The protection requires hand
6 digging, pot holing, soft digging, vacuum excavation methods,
7 or other similar procedures to identify underground
8 facilities. Any use of mechanized equipment within the
9 tolerance zone must be supervised by the excavator.
10 (5)(6)(a) An excavator shall avoid excavation in the
11 area described in the notice given pursuant to subsection (1)
12 until each member operator underground facility has been
13 marked and located or until the excavator has been notified
14 that no member operator has underground facilities in the area
15 described in the notice, or for the time allowed for markings
16 set forth in paragraphs (4)(b) and (c) 48 hours, excluding
17 days other than business days, after notification under the
18 system, whichever occurs first. If a member operator has not
19 located and marked its underground facilities within the time
20 allowed for marking set forth in paragraphs (4)(b) and (c) 48
21 hours, excluding days other than business days, after
22 notification under the system, the excavator may proceed with
23 the excavation, provided the excavator does so with reasonable
24 care, and provided, further, that detection equipment or other
25 acceptable means to locate underground facilities are used.
26 (b) An excavator shall not demolish in the area
27 described in the notice given pursuant to subsection (1) until
28 all member operator underground facilities have been marked
29 and located, or removed.
30 (6)(a)(7) A member operator that states which
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1 concerning the exact location of its underground facilities is
2 exempt from the requirements of paragraphs (4)(b) and (c)
3 subsection (5), but shall provide the best available
4 information to the excavator in order to comply with the
5 requirements of this section. An excavator is not liable for
6 any damage to an underground facility under the exemption in
7 this subsection if the excavation or demolition is performed
8 with reasonable care and detection equipment or other
9 acceptable means to locate underground facilities are used.
10 (b) A member operator may not exercise the exemption
11 provided by this subsection if the member operator has
12 underground facilities that have not been taken out of service
13 and that are locatable using available designating
14 technologies to locate underground facilities.
15 (7)(8)(a) If extraordinary circumstances exist, a
16 member operator shall notify the system of the member
17 operator's inability to comply with this section. For the
18 purposes of this section, "extraordinary circumstances" means
19 circumstances other than normal operating conditions which
20 exist and make it impractical for a member operator to comply
21 with the provisions of this act. After the system has
22 received notification of a member operator's inability to
23 comply, the system shall make that information known to
24 excavators who subsequently notify the system of an intent to
25 excavate. The system shall notify only those prospective
26 excavators who make requests for notification after the member
27 operator reported the member operator's inability to comply.
28 The member operator is relieved of responsibility for
29 compliance under the law during the period that the
30 extraordinary circumstances exist and shall promptly notify
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1 the system when the extraordinary circumstances cease to
2 exist.
3 (b) During the period when that extraordinary
4 circumstances exist, the system shall remain available during
5 business hours to provide information to governmental
6 agencies, member operators affected by the extraordinary
7 circumstances, and member operators who can provide relief to
8 the affected parties, unless the system itself has been
9 adversely affected by extraordinary circumstances.
10 (8)(a)(9) If a member operator determines that the
11 excavation or demolition is not near an existing underground
12 facility of the member operator, the member operator shall
13 notify the excavator within 2 full 48 hours, excluding days
14 other than business days after, from the time of the
15 notification to the system that no conflict exists and that
16 the excavation or demolition area is clear. An excavator who
17 has knowledge of the existence of an underground facility of a
18 member operator in the area is responsible for contacting the
19 member operator if a facility is not marked.
20 (b) The system shall implement procedures for positive
21 response by January 1, 2004.
22 (9)(10) A member operator shall use the recommended
23 guidelines for uniform temporary marking of underground
24 facilities as approved by the Utility Location and
25 Coordinating Council of the American Public Works Association
26 when marking the horizontal route of any underground facility
27 of the operator.
28 (10)(11) Prior to or during excavation or demolition,
29 if the marking of the horizontal route of any facility is
30 removed or is no longer visible, the excavator shall stop
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1 facility and shall notify the system to have the route
2 remarked.
3 (11)(12) If any contact with or damage to any pipe,
4 cable, or its protective covering, or any other underground
5 facility occurs, the excavator causing the contact or damage
6 shall immediately notify the member operator. Upon receiving
7 notice, the member operator shall send personnel to the
8 location as soon as possible to effect temporary or permanent
9 repair of the contact or damage. Until such time as the
10 contact or damage has been repaired, the excavator shall cease
11 excavation or demolition activities that may cause further
12 damage to such underground facility.
13 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
14 556.106, Florida Statutes, is amended, present subsections (4)
15 and (5) of said section are renumbered as subsections (5) and
16 (6), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to said
17 section, to read:
18 556.106 Liability of the member operator, excavator,
19 and system.--
20 (2)(a) In the event any person violates s. 556.105(1)
21 or (5) (6), and subsequently, whether by himself or herself or
22 through the person's employees, contractors, subcontractors,
23 or agents, performs an excavation or demolition which damages
24 an underground facility of a member operator, it shall be
25 rebuttably presumed that such person was negligent. Such
26 person, if found liable, shall be liable for the total sum of
27 the losses to all member operators involved as those costs are
28 normally computed. Any damage for loss of revenue and loss of
29 use shall not exceed $500,000 per affected underground
30 facility, except that revenues lost by a governmental member
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1 principal and interest on bonds, shall not be limited. Any
2 liability of the state and its agencies and its subdivisions
3 which arises out of this chapter shall be subject to the
4 provisions of s. 768.28.
5 (4) If an owner of an underground facility fails to
6 become a member of the corporation in order to use and
7 participate in the system, as required by this act, and that
8 failure is a cause of damage to that underground facility
9 caused by an excavator who has complied with the provisions of
10 this act and has exercised reasonable care in the performance
11 of the excavation that has caused damage to the underground
12 facility, the owner has no right of recovery against the
13 excavator for the damage to that underground facility.
14 Section 6. Section 556.107, Florida Statutes, is
15 amended to read:
16 556.107 Violations.--
17 (1) NONCRIMINAL INFRACTIONS.--
18 (a) Violations of the following provisions are
19 noncriminal infractions:
20 1. Section 556.105(1), relating to providing required
21 information.
22 2. Section 556.105(5) 556.105(6), relating to the
23 avoidance of excavation.
24 3. Section 556.105(10) 556.105(11), relating to the
25 need to stop excavation or demolition.
26 4. Section 556.105(11) 556.105(12), relating to the
27 need to cease excavation or demolition activities.
28 5. Section 556.105(4)(b) and (c) relating to
29 identification of underground facilities, if a member operator
30 does not mark an underground facility, but not if a member
31 operator marks an underground facility incorrectly.
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1 (b) Any excavator or member operator who commits a
2 noncriminal infraction under paragraph (a) may be issued a
3 citation by any local or state law enforcement officer or
4 permitting agency inspector, and the issuer of a citation may
5 require any excavator to cease work on any excavation or not
6 start a proposed excavation until there has been compliance
7 with the provisions of this act. Citations may be issued to
8 any employee of the excavator or member operator who is
9 directly involved in the noncriminal infraction.
10 (c) Any excavator or member operator who commits a
11 noncriminal infraction under paragraph (a) may be required to
12 appear before the county court. The civil penalty for any
13 such infraction is $250, except as otherwise provided in this
14 section. Any person who fails to appear or otherwise properly
15 respond to a citation issued pursuant to paragraph (d) shall,
16 in addition to the citation, be charged with the offense of
17 failing to respond to such citation and, upon conviction, be
18 guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as
19 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A written warning to
20 this effect shall be provided at the time any citation is
21 issued pursuant to paragraph (b).
22 (d) Any person cited for an infraction under paragraph
23 (a), unless required to appear before the county court, may:
24 1. Post a bond, which shall be equal in amount to the
25 applicable civil penalty; or
26 2. Sign and accept a citation indicating a promise to
27 appear before the county court.
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30 location of the scheduled hearing and shall indicate the
31 applicable civil penalty.
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1 (e) Any person charged with a noncriminal infraction
2 under paragraph (a), unless required to appear before the
3 county court, may:
4 1. Pay the civil penalty, in lieu of appearance,
5 either by mail or in person, within 10 days after the date of
6 receiving the citation; or
7 2. Forfeit bond, if a bond has been posted, by not
8 appearing at the designated time and location.
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10 If the person cited follows either of the above procedures,
11 she or he shall be deemed to have admitted to committing the
12 infraction and to have waived the right to a hearing on the
13 issue of commission of the infraction. Such admission may be
14 used as evidence in any other proceeding under this act.
15 (f) Any person electing to appear before the county
16 court or who is required to appear shall be deemed to have
17 waived the limitations on the civil penalty specified in
18 paragraph (c). The court, after a hearing, shall make a
19 determination as to whether an infraction has been committed.
20 If the commission of an infraction has been proven, the court
21 may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. In
22 determining the amount of the civil penalty, the court may
23 consider previous noncriminal infractions committed.
24 (g) At a hearing under this chapter, the commission of
25 a charged infraction must be proven by a preponderance of the
26 evidence.
27 (h) If a person is found by the hearing official to
28 have committed an infraction, such person may appeal that
29 finding to the circuit court.
30 (2) MISDEMEANORS.--Any person who knowingly and
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1 other valid physical markings described in s. 556.105(4)(b)
2 and (c) used to mark the horizontal route of an underground
3 facility commits a misdemeanor of the second degree,
4 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. For
5 purposes of this subsection, stakes or other nonpermanent
6 physical markings are considered valid for 20 calendar days
7 after information is provided to the system under s.
8 556.105(1)(c).
9 Section 7. Section 556.112, Florida Statutes, is
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11 556.112 Design services.--
12 (1) Each member operator shall provide to the system
13 annually, and shall thereafter keep current, the contact names
14 and telephone numbers of individuals who may be contacted by
15 design engineers, architects, surveyors, and planners for the
16 purpose of responding to requests for design services.
17 (2) Each member operator shall provide to the system
18 annually, and shall thereafter keep current, a list of fees
19 applicable to each type of design service that each member
20 operator chooses to offer to design engineers, architects,
21 surveyors, and planners.
22 (3) Each member operator, within 20 business days
23 after receipt of the fee provided for in subsection (2), shall
24 either respond to a request for design services, if the member
25 operator chooses to provide the services requested, or shall
26 notify the party requesting services that the services will
27 not be provided.
28 (4) The system shall study the feasibility of
29 implementing a procedure for notification to member operators
30 of requests for design services from design engineers,
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1 recover reasonable and compensatory costs from the users, and
2 the system shall report the results of the study to the
3 Legislature before January 1, 2004.
4 (5) This section shall not apply to any state agency,
5 municipality, or county, or contractors, consultants, agents,
6 or persons or firms acting under their authority, in the
7 planning, preparing, or performance of work in their
8 right-of-way. This section shall not limit or expand any
9 existing law governing the process a state agency,
10 municipality, or county uses to request design services from
11 member operators or the responsibility for providing or paying
12 for such services.
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