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Texas Utilities Code - Section 251.151. Duty Of An Excavator

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§ 251.151. DUTY OF AN EXCAVATOR.  (a) Except as provided 
by Sections 251.155 and 251.156, a person who intends to excavate 
shall notify a notification center not earlier than the 14th day 
before the date the excavation is to begin or later than the 48th 
hour before the time the excavation is to begin, excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if an excavator makes a 
Saturday notification, the excavator may begin the excavation the 
following Tuesday at 11:59 a.m. unless the intervening Monday is a 
holiday.  If the intervening Monday is a holiday, the excavator may 
begin the excavation the following Wednesday at 11:59 a.m.
	(c)  To have a representative present during the excavation, 
the operator shall contact the excavator and advise the excavator 
of the operator's intent to be present during excavation and 
confirm the start time of the excavation.  If the excavator wants to 
change the start time, the excavator shall notify the operator to 
set a mutually agreed-to time to begin the excavation.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 18.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.   

Last modified: August 11, 2007