California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Regional Notification Center System

• Section 4216.
  As used in this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Active subsurface installation” means a subsurface installation currently in use or currently carrying service.(b) “Board” means the California...
• Section 4216.1.
  Every operator of a subsurface installation, except the Department of Transportation, shall become a member of, participate in, and share in the costs of, a...
• Section 4216.2.
  (a) Before notifying the appropriate regional notification center, an excavator planning to conduct an excavation shall delineate the area to be excavated. If the area is...
• Section 4216.3.
  (a) (1) (A) Unless the excavator and operator mutually agree to a later start date and time, or otherwise agree to the sequence and timeframe in which the...
• Section 4216.4.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if an excavation is within the tolerance zone of a subsurface installation, the excavator shall determine the exact location...
• Section 4216.5.
  The requirements of this article apply to state agencies and to local agencies which own or operate subsurface installations, except as otherwise provided in Section...
• Section 4216.6.
  (a) (1) Any operator or excavator who negligently violates this article is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(2) Any...
• Section 4216.7.
  (a) If a subsurface installation is damaged by an excavator as a result of failing to comply with Section 4216.2 or 4216.4, or subdivision (b) of...
• Section 4216.7.a.
  (a) If a subsurface installation is damaged by an excavator as a result of failing to comply with Section 4216.2, 4216.4, or 4216.10 or subdivision (b)...
• Section 4216.8.
  This article does not apply to any of the following persons:(a) An owner of real property who contracts for an excavation project on the property, not...
• Section 4216.9.
  (a) A permit to excavate issued by any local agency, as defined in Section 4216, or any state agency, shall not be valid unless the applicant...
• Section 4216.10.a.
  (a) In lieu of the notification and locate and field mark requirements of Sections 4216.2 and 4216.3, an excavator may contact a regional notification center to...
• Section 4216.11.
  On or before January 1, 2020, the board shall adopt regulations to establish minimum elements for the onsite meeting and minimum elements for the mutually...
• Section 4216.12.
  (a) The California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board is hereby created under, and shall be assisted by the staff of, the Office of the State Fire...
• Section 4216.13.
  (a) The board shall be composed of nine members, of which seven shall be appointed by the Governor, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of...
• Section 4216.14.
  (a) The term of a member of the board is four years. Of the first members of the board, four members, determined by lot, shall serve...
• Section 4216.15.
  The board shall meet at least once every three months. The board shall hold meetings in Sacramento and Los Angeles, and in other locations in...
• Section 4216.16.
  The board may obtain funding for its operational expenses from: (a) A federal grant.(b) A fee charged to members of the regional notification centers not to exceed...
• Section 4216.17.
  (a) The board shall annually convene a meeting for the following purposes:(1) To understand the existing needs for education and outreach, including to those groups with the...
• Section 4216.18.
  The board shall develop a standard or set of standards relevant to safety practices in excavating around subsurface installations and procedures and guidance in encouraging...
• Section 4216.19.
  (a) The board shall investigate possible violations of this article.(b) The board may investigate reports of incident events, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of...
• Section 4216.21.
  (a) For an investigation that the board undertakes as a result of a complaint of a violation of Section 4216.2, 4216.3, or 4216.4, the complainant shall...
• Section 4216.21.a.
  (a) For an investigation that the board undertakes as a result of a complaint of a violation of Section 4216.2, 4216.3, 4216.4, or 4216.10, the complainant...
• Section 4216.22.
  Consistent with all laws of this state, the board may prescribe rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes...
• Section 4216.23.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the board shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before February 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, on the...
• Section 4216.24.
  The Safe Energy Infrastructure and Excavation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be used, upon appropriation by...

Last modified: October 22, 2018