Florida Statutes Title XXXIII Chapter 556 - Underground Facility Damage Prevention And Safety

• 556.101 - Short Title; Legislative Intent.
  (1) This chapter may be cited as the “Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act.”(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide access for excavating...
• 556.102 - Definitions.
  As used in this act:(1) “Business days” means Monday through Friday, excluding the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial...
• 556.103 - Creation Of The Corporation; Establishment Of The Board Of Directors; Authority Of The Board; Annual Report.
  (1) The “Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc.,” is created as a not-for-profit corporation. Each operator of an underground facility in this state shall be a...
• 556.104 - Free-access Notification System.
  The corporation shall maintain a free-access notification system. Any person who furnishes or transports materials or services by means of an underground facility in this...
• 556.105 - Procedures.
  (1)(a) Not less than 2 full business days before beginning any excavation or demolition that is not beneath the waters of the state, and not less...
• 556.106 - Liability Of The Member Operator, Excavator, And System.
  (1) There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the board members of the corporation...
• 556.107 - Violations.
  (1) NONCRIMINAL INFRACTIONS.—(a) Violations of the following provisions are noncriminal infractions:1. Section 556.105(1), relating to providing required information.2. Section 556.105(6), relating to the avoidance of excavation.3. Section 556.105(11), relating to...
• 556.108 - Exemptions.
  The notification requirements provided in s. 556.105(1) do not apply to:(1) Any excavation or demolition performed by the owner of a single-family residential property, not including...
• 556.109 - Emergency Excavations Or Demolitions Attempted; Exception.
  (1) This act does not apply to making an excavation or demolition during an emergency if the system or the member operator was notified at the...
• 556.110 - Costs Assessed Among Member Operators.
  Member operators shall proportionately share in the cost of operating the system through monthly assessments made upon each member operator.History.—s. 10, ch. 93-240; s. 7,...
• 556.111 - Applicability To Existing Law.
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to:(1) Constitute the establishment or enlargement of any rights to the use of real property or create an interest...
• 556.112 - Design Services.
  (1) Each member operator shall provide to the system annually, and shall thereafter keep current, the contact names and telephone numbers of individuals who may be...
• 556.113 - Sunshine State One-call Of Florida, Inc.; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “proprietary confidential business information” means information provided by:(a) A member operator which is a map, plan, facility location diagram,...
• 556.114 - Low-impact Marking Practices.
  (1) An excavator providing notice under s. 556.105(1)(a) shall identify in its notice only the area that will be excavated during the period that the information...
• 556.115 - Alternative Dispute Resolution.
  (1) Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., shall create a voluntary alternative dispute resolution program. The program shall be available to all member operators, excavators, and...
• 556.116 - High-priority Subsurface Installations; Special Procedures.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Division” means the Division of Administrative Hearings.(b) “High-priority subsurface installation” means an underground gas transmission or gas distribution pipeline, an...

Last modified: September 23, 2016