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ACT No. 1050 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1749.12(3), (4), (6), (9), and (10), 1749.13(A) and (3)(1) and (2), 1749.14(C)(1)(a) and (b)(i), and (D), 1749.15, 1749.16(4), 1749.17, 1749.19, 1749.20 and 1749.21 and to enact R.S. 40:1749.12(11), (12), and (13), 1749.13(B) (5) and (D), 1749.14(C) (1) (b) (iii) and (iv), (C) (3), and (E), 1749.23, 1749.24 and 1749.25, all relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law; to provide definitions; to pro- vide relative to excavation and demolition notification procedures and requirements; to provide for immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to provide relative to marking of facilities; to require certain actions by excavators and demolishers when there has been damage to an underground facility or utility; to provide relative to participation by municipalities or parish governments under certain circumstances; to provide for violations and penalties, including civil penalties and costs; to provide for enforcement by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; to provide for proceedings and adjudications for the levying of civil penalties; to provide for the distribution of civil penalties; to create the Underground Damages Prevention Fund within the state treasury and provide for disbursements from such fund; to authorize local violation bureaus; to authorize the promulgation of rules by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections relative to enforcement; to provide for the uses of monies in such fund; to provide for compliance by the Department of Transportation and Development; and to provide for related matters.
Approved by the Governor, July 11, 1997.
