Tex. Util. Code § 251.151 · Subchapter D. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXCAVATION
DUTY OF AN EXCAVATOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.251.htm
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Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 251.151, 251.152, or 251.159
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.106PAYMENTS TO CORPORATION.Printed as Section 251.151
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.152INFORMATION INCLUDED IN NOTICE.Printed as Section 251.151
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.155EXCEPTION IN CASE OF EMERGENCY; OFFENSE.Printed as Section 251.151
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.156OTHER EXCEPTIONS TO DUTY OF EXCAVATORS.Printed as Section 251.151
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.158DUTY OF OPERATOR IN EVENT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.Printed as Section 251.151
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.201CIVIL PENALTY OR WARNING LETTER.Printed as Section 251.151, 251.152, or 251.159
- Tex. Util. Code § 251.2011WARNING LETTER AND SAFETY TRAINING COURSE.Printed as Section 251.151, 251.152, or 251.159
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