SB148 Summary

• Amends Alabama's "One-Call Notification System" law governing excavation and demolition near underground facilities by reorganizing definitions and operational requirements across Code Sections 37-15-2 through 37-15-10.

• Establishes new definition of "design or survey locate request" to allow advance planning for projects without triggering excavation notification requirements; design locates cannot be used for actual excavation and vice versa.

• Requires operators to respond to design/survey locate requests within five working days using one of three methods: marking locations, providing facility descriptions/drawings, or allowing inspection of records.

• Modifies notification timelines changing excavation notice validity from 14 calendar days to 10 working days and demolition notice from 30 calendar days to 20 working days.

• Creates Class C misdemeanor penalty for willfully or maliciously removing or destroying underground facility location markings outside ordinary excavation, and increases civil penalties to $10,000 per violation.

• Becomes effective January 1, 2015.