ENTITLED An Act to revise provisions related to the One-Call Notification Board.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 49-7A-2 be AMENDED:
49-7A-2. The Statewide One-Call Notification Board is established as an agency of state government and funded by revenue generated by the one-call notification center. The board is solely responsible for all contractors and employment of any personnel working for the board and retains responsibility for all funds of the board and all expenditures thereof. The board is solely responsible for all functions and duties vested in the board. Any interest earned on money in the state one-call fund shall be deposited in the fund. The money is continuously appropriated to the board to implement and administer the provisions of this chapter. The one-call notification center may be organized as a nonprofit corporation. The one-call notification center shall provide a service through which a person can notify the operators of underground facilities of plans to excavate and to request the marking of the facilities. All operators are subject to this chapter and the rules promulgated thereto. Any operator who fails to become a member of the one-call notification center or who fails to submit the locations of the operator's underground facilities to the center, as required by this chapter and rules of the board, is subject to applicable penalties under 49-7A-18 and 49-7A-19 and is subject to civil liability for any damages caused by noncompliance with this chapter. Any penalties which may be assessed by the board under this chapter must be collected as provided by law and deposited into the one-call fund.
An Act to revise provisions related to the One-Call Notification Board.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2023 at ____________M.
By for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2023
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2023 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By Asst. Secretary of State
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