2842                                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [Ch. 863

FOR the purpose of protecting underground facilities of
public service companies; requiring persons
excavating near underground facilities of public
service companies to provide certain information;
requiring public service companies to provide
certain information and to mark the horizontal
location on the ground of underground facilities;
and generally relating to underground facilities of
public service companies.

BY adding to

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

Section 28A, to be under the new Subtitle

"Underground Facilities"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 28A, to be under the new
Subtitle "Underground Facilities" be and it is hereby
added to Article 78 — Public Service Commission Law, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume
and 1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 78 — Public Service Commission Law

UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
28A.

(A)    IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO PROTECT
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES FROM
DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE OR DISLOCATION IN ORDER TO PREVENT:

(1)    DEATH OR INJURY TO PERSONS.

(2)    PROPERTY DAMAGE TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
PROPERTY.

(3)    LOSS OF SERVICES OF PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

(B)    AS USED IN THIS SUBTITLE:

(1) "EXCAVATION" MEANS ANY OPERATION IN
WHICH EARTH, ROCK OR OTHER MATERIAL IN OR ON THE GROUND
IS MOVED, REMOVED OR OTHERWISE DISPLACED BY MEANS OF ANY
TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR EXPLOSIVES AND INCLUDES, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, GRADING, TRENCHING, DIGGING, DITCHING,
DRILLING, AUGERING, TUNNELLING, SCRAPING, CABLE OR PIPE
PLOWING AND DRIVING, WRECKING, RAZING, RENDING, MOVING OR