MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Public Service Commission Law, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 78 — Public Service Commission Law

28A.

(c)(3) If it is determined by a public service
company that a proposed excavation[,] is planned within
five feet of an underground facility as measured in the
horizontal plane, and if a proposed excavation, by
blasting, is planned in such proximity to the underground
facility that the facility may be destroyed, damaged,
dislocated or disturbed, the public service company shall
notify the person who proposes to excavate and shall mark
the horizontal location of the underground facility on
the ground to within three feet on either side of the
underground facility by means of stakes, paint, or other
suitable means within two business days after the
request. In the case of extraordinary circumstances, if
the public service company cannot mark the location
within two business days, the company shall notify the
person who proposes to excavate and shall, in addition,
notify the person of the date and time when the location
will be marked.

(4) If the public service company has no
underground facility in the area of the proposed
excavation or if it is determined that a proposed
excavation[,] is not planned within five feet of an
underground facility as measured in the horizontal plane,
and if a proposed excavation, by blasting or other means,
is not planned in such proximity to the public service
company's underground facility that the facility may be
damaged, the public service company shall advise the
person who proposes to excavate that marking is
unnecessary.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 8, 1975.

CHAPTER 212
(House Bill 323)