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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor S.B. 480
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(2) "Contractor" includes a person that performs excavations or
demolitions under a contract or subcontract.
(c) "Demolition'' means an operation in which a structure or mass of material
is wrecked, razed, rended, moved, or removed using any tool, equipment, or explosive.
(d) (1) "Excavation" means an operation in which earth, rock, or other
material in or on the ground is moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by using any
tool, equipment, or explosive.
(2) "Excavation" includes grading, trenching, digging, ditching, drilling,
augering, tunnelling, scraping, cable or pipe plowing and driving a mass of material.
(e) "One-call system" means a communications network in the State that
allows a person to telephone a one-number utility protection system.
(f) (1) "Owner" means a person that:
(i) owns or operates an underground facility; and
(ii) has the right to bury an underground facility.
(2) "Owner" includes:
(i) a public utility;
(ii) a telecommunications corporation;
(iii) a cable television corporation;
(iv) a political subdivision;
(v) a municipal corporation;
(vi) a steam heating company; and
(vii) an authority.
(g) "OWNER-MEMBER" MEANS AN OWNER THAT PARTICIPATES AS A MEMBER
IN A ONE-CALL SYSTEM.
(H) (1) "Person" has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of this article.
(2) "Person" includes:
(i) a municipal corporation; and
(ii) a governmental unit, department, or agency.
[(h)] (I) (1) "Underground facility" means personal property that is to be
buried or submerged for:
(i) use in connection with the storage or conveyance of water,
sewage, oil, gas, or other substances; or
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