(a) A permit to excavate issued by any local agency, as defined in Section 4216, or any state agency, shall not be valid unless the applicant has been provided an initial ticket by a regional notification center pursuant to Section 4216.2. For purposes of this section, “state agency” means every state agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, including the Department of Transportation.

(b) This article does not exempt any person or corporation from Sections 7951, 7952, and 7953 of the Public Utilities Code.

Terms Used In California Government Code 4216.9

  • Board: means the California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board, also known as the "Dig Safe Board. See California Government Code 4216
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Local agency: means a city, county, city and county, school district, or special district. See California Government Code 4216
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Regional notification center: means a nonprofit association or other organization of operators of subsurface installations that provides advance warning of excavations or other work close to existing subsurface installations, for the purpose of protecting those installations from damage, removal, relocation, or repair. See California Government Code 4216
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • State agency: means every state agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission. See California Government Code 4216
  • Ticket: means an excavation location request issued a number by the regional notification center. See California Government Code 4216

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 809, Sec. 9. (SB 661) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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