Code of VirginiaTitle 56. Public Service Companies12/6/2019 Chapter 10.3. Underground Utility Damage Prevention ActRead Chapter § 56-265.14Short title § 56-265.15Definitions; calculation of time periods § 56-265.15:1Exemptions; routine maintenance § 56-265.16Repealed § 56-265.16:1Operators to join notification centers; certification § 56-265.17Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site § 56-265.17:1Notification and procedures for designers § 56-265.17:2Procedures for project owners § 56-265.17:3Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice § 56-265.18Notification requirements § 56-265.19Duties of operator; regulations § 56-265.19:1Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals § 56-265.20Repealed § 56-265.20:1Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines § 56-265.21Marking by color § 56-265.22Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required § 56-265.22:1Meetings between excavators and operators § 56-265.23Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns § 56-265.24Duties of excavator § 56-265.25Liability of operator and excavator; penalties § 56-265.26Repealed § 56-265.26:1Utility line depth requirement § 56-265.27Repealed § 56-265.28Sovereign immunity § 56-265.29Other similar laws § 56-265.30Authority of the State Corporation Commission § 56-265.31Commission to establish advisory committee § 56-265.32Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund