Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-142.9a
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Damage to underground facilities – Liability -
Official statutory text
Injunction.
A. Any excavator, except for a public agency who fails to
comply with the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention
Act and who damages an underground facility owned or operated by a
nonprofit rural water corporation organized pursuant to Section 863
of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes or a rural water district
organized pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas, and Solid Waste
Management Districts Act, shall be liable for the underground damage
to and responsible for the repair of such facilities. Any new
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1089
underground facilities installed on and after September 1, 1992,
shall contain materials capable of being detected so that the
facilities can be accurately located.
B. Any excavator who damages or cuts an underground facility,
as a result of negligently failing to comply with the provisions of
the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act or as a
result of failing to take measures for the protection of an
underground facility shall be liable to the operator of the
underground facility for the repair of the damaged underground
facility.
C. Except for public agencies, any excavator who by willful act
or by reckless disregard of the rights of others, repeatedly
violates the provisions of the Oklahoma Underground Facilities
Damage Prevention Act and repeatedly damages underground facilities,
thereby threatening the public health, safety, and welfare, may be
enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction from further
excavation.
A. Any excavator, except for a public agency who fails to
comply with the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention
Act and who damages an underground facility owned or operated by a
nonprofit rural water corporation organized pursuant to Section 863
of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes or a rural water district
organized pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas, and Solid Waste
Management Districts Act, shall be liable for the underground damage
to and responsible for the repair of such facilities. Any new
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1089
underground facilities installed on and after September 1, 1992,
shall contain materials capable of being detected so that the
facilities can be accurately located.
B. Any excavator who damages or cuts an underground facility,
as a result of negligently failing to comply with the provisions of
the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act or as a
result of failing to take measures for the protection of an
underground facility shall be liable to the operator of the
underground facility for the repair of the damaged underground
facility.
C. Except for public agencies, any excavator who by willful act
or by reckless disregard of the rights of others, repeatedly
violates the provisions of the Oklahoma Underground Facilities
Damage Prevention Act and repeatedly damages underground facilities,
thereby threatening the public health, safety, and welfare, may be
enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction from further
excavation.
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