Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-142.9a: Damage to underground facilities – Liability -

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

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.