{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-4216.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 4216.5","heading":"","body":"(a) The requirements of this article apply to state agencies and to local agencies that own or operate subsurface installations, except as otherwise provided in Section 4216.1. A local agency that is required to provide the services described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 4216.3 may charge a fee in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of providing that service.\n(b) A local agency that chooses to recover its costs via a fee shall consider whether the fee could deter an excavator from contacting the regional notification center.\n(c) A local agency shall consider recouping its costs via existing permit fees instead of a separate fee related to responding to a ticket.\n(d) A local agency shall consider not charging a fee to an excavator covered by Section 4216.8 to encourage the excavator to create a ticket as specified in subdivision (d) of Section 4216.2.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 5. PUBLIC WORK AND PUBLIC PURCHASES [4000. - 4563.]","CHAPTER 3.1. Protection of Underground Infrastructure [4215. - 4216.24.]","ARTICLE 2. Regional Notification Center System [4216. - 4216.24.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"57b8e5ece20ca5bd0a2274e40d13a783d8401604e81cc21fc88aaff71567f563","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-4216.4","next":"us-ca/gov-4216.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}