{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-95-229.9","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-229.9","heading":"Notification.","body":"(a)\tWhen any person desires to carry on any work in closer proximity to any high-voltage line than permitted by G.S. 95-229.7(a), the person responsible for the work to be done shall notify the owner or operator of the high-voltage line prior to the time the work is to be commenced. Such notification shall occur at the earliest practical time; however, such notification shall occur not less than 48 hours, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal State and federal holidays, prior to the intended work. In emergency situations, including police, fire, and rescue emergencies, such notification shall occur as soon as possible under the circumstances. In cases where the person or business entity responsible for doing the work is doing so under contract or agreement with a government entity, and the government entity and the owner or operator of the lines have already made satisfactory mutual arrangements, further arrangements for that particular work are not required.\n(b)\tEvery notice served by any person on an owner or operator of a high-voltage line shall contain the following information:\n(1)\tThe name, address, and telephone number of the individual serving such notice;\n(2)\tThe location of the proposed work;\n(3)\tThe name, address, and telephone number of the person responsible for the work;\n(4)\tThe field telephone number of the site of such work, if one is available;\n(5)\tThe type, duration, and extent of the proposed work;\n(6)\tThe name of the person for whom the proposed work is being performed;\n(7)\tThe time and date of the notice; and\n(8)\tThe approximate date and time when the work is to begin.\n(c)\tIf the notification required by this Article is made by telephone, a record of the information in subsection (b) of this section shall be maintained by the owner or operator notified and the person giving the notice to document compliance with the requirements of this Article.\n(d)\tOwners or operators of high-voltage lines may form and operate an association providing for mutual receipt of notification of activities close to high-voltage lines in a specified area. In areas where an association is formed, the following shall occur:\n(1)\tNotification to the association shall be effected as set forth in this section.\n(2)\tOwners or operators of high-voltage lines in the area:\na.\tMay become members of the association;\nb.\tMay participate in and receive the services furnished by the association; and\nc.\tShall pay their proportionate share of the cost for the services furnished.\n(3)\tThe association whose members or participants have high-voltage lines within a county shall file a list containing the name, address, and telephone number of every member and participating owner or operator of high-voltage lines with the clerk of superior court.\n(4)\tIf notification is made by telephone, an adequate record of the information required by subsection (b) of this section shall be maintained by the association to document compliance with the requirements of this Article. (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 587, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 95. Department of Labor and Labor Regulations.","Article 19A. Overhead High-Voltage Line Safety Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_95/GS_95-229.9.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:14:02Z","sha256":"a169d8031a68a7c2a39ef9225b76942b19417fed691cde6ee1242c016128d99d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-95-229.8","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-95-229.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}