{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-49-7a-5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 49-7A-5","heading":"Notification of proposed excavation--Promulgation of rules.","body":"No excavator may begin any excavation without first notifying the one-call notification center of the proposed excavation. The excavator shall give notice by telephone or by other methods approved by the board, pursuant to rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, to the one-call notification center, at least forty-eight hours prior to the commencement of the excavation. The forty-eight-hour period begins at 12:01 a.m. the day after notice is submitted to the notification center, excluding any Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday of the state.\nThe board may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to reduce the forty-eight-hour period for emergency or subsequent inquiries to the original locate request, and may lengthen the forty-eight-hour period for nonexcavation requests.","path":["TITLE 49. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 49-7A. ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-7A-5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"89846e1b972a65cb691eecb1592696e177b22b5f1a0d4b9e79ac5b09726d7a7b","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-49-7a-4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-49-7a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}