{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-251.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 251.102","heading":"GENERAL DUTIES OF NOTIFICATION CENTER.","body":"A notification center shall:\n(1) operate 24 hours a day every day of the year;\n(2) have the capability to receive emergency information 24 hours a day from excavators and disseminate the information as soon as it is received to the appropriate operators and to all registered and affected notification centers operating in this state;\n(3) have the capacity to receive extraordinary circumstance information 24 hours a day from operators and disseminate the information as soon as it is received to all registered and affected notification centers;\n(4) submit to the corporation, not later than May 15 of each year, a pro rata share of the expense, as established by the corporation, of the statewide toll-free telephone number and the call router;\n(5) provide, on request of an excavator, a contact name and telephone number of a representative of the operator for special circumstances; and\n(6) have personnel capable of assisting Spanish-speaking customers.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 5. PROVISIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES","CHAPTER 251. UNDERGROUND FACILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION AND SAFETY","SUBCHAPTER C. NOTIFICATION CENTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.251.htm#251.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"5a52f42c6403e93117393584899049e45490f370e1ef595aca206a47570a6e78","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-251.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-251.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}