Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 556.104 (2025)
Free-access notification system.
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556.104 Free-access notification system.—The corporation shall maintain a free-access notification system. Any person who furnishes or transports materials or services by means of an underground facility in this state shall participate as a member operator of the system. The purpose of the system is to receive notification of planned excavation or demolition activities and to notify member operators of the planned excavation or demolition activities. The system shall provide a single toll-free telephone number within this state which excavators can use to notify member operators of planned excavation or demolition activities, and the system may also provide additional modes of access at no cost to the user.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: Martin v. Florida Power & Light Co., 909 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).
Martin v. Florida Power & Light Co., 909 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). “…excavators to give notification to all utilities in a single phone call of their intent to engage in excavation. See § 556.104, Fla. Stat. (1997).”
Peoples Gas Sys., etc. v. Posen Constr., Inc., etc. (Fla. 2021). “See § 556.104, Fla. Stat. (2010). The intent of the Legislature was “to provide access for excavating contractors and the public to provide notification to the system of their intent to engage in excavation or demolition.”
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