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[CITE: 49USC6102]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
               CHAPTER 61--ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 6102. Definitions

    In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
        (1) One-call notification system.--The term ``one-call 
    notification system'' means a system operated by an organization 
    that has as 1 of its purposes to receive notification from 
    excavators of intended excavation in a specified area in order to 
    disseminate such notification to underground facility operators that 
    are members of the system so that such operators can locate and mark 
    their facilities in order to prevent damage to underground 
    facilities in the course of such excavation.
        (2) State one-call notification program.--The term ``State one-
    call notification program'' means the State statutes, regulations, 
    orders, judicial decisions, and other elements of law and policy in 
    effect in a State that establish the requirements for the operation 
    of one-call notification systems in such State.
        (3) State.--The term ``State'' means a State, the District of 
    Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
        (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    Transportation.

(Added Pub. L. 105-178, title VII, Sec. 7302(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 
478.)
