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# O.C.G.A. § 46-3-33. Required conditions for commencing work within ten feet of high voltage line.

No person, firm, or corporation shall commence any work if at any time any person or any item specified in paragraph (6) of Code Section 46-3-32 may be brought within ten feet of any high voltage line unless and until:

(1) The person responsible for the work has given the notice required by Code Section 46-3-34; and

(2) The owner or operator of such high voltage line has effectively guarded against danger from accidental contact by either deenergizing and grounding the line, relocating it, or installing protective covering or mechanical barriers, whichever safeguard is deemed by the owner or operator to be feasible under the circumstances.

## History

Code 1981, § 46-3-33, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 359, § 3-5(4)/SB 125, effective July 1, 2025; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(11)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1, redesignated former Code Section 46-3-33 as present Code Section 46-3-34.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on construction law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 55 (2007).

For survey article on local government law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (2008).

## Amendments

The first 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “high voltage” for “high-voltage” in the introductory paragraph and in paragraph (2).

The second 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “as defined in paragraph (6) of Code Section 46-3-32” following “work” in the introductory paragraph.