Título 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Capítulo 3. ELECTRICAL SERVICE · Artículo 1. GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY GENERALLY · Parte 2. HIGH VOLTAGE SAFETY
46-3-32. Definitions.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
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As used in this part, the term:
- (1)
“High voltage lines” means an electric line or lines installed above ground level having a voltage in excess of 750 volts between conductors or from any conductor to ground.#
- (2)
“Notice” means actual notification given to the center.#
- (3)
“Person responsible for the work” means the person actually doing the work as well as any person, firm, or corporation who employs and carries on his payroll any person actually doing the work or who employs a subcontractor who actually does the work; provided, however, that such term does not mean one who is exempted under Code Sections 46-3-37 and 46-3-38.#
- (4)
“Utilities protection center” or “center” means the corporation or other organization formed by utilities which receives advance notifications regarding work and distributes such notifications to its utility members.#
- (5)
“Utility” means any person operating or maintaining high voltage lines within the state.#
- (6)
“Work” means the physical act of performing or preparing to perform any activity under, over, by, or near high voltage lines, including, but not limited to, the operation, erection, handling, storage, or transportation of any tools, machinery, ladders, antennas, equipment, supplies, materials, or apparatus or the moving of any house or other structure whenever such activity is done by a person or entity in pursuit of his trade or business.#
History
Ga. L. 1960, p. 181, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 153, § 1; Code 1981, § 46-3-30; Code 1981, § 46-3-32, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 359, § 3-5(3)/SB 125, effective July 1, 2025; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(10)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.
Amendments
The first 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “High voltage” for “High-voltage” in paragraph (1) and substituted “high voltage” for “high-voltage” in paragraphs (5) and (6). The second 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “such term” for “this term” in paragraph (3).
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1, effective July 1, 1992, repealed former Code Section 46-3-32, which concerned clearance requirements for the operation, handling, etc., of tools, machinery, etc., and the moving of houses, buildings, or other structures over, under, by, or near high-voltage lines and the safeguarding against accidental contact. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 181, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8, Code Enactment Act; and Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 46; and Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 46.
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
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