Idaho Code > Title 55 > Chapter 22 – Underground Facilities Damage Prevention
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- Administrator: means the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses. See Idaho Code 55-2202
- Board: means the damage prevention board. See Idaho Code 55-2202
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damage: means any impact or exposure that results in the substantial weakening of structural or lateral support of an underground facility, or the penetration, impairment, or destruction of any underground protective coating, housing, or other protective device, or the partial or complete destruction of the facility, or the severance, partial or complete, of any underground facility to the extent that the project owner or the affected underground facility owner determines that repairs are required. See Idaho Code 55-2202
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Emergency: means any sudden or unforeseen condition that compels immediate action to prevent or resolve:
Idaho Code 55-2202Emergency excavation: means an excavation performed in response to an emergency. See Idaho Code 55-2202 End user: means any customer or consumer of any utility service or commodity provided by an underground facility owner. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Excavation: means any operation in which earth, rock, or other material in the ground is moved or otherwise displaced by any means including, but not limited to, explosives. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Excavator: means any person who engages directly in excavation. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Excavator downtime: means lost time for an excavation project due to failure of one (1) or more stakeholders to comply with applicable damage prevention regulations. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Hand digging: means any excavation involving nonmechanized tools or equipment that when used properly will not damage underground facilities. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Marking: means the use of stakes, paint, or other clearly identifiable materials to show the field location of underground facilities, in accordance with the current color code standard of the American public works association. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Notice of emergency excavation: means an excavator call to a one-number notification service not less than two (2) hours prior to commencing the emergency excavation to provide a description of the emergency, the location of the emergency excavation area, contact information for an individual with the excavator who may be reached throughout the emergency, and expected time and date of the emergency excavation. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. One-number notification service: means a service through which a person can notify owners of underground facilities and request field-marking of their underground facilities. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, a state, a city, a county, or any subdivision or instrumentality of a state, and its employees, agents, or legal representatives. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114 Public right-of-way: means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, lane, path, sidewalk, alley, or other right-of-way dedicated for compatible uses. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Rural underground facility owner: means an underground facility owner that is a public utility or a member-owned cooperative that serves fewer than five thousand (5,000) total customers in a county or counties with populations that do not exceed fifty thousand (50,000) people. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Service lateral: means any underground facility located in a public right-of-way or underground facility easement that is used to convey water (unless being delivered primarily for irrigation), stormwater, or sewage and connects an end user’s building or property to an underground facility owner’s main utility line. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Soft digging: means any excavation using tools or equipment that utilize air or water pressure as the direct means to break up soil or earth for removal by vacuum excavation. See Idaho Code 55-2202 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Underground facility: means any item buried or placed belowground for use in connection with the storage or conveyance of water (unless being delivered primarily for irrigation), stormwater, sewage, electronic, telephonic or telegraphic communications, cable television, electric energy, petroleum products, gas, gaseous vapors, hazardous liquids, or other substances and includes but is not limited to pipes, sewers, conduits, cables, valves, lines, wires, manholes, attachments, and those parts of poles or anchors belowground. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Underground facility easement: means a nonpossessory right to operate, control, bury, install, maintain, or access an underground facility. See Idaho Code 55-2202 Underground facility owner: means any person who owns or operates an underground facility or who provides any utility service or commodity to an end user via an underground facility. See Idaho Code 55-2202