A person may not, individually or through an agent or employee or as an agent or employee, operate covered equipment in the proximity of an overhead high-voltage line unless there are posted and maintained warning signs as follows: [PL 1995, c. 348, §1 (NEW).]
1. In covered equipment. A sign must be located in the covered equipment and readily visible and legible to the operator of the covered equipment when at the controls of the covered equipment; and

[PL 1995, c. 348, §1 (NEW).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 756

  • Overhead high-voltage line: means all above-ground bare or insulated electrical conductors of voltage in excess of 600 volts, measured between conductors or measured between a conductor and the ground, that are owned or operated by a transmission and distribution utility, except those conductors that are:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 752
  • Person: means natural person, firm, business association, company, partnership, corporation or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 752
  • 2. Outside covered equipment. Signs must be located on the outside of covered equipment in numbers and locations that are readily visible and legible at a distance of 12 feet by people engaged in the work operations.

    [PL 1995, c. 348, §1 (NEW).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1995, c. 348, §1 (NEW).