North Dakota § 49-21.1-05 Exceptions

North Dakota Statutes

§ 49-21.1-05 — Exceptions

North Dakota § 49-21.1-05

Title 49Public Utilities

Ch. 49-21.1Electric Transmission Lines

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N.D. Cent. Code § 49-21.1-05 (2026).

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This chapter does not apply to:

1.Construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance of any high voltage overhead conductor, supporting structure, or appurtenances for the support or operation of a high voltage conductor by persons authorized by the owner or operator.

2.Work on telecommunications, coaxial, signaling, and other communication circuits or their supporting structures, or other circuits and their supporting structures which are not high voltage.

3.The operation or maintenance of railroad equipment or vehicles on fixed rails or railroad right of way.

4.Work by any employee of an industrial plant on the electrical system of the plant.

5.Work by any employee of an electrical or communications contractor performed under the employer's supervision.

6.The operation of high

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This chapter does not apply to:
1. Construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance of any high voltage overhead
conductor, supporting structure, or appurtenances for the support or operation of a
high voltage conductor by persons authorized by the owner or operator.
2. Work on telecommunications, coaxial, signaling, and other communication circuits or
their supporting structures, or other circuits and their supporting structures which are
not high voltage.
3. The operation or maintenance of railroad equipment or vehicles on fixed rails or
railroad right of way.
4. Work by any employee of an industrial plant on the electrical system of the plant.
5. Work by any employee of an electrical or communications contractor performed under
the employer's supervision.
6. The operation of highway vehicles, agricultural equipment, or agricultural aircraft which
in normal use may incidentally pass within the ten-foot [3.05-meter] clearance
limitation.
7. Governmental entities responding to an emergency situation.
8. Work by any employee of a surface coal mining company in the course of coal mining
activities.
9. The state and its agencies.