§ 48:2-77 — Operation of One-Call Damage Prevention System

5. a. Five years after the effective date of this act, the board shall designate, through an appropriate administrative mechanism, a person to operate the One-Call Damage Prevention System. The board may, as necessary, adopt rules establishing the process by which it shall select a person to operate the system. b. The board shall designate the Garden State Underground Plant Location Service (GSUPLS), a nonprofit corporation of this State, to operate the One-Call Damage Prevention System, on an interim basis, for five years after the effective date of this act. During this interim period, GSUPLS will operate the system in conformance with the provisions of this act and the board shall have policy oversight over operation of the system. L.1994,c.118,s.5; amended 1997, c.7, s.1.