§ 37-3-304 — Activity in close proximity to lines; clearance arrangements; procedure; payment; notice

(a) If any person or business entity desires to
temporarily carry on any act in closer proximity to any high
voltage overhead line than permitted by this act, the person or
business entity responsible for performing the work shall
promptly notify the appropriate public utility and shall ask the
public utility for assistance. An agent or employee of the
public utility shall prepare and sign a memorandum stating the
public utility received a request for assistance. The person or
business entity may perform the work only after developing
satisfactory safety arrangements, including coordination of work
and construction schedules, with the public utility.
Arrangements may include placing temporary mechanical barriers
to prevent contact between material, equipment or persons and
the high voltage overhead lines or temporary shut down and
grounding or temporary relocation or raising of the high voltage
overhead lines.
(b) Except where the public utility has installed lines
within ten (10) feet of an existing fixture or structure the
person or business entity responsible for performing the work in
the vicinity of the high voltage overhead lines shall pay the
public utility's actual expenses in providing safety
arrangements. The public utility is not required to begin the
safety arrangements until a written agreement for payment has
been made.
(c) The public utility shall begin the safety arrangements
according to the agreement signed pursuant to subsections (a)
and (b) of this section.