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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.02.15 - 10881_ O'Ohn R. DiGiovar4 Commissioner, District #9 •• February 15, 1979 Miscellaneous Resolution # 8827 BY: John R. DiGiovanni, Commissioner, District #9 IN RE Amendment to Act 53 of the Public Acts of 1974 (Miss Dig) To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Public Act 53 of 1974 is an act to protect the public safety by providing for notices to public utilities by persons excavating or discharging explosives near underground facilities; and WHEREAS a public utility served with such notice is required to locate and mark the location of such underground facility; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby recommends that Act 53 of the Public Acts of 1974 be amended to provide where the public utility marks the location of underground facilities and fails to provide the proper location or all of the locations of such underground facilities in the vicinity and damage results to such underground facility that the cost to repair such damage be borne by the public utility, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to all the county legislators and the county legislative agent. I, John R. DiGiovanni, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution. February 15, 1979 #8827 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.