SEC. 77-13-13. Advance notice as relieving excavator of certain liabilities.

SECTION 7. Section 77-13-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is reenacted as follows:

77-13-13. The act of giving notice in accordance with Section 77-13-5 shall relieve the notifying party of all liability to a utility should such notice be ignored or the information provided by the utility subsequent to said notice be materially inaccurate; provided, however, the act of giving advance notice and/or obtaining information as required by this act shall not relieve any person making excavations from doing so in a careful and prudent manner, nor shall it relieve such person from liability for any injury or damage proximately resulting from his/her negligence.

SOURCES: Laws, 1985, ch. 494, Sec. 7, eff from and after July 1, 1985. The 1999 amendment reenacted this section without textual change and therefore the text was not reprinted to reflect this reenactment.