P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4631j
The provisions of § 4631d of this title shall not be applicable in the following situations:
(a) Burial works in cemeteries;
(b) work in a secured structure or installation if the excavator or wrecker operates each underground structure in the secured installation or structure;
(c) activities carried out in private properties related to agricultural works, save that if a person exempted from this subsection chooses to comply with this chapter, and the operator fails to comply with the same, the person shall not be held liable by the owner for damages to the underground structure or installation;
(d) excavations or demolitions by or for a person who:
(1) Owns, leases or has a lease on the property in which the excavation or demolition is to be carried out, and
(2) operates all the underground structures or installations located at the site of the excavation or demolition.
(e) Underground structures or installations operated by the owner of a secured structure or installation and which are entirely located within the secured structure or installation;
(f) a structure or installation that serves only the owner of said structure or the lessee, and which is located solely on the owner’s property;
(g) an underground structure or installation that: serves a cemetery and is located solely in the cemetery;
(h) works to substitute electric power line posts when the posts to be replaced are to be installed within a thirty-six (36) inch radius measured from the exterior of the existing structure and the electric service connections located in an area between the curb and the structure; Provided, That said works shall be conducted at a depth equal to or lesser than the existing ones;
(i) works to substitute meter boxes, sanitary sewer service connections and drinking water service connections located in an area between the curb and the structure; Provided, That said works shall be conducted at a depth equal to or lesser than the existing ones;
(j) works of installation of telecommunications service connections located in an area between the curb and the structure.
History —Sept. 11, 1998, No. 267, § 11, eff. 30 days after Sept. 11, 1998.