ARTICLE I

Section A. Name: The name of the corporation is Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., a Not-for-Profit Corporation hereafter referred to as the Corporation, as established by Ch. 556, F. S.

Section B. Purpose: The purpose of this corporation is as follows:

1. Aid the public by preventing injury to person or property and the interruption of services resulting from damage to an underground facility caused by excavation or demolition operations.

2. Provide a free access notification system to expedite the location of underground installations, including but not limited to, water, gas, electric, telephone, cable, oil, fuel, sewer and reclaimed water, prior to the start of any excavation work or any other work that may affect the subsurface of the earth;

3. Receive reports from the public, contractors, utilities and all other excavators or other entities performing any other work that may affect the subsurface of the earth who call the centralized one-number call system in advance of a planned excavation or similar activity;

4. Transmit information received from such reports to all participating members who may have underground facilities at the location of the excavation or other activity, or who are otherwise concerned with said activity; and

5. Have and exercise any other powers as may be had or exercised by this or like corporations under the laws of Florida.

History: New May 1993; Amended May 1997; May 1998; May 2002.