§ 12-313. Responsibility for costs

   (a) Landowner. -- Subject to applicable rules, regulations, tariffs, or ordinances, the landowner is responsible for the costs of construction, reconstruction, relocation, or conversion of all electric or communication facilities of a public agency or public utility from the point of attachment of the electric or communication facility to any improvements located on the landowner's property within a conversion district.

(b) Contractor, public agency or utility, county, or municipal corporation. --

   (1) The contractor, public agency, public utility, county, or municipal corporation performing the conversion is responsible for the conversion of all electric or communication facilities to the point of attachment to any improvements located on property within the conversion district.

   (2) The conversion costs incurred under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be included in the total conversion costs that are to be assessed against the property.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 78, § 64A(k); 1998, ch. 8, § 2.