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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="5-304" title_number="5" title_name="Powers, Duties, and Prohibitions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Duties of Public Service Companies">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A public service company shall notify the Commission of any accident involving the public service company that results in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>personal injury requiring hospitalization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>property damage exceeding $50,000; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>loss of life.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The public service company shall notify the Commission within 30 days after the day the accident occurs or within a period that the Commission prescribes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The notice:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be in a form that the Commission prescribes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not be admissible in evidence, or used for any purpose against the public service company that provides the notice, in an action for damages arising out of any matter that is reported in the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
