ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
I
Underground Service Alert of Southern California, an existing unincorporated association, is being incorporated by the filing of these articles. The name of this corporation shall be UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
II
This corporation is a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation organized under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law. The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under such law.
III
The purposes of this corporation are:
(1) promoting public service and safety, eliminating costly damage to underground facilities, reducing lost production time due to damages, promoting compliance with the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and providing help in protecting the underground environment;
(2) providing a centralized one number call system to expedite the location of underground installations, including but not limited to water, gas, electric, telephone, oil, fuel, and sewer lines, prior to the start of any excavation work or any other work that may affect the subsurface of the earth;
(3) receiving 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 planned excavation or similar activity;
(4) transmitting 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) engaging in any lawful act or activity in which a corporation organized under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law may engage.
IV
The name of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is CT Corporation System.
Dated: May 21, 1984
Marlene B. Jones, Incorporator
I hereby declare that I am the person who executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, which execution is my act and deed.
Marlene B. Jones, Incorporator