H.B. 70

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UTAH NATIONAL PARKS HIGHWAY DESIGNATION
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Keele Johnson
5 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS DESIGNATING CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AS THE
6 UTAH NATIONAL PARKS HIGHWAY.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 ENACTS:
9 27-12-162, Utah Code Annotated 1953
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 27-12-162 is enacted to read:
12 27-12-162. Utah National Parks Highway.
13 (1) There is established the Utah National Parks Highway comprising the existing highway
14 from Route S [9 at the entrance of Zion National Park near Springdale easterly] 89 AT THE
14a UTAH-ARIZONA BORDER NEAR BIG WATER WESTERLY ON ROUTE 89 TO ROUTE 9 NEAR MOUNT
14b CARMEL JUNCTION THEN WESTERLY s on Route 9 to Route
15 17 near La Verkin then northerly on Route 17 to Interstate Highway 15 then northerly on Interstate
16 Highway 15 h FRONTAGE ROADS h , the Veterans' Memorial Highway, to Route 14 near Cedar
16a City then southeasterly
17 on Route 14 to Route 148 near Cedar Breaks National Monument then northerly on Route 148 to
18 Route 143 near the north end of Cedar Breaks National Monument then northeasterly on Route
19 143 to Route 89 near Panguitch then southerly on Route 89 to Route 12 near Red Canyon then
20 northeasterly on Route 12, the Clem Church Memorial Highway, to Route 24 near Torrey then
21 easterly on Route 24 to Route 95 near Hanksville then southeasterly on Route 95, the Bicentennial
22 Highway, to Route 191 near Blanding then northerly on Route 191 to the junction with Interstate
23 Highway 70 near Crescent Junction.
24 (2) In addition to other official designations, the Department of Transportation shall
25 designate and highlight the portions of the highways identified in Subsection (1) as the Utah
26 National Parks Highway on all future state highway maps.
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Amend on 2_goldenrod February 13, 1997

lilac-February 3, 1997

Legislative Review Note
as of 11-27-96 1:28 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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