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Second Substitute H.B. 216

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:37 PM by lerror. --> This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:20 AM by jeyring. --> This document includes Senate 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:12 PM by cmillar. -->

Representative Kenneth W. Sumsion proposes the following substitute bill:


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POLITICAL SUBDIVISION RESIDENTIAL RENTAL

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AMENDMENTS

             3     
2012 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kenneth W. Sumsion

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Senate Sponsor: Wayne L. Niederhauser

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill enacts language related to a municipal regulation of a residential rental unit.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    enacts language related to a disproportionate rental fee charged by a municipality;
             15          .    prohibits a municipality from making certain requirements of a landlord;
             16          .    enacts language related to a good landlord program; and
             17          .    makes technical corrections.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          10-1-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 391
             25          10-8-85.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 14


             26          10-9a-511, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 210
             27          57-22-7, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 279
             28          72-7-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             29      ENACTS:
             30          10-1-203.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             31     
             32      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             33          Section 1. Section 10-1-203 is amended to read:
             34           10-1-203. License fees and taxes -- Application information to be transmitted to
             35      the county assessor.
             36          (1) As used in this section:
             37          (a) "Business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic
             38      profit, except that the acts of employees rendering services to employers are not included in
             39      this definition.
             40          (b) "Telecommunications provider" is as defined in Section 10-1-402 .
             41          (c) "Telecommunications tax or fee" is as defined in Section 10-1-402 .
             42          (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) through (5), the legislative body of a
             43      municipality may license for the purpose of regulation and revenue any business within the
             44      limits of the municipality and may regulate that business by ordinance.
             45          (3) (a) The legislative body of a municipality may raise revenue by levying and
             46      collecting a municipal energy sales or use tax as provided in Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales
             47      and Use Tax Act, except a municipality may not levy or collect a franchise tax or fee on an
             48      energy supplier other than the municipal energy sales and use tax provided in Part 3, Municipal
             49      Energy Sales and Use Tax Act.
             50          (b) (i) Subsection (3)(a) does not affect the validity of a franchise agreement as defined
             51      in Subsection 10-1-303 (6), that is in effect on July 1, 1997, or a future franchise.
             52          (ii) A franchise agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303 (6) in effect on January 1,
             53      1997, or a future franchise shall remain in full force and effect.
             54          (c) A municipality that collects a contractual franchise fee pursuant to a franchise
             55      agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303 (6) with an energy supplier that is in effect on July
             56      1, 1997, may continue to collect that fee as provided in Subsection 10-1-310 (2).


             57          (d) (i) Subject to the requirements of Subsection (3)(d)(ii), a franchise agreement as
             58      defined in Subsection 10-1-303 (6) between a municipality and an energy supplier may contain
             59      a provision that:
             60          (A) requires the energy supplier by agreement to pay a contractual franchise fee that is
             61      otherwise prohibited under Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act; and
             62          (B) imposes the contractual franchise fee on or after the day on which Part 3,
             63      Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax is:
             64          (I) repealed, invalidated, or the maximum allowable rate provided in Section 10-1-305
             65      is reduced; and
             66          (II) is not superseded by a law imposing a substantially equivalent tax.
             67          (ii) A municipality may not charge a contractual franchise fee under the provisions
             68      permitted by Subsection (3)(b)(i) unless the municipality charges an equal contractual franchise
             69      fee or a tax on all energy suppliers.
             70          (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), beginning July 1, 2004, the legislative body of a
             71      municipality may raise revenue by levying and providing for the collection of a municipal
             72      telecommunications license tax as provided in Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License
             73      Tax Act.
             74          (b) A municipality may not levy or collect a telecommunications tax or fee on a
             75      telecommunications provider except as provided in Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications
             76      License Tax Act.
             77          (5) (a) (i) The legislative body of a municipality may by ordinance raise revenue by
             78      levying and collecting a license fee or tax on:
             79          (A) a parking service business in an amount that is less than or equal to:
             80          (I) $1 per vehicle that parks at the parking service business; or
             81          (II) 2% of the gross receipts of the parking service business;
             82          (B) a public assembly or other related facility in an amount that is less than or equal to
             83      $5 per ticket purchased from the public assembly or other related facility; and
             84          (C) subject to the limitations of Subsections (5)(c)[,] and (d)[, and (e)]:
             85          (I) a business that causes disproportionate costs of municipal services; or
             86          (II) a purchaser from a business for which the municipality provides an enhanced level
             87      of municipal services.


             88          (ii) Nothing in this Subsection (5)(a) may be construed to authorize a municipality to
             89      levy or collect a license fee or tax on a public assembly or other related facility owned and
             90      operated by another political subdivision other than a community development and renewal
             91      agency without the written consent of the other political subdivision.
             92          (b) As used in this Subsection (5):
             93          (i) "Municipal services" includes:
             94          (A) public utilities; and
             95          (B) services for:
             96          (I) police;
             97          (II) fire;
             98          (III) storm water runoff;
             99          (IV) traffic control;
             100          (V) parking;
             101          (VI) transportation;
             102          (VII) beautification; or
             103          (VIII) snow removal.
             104          (ii) "Parking service business" means a business:
             105          (A) that primarily provides off-street parking services for a public facility that is
             106      wholly or partially funded by public money;
             107          (B) that provides parking for one or more vehicles; and
             108          (C) that charges a fee for parking.
             109          (iii) "Public assembly or other related facility" means an assembly facility that:
             110          (A) is wholly or partially funded by public money;
             111          (B) is operated by a business; and
             112          (C) requires a person attending an event at the assembly facility to purchase a ticket.
             113          (c) (i) Before the legislative body of a municipality imposes a license fee on a business
             114      that causes disproportionate costs of municipal services under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I), the
             115      legislative body of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance defining for purposes of the tax
             116      under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I):
             117          (A) the costs that constitute disproportionate costs; and
             118          (B) the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of the municipal services


             119      provided by the municipality.
             120          (ii) The amount of a fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I) shall be reasonably related to
             121      the costs of the municipal services provided by the municipality.
             122          (d) (i) Before the legislative body of a municipality imposes a license fee on a
             123      purchaser from a business for which it provides an enhanced level of municipal services under
             124      Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II), the legislative body of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance
             125      defining for purposes of the fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II):
             126          (A) the level of municipal services that constitutes the basic level of municipal services
             127      in the municipality; and
             128          (B) the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of providing an enhanced level
             129      of municipal services in the municipality.
             130          (ii) The amount of a fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II) shall be reasonably related to
             131      the costs of providing an enhanced level of the municipal services.
             132          [(e) (i) As used in this Subsection (5)(e):]
             133          [(A) "Disproportionate rental fee" means a license fee on rental housing based on the
             134      disproportionate costs of municipal services caused by the rental housing or on an enhanced
             135      level of municipal services provided to the rental housing.]
             136          [(B) "Disproportionate rental fee reduction" means a reduction of a disproportionate
             137      rental fee as a condition of complying with the requirements of a good landlord program.]
             138          [(C) "Good landlord program" means a program established by a municipality that
             139      provides a reduction in a disproportionate rental fee for a landlord who:]
             140          [(I) completes a landlord training program approved by the municipality;]
             141          [(II) implements measures to reduce crime in rental housing as specified in municipal
             142      ordinances; and]
             143          [(III) operates and manages rental housing in accordance with applicable municipal
             144      ordinances.]
             145          [(D) "Municipal services study" means a study, or an updated study, conducted by a
             146      municipality of the cost of all municipal services that the municipality provides to the
             147      applicable rental housing.]
             148          [(E) "Rental housing cost" means the municipality's cost:]
             149          [(I) of providing municipal services to the rental housing;]


             150          [(II) that is reasonably attributable to the rental housing; and]
             151          [(III) that would not have occurred in the absence of the rental housing.]
             152          [(ii) A municipality may impose and collect a disproportionate rental fee if:]
             153          [(A) the municipality:]
             154          [(I) adopts the ordinances required under Subsections (5)(c) and (d), as applicable;]
             155          [(II) conducts a municipal services study;]
             156          [(III) updates the municipal services study:]
             157          [(Aa) before increasing the amount of the disproportionate rental fee; and]
             158          [(Bb) before decreasing the amount of the disproportionate rental fee reduction; and]
             159          [(IV) establishes a good landlord program; and]
             160          [(B) the disproportionate rental fee does not exceed the rental housing cost, as
             161      determined by the municipal services study.]
             162          [(iii) (A) The requirement under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(A)(IV) to establish a good
             163      landlord program does not apply to a municipality that imposed and collected a
             164      disproportionate rental fee on January 1, 2009.]
             165          [(B) A municipality claiming an exemption under Subsection (5)(e)(iii)(A) shall
             166      conduct an updated municipal services study at least every four years.]
             167          [(iv) The requirement under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(A)(II) to conduct a municipal
             168      services study does not apply to a municipality that:]
             169          [(A) imposed and collected a disproportionate rental fee on May 2, 2005, of $17 or less
             170      per unit per year;]
             171          [(B) does not increase the amount of its disproportionate rental fee; and]
             172          [(C) does not decrease the amount of its disproportionate rental fee reduction.]
             173          [(v) The fee limitation under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(B) does not apply to a municipality
             174      that:]
             175          [(A) imposed and collected a disproportionate rental fee on May 2, 2005, that was $17
             176      or less per unit per year;]
             177          [(B) does not increase the amount of its disproportionate rental fee; and]
             178          [(C) does not decrease the amount of its disproportionate rental fee reduction.]
             179          [(vi) Until May 2, 2012, the requirement under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(A)(II) to conduct a
             180      municipal services study before imposing and collecting a disproportionate rental fee, does not


             181      apply to a municipality that:]
             182          [(A) on May 2, 2005, imposed and collected a disproportionate rental fee that exceeds
             183      $17 per unit per year;]
             184          [(B) had implemented, before January 1, 2005, a good landlord program;]
             185          [(C) does not decrease the amount of the disproportionate rental fee reduction; and]
             186          [(D) does not increase the amount of its disproportionate rental fee.]
             187          (6) All license fees and taxes shall be uniform in respect to the class upon which they
             188      are imposed.
             189          (7) The municipality shall transmit the information from each approved business
             190      license application to the county assessor within 60 days following the approval of the
             191      application.
             192          (8) If challenged in court, an ordinance enacted by a municipality before January 1,
             193      1994, imposing a business license fee on rental dwellings under this section shall be upheld
             194      unless the business license fee is found to impose an unreasonable burden on the fee payer.
             195          Section 2. Section 10-1-203.5 is enacted to read:
             196          10-1-203.5. Disproportionate rental fee--Good landlord training program -- Fee
             197      reduction.
             198          (1) As used in this section:
             199          (a) "Business" means the rental of one or more residential units within a municipality.
             200          (b) "Disproportionate rental fee" means a fee adopted by a municipality to recover its
             201      disproportionate costs of providing municipal services to residential rental units compared to
             202      similarly-situated owner-occupied housing.
             203          (c) "Disproportionate rental fee reduction" means a reduction of a disproportionate
             204      rental fee as a condition of complying with the requirements of a good landlord training
             205      program.
             206          (d) "Exempt business" means the rental of a residential unit within a single structure
             207      that contains:
             208          (i) no more than four residential units; and
             209          (ii) one unit occupied by the owner.
             210          (e) "Exempt landlord" means a residential landlord who demonstrates to a
             211      municipality:


             212          (i) H. [ (A) ] .H completion of any live good landlord training program offered by any
             212a      other
             213      Utah city that offers a good landlord program; H. [ and
             214          (B) familiarity with the essential provisions of that municipality's good landlord
             215      program;
] .H

             216          (ii) H. [ (A) ] .H that the residential landlord has H. a .H current H. [ "certified
             216a1      property manager"
             216a      status with
             217      the Utah Division of Real Estate
] professional designation of "property manager".H
; S.or .S
             217a      H. [ and
             218          (B) familiarity with the essential provisions of that municipality's good landlord
             219      program;
] .H

             220           S. [ (iii) an exemption from continuing education from the Division of Real Estate under
             221      Subsection 61-2f-204 (2)(a)(iv)(B); or
             222          (iv)
] (iii) .S
compliance with a requirement described in Subsection (4).
             223          (f) "Good landlord training program" means a program offered by a municipality to
             224      encourage business practices that are designed to reduce the disproportionate cost of municipal
             225      services to residential rental units by offering a disproportionate rental fee reduction for any
             226      landlord who:
             227          (i) (A) completes a landlord training program provided by the municipality; or
             228          (B) is an exempt landlord;
             229          (ii) implements measures to reduce crime in rental housing as specified in a municipal
             230      ordinance or policy; and
             231          (iii) operates and manages rental housing in accordance with an applicable municipal
             232      ordinance.
             233          (g) "Municipal services" means:
             234          (i) public utilities;
             235          (ii) police;
             236          (iii) fire;
             237          (iv) code enforcement;
             238          (v) storm water runoff;
             239          (vi) traffic control;
             240          (vii) parking
             241          (viii) transportation;
             242          (ix) beautification; or


             243          (x) snow removal.
             244          (h) "Municipal services study" means a study of the cost of all municipal services to
             245      rental housing that:
             246          (i) are reasonably attributable to the rental housing; and
             247          (ii) exceed the municipality's cost to serve similarly-situated, owner-occupied housing.
             248          (2) The legislative body of a municipality may charge and collect a disproportionate
             249      rental fee on a business that causes disproportionate costs to municipal services if the
             250      municipality:
             251          (a) has performed a municipal services study; and
             252          (b) adopts a disproportionate rental fee that does not exceed the amount that is justified
             253      by the municipal services study on a per residential rental unit basis.
             254          (3) A municipality may not:
             255          (a) impose a disproportionate rental fee on an exempt business;
             256          (b) require a landlord to deny tenancy to an individual released from probation or
             257      parole whose conviction date occurred more than four years before the date of tenancy; or
             258          (c) without cause and notice, require a landlord to submit to a random building
             259      inspection.
             260          (4) In addition to a requirement or qualification described in Subsection (1)(e), a
             261      municipality may recognize a landlord training described in its ordinance.
             262          (5) H. (a) .H If a municipality adopts a good landlord program, the municipality shall
             262a      provide an
             263      appeal procedure affording due process of law to a landlord who is denied a disproportionate
             264      rental fee reduction.
             264a      H. (b) A municipality may not adopt a new disproportionate rental fee unless the
             264b      municipality provides a disproportionate rental fee reduction. .H
             265          Section 3. Section 10-8-85.5 is amended to read:
             266           10-8-85.5. "Rental dwelling" defined -- Municipality may require a business
             267      license or a regulatory business license and inspections -- Exception.
             268          (1) As used in this section, "rental dwelling" means a building or portion of a building
             269      that is:
             270          (a) used or designated for use as a residence by one or more persons; and
             271          (b) (i) available to be rented, loaned, leased, or hired out for a period of one month or
             272      longer; or
             273          (ii) arranged, designed, or built to be rented, loaned, leased, or hired out for a period of


             274      one month or longer.
             275          (2) (a) The legislative body of a municipality may by ordinance require the owner of a
             276      rental dwelling located within the municipality:
             277          (i) to obtain a business license pursuant to Section 10-1-203 ; or
             278          (ii) (A) to obtain a regulatory business license to operate and maintain the rental
             279      dwelling in accordance with Section 10-1-203.5 ; and
             280          (B) to allow inspections of the rental dwelling as a condition of obtaining a regulatory
             281      business license.
             282          (b) A municipality may not require an owner of multiple rental dwellings or multiple
             283      buildings containing rental dwellings to obtain more than one regulatory business license for
             284      the operation and maintenance of those rental dwellings.
             285          [(c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b), a municipality may, until August 31, 2008,
             286      impose upon an owner subject to Subsection (2)(a) a reasonable inspection fee for the
             287      inspection of each rental dwelling owned by that owner.]
             288          [(ii) Beginning September 1, 2008, a]
             289          (c) A municipality may not charge a fee for the inspection of a rental dwelling.
             290          (d) If a municipality's inspection of a rental dwelling, allowed under Subsection
             291      (2)(a)(ii)(B), approves the rental dwelling for purposes of a regulatory business license, a
             292      municipality may not inspect that rental dwelling [during the next 36 months, unless the
             293      municipality has reasonable cause to believe that a condition in the rental dwelling is in
             294      violation of an applicable law or ordinance] except as provided for in Section 10-1-203.5 .
             295          (3) A municipality may not:
             296          (a) interfere with the ability of an owner of a rental dwelling to contract with a tenant
             297      concerning the payment of the cost of a utility or municipal service provided to the rental
             298      dwelling; or
             299          (b) except as required under the State Construction Code or an approved code under
             300      Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act, for a structural change to the rental dwelling,
             301      or as required in an ordinance adopted before January 1, 2008, require the owner of a rental
             302      dwelling to retrofit the rental dwelling with or install in the rental dwelling a safety feature that
             303      was not required when the rental dwelling was constructed.
             304          (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights and duties established


             305      under Title 57, Chapter 22, Utah Fit Premises Act, or to restrict a municipality's ability to
             306      enforce its generally applicable health ordinances or building code, a local health department's
             307      authority under Title 26A, Chapter 1, Local Health Departments, or the Utah Department of
             308      Health's authority under Title 26, Utah Health Code.
             309          Section 4. Section 10-9a-511 is amended to read:
             310           10-9a-511. Nonconforming uses and noncomplying structures.
             311          (1) (a) Except as provided in this section, a nonconforming use or noncomplying
             312      structure may be continued by the present or a future property owner.
             313          (b) A nonconforming use may be extended through the same building, provided no
             314      structural alteration of the building is proposed or made for the purpose of the extension.
             315          (c) For purposes of this Subsection (1), the addition of a solar energy device to a
             316      building is not a structural alteration.
             317          (2) The legislative body may provide for:
             318          (a) the establishment, restoration, reconstruction, extension, alteration, expansion, or
             319      substitution of nonconforming uses upon the terms and conditions set forth in the land use
             320      ordinance;
             321          (b) the termination of all nonconforming uses, except billboards, by providing a
             322      formula establishing a reasonable time period during which the owner can recover or amortize
             323      the amount of his investment in the nonconforming use, if any; and
             324          (c) the termination of a nonconforming use due to its abandonment.
             325          (3) (a) A municipality may not prohibit the reconstruction or restoration of a
             326      noncomplying structure or terminate the nonconforming use of a structure that is involuntarily
             327      destroyed in whole or in part due to fire or other calamity unless the structure or use has been
             328      abandoned.
             329          (b) A municipality may prohibit the reconstruction or restoration of a noncomplying
             330      structure or terminate the nonconforming use of a structure if:
             331          (i) the structure is allowed to deteriorate to a condition that the structure is rendered
             332      uninhabitable and is not repaired or restored within six months after written notice to the
             333      property owner that the structure is uninhabitable and that the noncomplying structure or
             334      nonconforming use will be lost if the structure is not repaired or restored within six months; or
             335          (ii) the property owner has voluntarily demolished a majority of the noncomplying


             336      structure or the building that houses the nonconforming use.
             337          (c) (i) Notwithstanding a prohibition in its zoning ordinance, a municipality may
             338      permit a billboard owner to relocate the billboard within the municipality's boundaries to a
             339      location that is mutually acceptable to the municipality and the billboard owner.
             340          (ii) If the municipality and billboard owner cannot agree to a mutually acceptable
             341      location within 90 days after the owner submits a written request to relocate the billboard, the
             342      provisions of Subsection 10-9a-513 (2)(a)(iv) apply.
             343          (4) (a) Unless the municipality establishes, by ordinance, a uniform presumption of
             344      legal existence for nonconforming uses, the property owner shall have the burden of
             345      establishing the legal existence of a noncomplying structure or nonconforming use.
             346          (b) Any party claiming that a nonconforming use has been abandoned shall have the
             347      burden of establishing the abandonment.
             348          (c) Abandonment may be presumed to have occurred if:
             349          (i) a majority of the primary structure associated with the nonconforming use has been
             350      voluntarily demolished without prior written agreement with the municipality regarding an
             351      extension of the nonconforming use;
             352          (ii) the use has been discontinued for a minimum of one year; or
             353          (iii) the primary structure associated with the nonconforming use remains vacant for a
             354      period of one year.
             355          (d) The property owner may rebut the presumption of abandonment under Subsection
             356      (4)(c), and shall have the burden of establishing that any claimed abandonment under
             357      Subsection (4)(b) has not in fact occurred.
             358          (5) A municipality may terminate the nonconforming status of a school district or
             359      charter school use or structure when the property associated with the school district or charter
             360      school use or structure ceases to be used for school district or charter school purposes for a
             361      period established by ordinance.
             362          (6) A municipal ordinance adopted under Section [ 10-1-203 ] 10-1-203.5 may not:
             363          (a) require physical changes in a structure with a legal nonconforming rental housing
             364      use unless the change is for:
             365          (i) the reasonable installation of:
             366          (A) a smoke detector that is plugged in or battery operated;


             367          (B) a ground fault circuit interrupter protected outlet on existing wiring;
             368          (C) street addressing;
             369          (D) except as provided in Subsection (7), an egress bedroom window if the existing
             370      bedroom window is smaller than that required by current state building code;
             371          (E) an electrical system or a plumbing system, if the existing system is not functioning
             372      or is unsafe as determined by an independent electrical or plumbing professional who is
             373      licensed in accordance with Title 58, Occupations and Professions;
             374          (F) hand or guard rails; or
             375          (G) occupancy separation doors as required by the International Residential Code; or
             376          (ii) the abatement of a structure; or
             377          (b) be enforced to terminate a legal nonconforming rental housing use.
             378          (7) A municipality may not require a change described in Subsection (6)(a)(i)(D) if the
             379      change:
             380          (a) would compromise the structural integrity of a building; or
             381          (b) could not be completed in accordance with current building codes, including
             382      set-back and window well requirements.
             383          (8) A legal nonconforming rental housing use may not be terminated under Section
             384      [ 10-1-203 ] 10-1-203.5 .
             385          Section 5. Section 57-22-7 is amended to read:
             386           57-22-7. Limitation on counties and municipalities.
             387          (1) A county or municipality may not adopt an ordinance, resolution, or regulation that
             388      is inconsistent with this chapter.
             389          (2) (a) Subsection (1) may not be construed to limit the ability of a county or
             390      municipality to enforce an applicable administrative remedy with respect to a residential rental
             391      unit for a violation of a county or municipal ordinance, subject to Subsection (2)(b).
             392          (b) A county or municipality's enforcement of an administrative remedy may not have
             393      the effect of:
             394          (i) modifying the time requirements of a corrective period, as defined in Section
             395      57-22-6 ;
             396          (ii) limiting or otherwise affecting a tenant's remedies under Section 57-22-6 ; or
             397          (iii) modifying an owner's obligation under this chapter to a tenant relating to the


             398      habitability of a residential rental unit.
             399          (3) A municipality with a good landlord program under [Subsection 10-1-203 (5)(e)]
             400      Section 10-1-203.5 may not limit an owner's participation in the program or reduce program
             401      benefits to the owner because of renter or crime victim action that the owner is prohibited
             402      under Subsection 57-22-5.1 (5) from restricting or penalizing.
             403          Section 6. Section 72-7-102 is amended to read:
             404           72-7-102. Excavations, structures, or objects prohibited within right-of-way
             405      except in accordance with law -- Permit and fee requirements -- Rulemaking -- Penalty
             406      for violation.
             407          (1) As used in this section, "management costs" means the reasonable, direct, and
             408      actual costs a highway authority incurs in exercising authority over the highways under its
             409      jurisdiction.
             410          (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3) and Section 54-4-15 , a person may not:
             411          (a) dig or excavate, within the right-of-way of any state highway, county road, or city
             412      street; or
             413          (b) place, construct, or maintain any approach road, driveway, pole, pipeline, conduit,
             414      sewer, ditch, culvert, billboard, advertising sign, or any other structure or object of any kind or
             415      character within the right-of-way.
             416          (3) (a) A highway authority having jurisdiction over the right-of-way may allow
             417      excavating, installation of utilities and other facilities or access under rules made by the
             418      highway authority and in compliance with federal, state, and local law as applicable.
             419          (b) (i) The rules may require a permit for any excavation or installation and may
             420      require a surety bond or other security.
             421          (ii) The application for a permit for excavation or installation on a state highway shall
             422      be accompanied by a fee established under Subsection (4)(f).
             423          (iii) The permit may be revoked and the surety bond or other security may be forfeited
             424      for cause.
             425          (4) (a) Except as provided in Section 72-7-108 with respect to the department
             426      concerning the interstate highway system, a highway authority may require compensation from
             427      a utility service provider for access to the right-of-way of a highway only as provided in this
             428      section.


             429          (b) A highway authority may recover from a utility service provider, only those
             430      management costs caused by the utility service provider's activities in the right-of-way of a
             431      highway under the jurisdiction of the highway authority.
             432          (c) (i) A fee or other compensation under this Subsection (4) shall be imposed on a
             433      competitively neutral basis.
             434          (ii) If a highway authority's management costs cannot be attributed to only one entity,
             435      the management costs shall be allocated among all privately owned and government agencies
             436      using the highway right-of-way for utility service purposes, including the highway authority
             437      itself. The allocation shall reflect proportionately the management costs incurred by the
             438      highway authority as a result of the various utility uses of the highway.
             439          (d) A highway authority may not use the compensation authority granted under this
             440      Subsection (4) as a basis for generating revenue for the highway authority that is in addition to
             441      its management costs.
             442          (e) (i) A utility service provider that is assessed management costs or a franchise fee by
             443      a highway authority is entitled to recover those management costs.
             444          (ii) If the highway authority that assesses the management costs or franchise fees is a
             445      political subdivision of the state and the utility service provider serves customers within the
             446      boundaries of that highway authority, the management costs may be recovered from those
             447      customers.
             448          (f) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             449      department shall adopt a schedule of fees to be assessed for management costs incurred in
             450      connection with issuing and administering a permit on a state highway under this section.
             451          (g) In addition to the requirements of this Subsection (4), a telecommunications tax or
             452      fee imposed by a municipality on a telecommunications provider, as defined in Section
             453      10-1-402 , is subject to Section 10-1-406 .
             454          (5) Permit fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited with
             455      the state treasurer and credited to the Transportation Fund.
             456          (6) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of a municipality under:
             457          (a) Section [ 10-1-203 ] or 10-1-203.5 ;
             458          (b) Section 11-26-1 ;
             459          (c) Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act; or


             460          (d) Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act.
             461          (7) A person who violates the provisions of Subsection (2) is guilty of a class B
             462      misdemeanor.


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