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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="HB0196" sponsor="Trevor Lee" designation="HB" otherSponsor="" otherHouse="Senate" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL0954" date="1/8/2026 15:01:417" printDate="01-08 15:16" subVer="0" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>14</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="05/06/2026"><seclist><sect action="A" src="code" buid="12" uid="C72-3-S104_2026050620260506" fromuid="C72-3-S104_2025110620251206" sort="72 03 01040020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">72-3-104</sect><sect action="E" src="code" buid="9" uid="C72-4-S401_2026050620260506" sort="72 04 04010020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">72-4-401</sect><sect action="E" src="code" buid="7" uid="C72-4-S402_2026050620260506" sort="72 04 04020020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">72-4-402</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="13" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="05/06/2026"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>0</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Highway Designation Amendments</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>Senate Sponsor: </otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill designates a certain city street as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.</gd><hphead lineno="6">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="7" slineno="0-7">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8" level="1">limits a municipality's jurisdiction and control of a class C road to allow the Legislature to <ln numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9"/>make a special designation of or name a class C road;</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10" level="1">requires coordination between the Department of Transportation and municipalities <ln numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11"/>regarding the designation, naming, and signage of a class C road for which the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12"/>Legislature has given a special designation or name; and</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="13" slineno="0-13" level="1">designates 900 South in Salt Lake City as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="15">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">Other Special Clauses:</oc><ocNone lineno="17">None</ocNone><sa numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saamd numlevel="1" lineno="19" slineno="0-19"><snhead>AMENDS:</snhead><sn num="72-3-104" src="code" uid="C72-3-S104_2026050620260506" buid="12" sort="72 03 01040020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20"><bold>72-3-104</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 17</sn></saamd><saent numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="0-21"><snhead>ENACTS:</snhead><sn num="72-4-401" src="code" uid="C72-4-S401_2026050620260506" buid="9" sort="72 04 04010020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="0-22"><bold>72-4-401</bold>, Utah Code Annotated 1953</sn><sn num="72-4-402" src="code" uid="C72-4-S402_2026050620260506" buid="7" sort="72 04 04020020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="0-23"><bold>72-4-402</bold>, Utah Code Annotated 1953</sn></saent></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="24"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="0-25">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="12" num="72-3-104" type="amend" src="code" uid="C72-3-S104_2026050620260506" sort="72 03 01040020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section number="72-3-104" numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-2" type="amend"><secline lineno="26">Section 1. Section <bold>72-3-104</bold> is amended to read:</secline><catline lineno="27"><bold>72-3-104<parens/>. City streets -- Class C roads -- Construction and maintenance.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="12-null-1" dnum="1-o" numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-3" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display>(1)</display>City streets comprise:<subsection ssid="12-null-2" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-4" level="2"><display>(a)</display>highways, roads, circulator alleys, and streets within the corporate limits of the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-5"/>municipalities that are not designated as class A state roads or as class B roads; and</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-3" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-6" level="2"><display>(b)</display>those highways, roads, and streets located within a national forest and constructed or <ln numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-7"/>maintained by the municipality under agreement with the appropriate federal agency.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-4" dnum="2-o" numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-8" level="1"><display>(2)</display>City streets are class C roads.</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-5" dnum="3-o" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-9" level="1"><display>(3)</display>Except for city streets within counties of the first and second class, as classified under <ln numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-10"/>Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="17-60-104">17-60-104</xref>, the state and city have joint undivided interest in the title to all <ln numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-11"/>rights-of-way for all city streets.</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-6" dnum="4-o" numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-12" level="1" space="false"><display>(4)</display><subsection ssid="12-15" dnum="_-o:a-i" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2" placement="sameline"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1006" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="both">(a)</amend></display><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="6" groupid="5" style="2" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" deltag="both">The </amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="5" groupid="4" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">Except as provided in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="72-3-104(4)(b)">(4)(b)</xref>, and Chapter <xref depth="2" refnumber="72-4-4">4, Part 4</xref>, Special <ln numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-13"/>Designation and Naming of Local Highways, a </amend>municipal governing body exercises <ln numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-14"/>sole jurisdiction and control of the city streets within the municipality.</subsection><subsection ssid="12-17" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-15" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1007" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="14" groupid="10" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">The Legislature may make a special designation of a class C road as provided in <ln numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-16"/>Chapter 4, Part 4, Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-7" dnum="5-o" numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-17" level="1"><display>(5)</display>The department shall cooperate with the municipal legislative body in the construction <ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-18"/>and maintenance of the class C roads within each municipality.</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-8" dnum="6-o" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-19" level="1"><display>(6)</display>The municipal legislative body shall expend or cause to be expended upon the class C <ln numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-20"/>roads the funds allocated to each municipality from the Transportation Fund under rules <ln numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-21"/>made by the department.</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-9" dnum="7-o" numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-22" level="1"><display>(7)</display>Any town or city in the third, fourth, or fifth class may:<subsection ssid="12-null-10" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-23" level="2"><display>(a)</display>contract with the county or the department for the construction and maintenance of <ln numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="1-24"/>class C roads within its corporate limits; or</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-11" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="50" slineno="1-25" level="2"><display>(b)</display>transfer, with the consent of the county, its:<subsection ssid="12-null-12" dnum="i-o" numlevel="1" lineno="51" slineno="1-26" level="3"><display>(i)</display>class C roads to the class B road system; and</subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-13" dnum="ii-o" numlevel="1" lineno="52" slineno="1-27" level="3"><display>(ii)</display>funds allocated from the Transportation Fund to the municipality to the county <ln numlevel="1" lineno="53" slineno="1-28"/>legislative body for use upon the transferred class C roads.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="12-null-14" dnum="8-o" numlevel="1" lineno="54" slineno="1-29" level="1"><display>(8)</display>A municipal legislative body of any city of the third, fourth, or fifth class may use any <ln numlevel="1" lineno="55" slineno="1-30"/>portion of the class C road funds allocated to the municipality for the construction of <ln numlevel="1" lineno="56" slineno="1-31"/>sidewalks, curbs, and gutters on class A state roads within the municipal limits by <ln numlevel="1" lineno="57" slineno="1-32"/>cooperative agreement with the department.</subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="9" num="72-4-401" type="enact" src="code" uid="C72-4-S401_2026050620260506" sort="72 04 04010020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="58" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section numlevel="1" lineno="60" slineno="2-3" number="72-4-401" type="enact"><secline lineno="58">Section 2. Section <bold>72-4-401</bold> is enacted to read:</secline><headpart number="72-4-4" numlevel="1" lineno="59" slineno="2-2">4. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.</headpart><catline lineno="60"><bold>72-4-401<parens/>. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="9-1" dnum="_-o:1-i" numlevel="1" lineno="61" slineno="2-4" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1016" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(1)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="13" groupid="10" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">The Legislature may make a special designation of or name a class C road.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="9-9" dnum="_-o:2-i" numlevel="1" lineno="62" slineno="2-5" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1017" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(2)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="56" groupid="43" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">Except as provided in this section, the designation or naming of a class C road does not <ln numlevel="1" lineno="63" slineno="2-6"/>alter the duties of a municipality to exercise jurisdiction and control of the class C road.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="9-2" dnum="_-o:3-i" numlevel="1" lineno="64" slineno="2-7" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1018" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(3)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="14" groupid="11" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">If the Legislature makes a special designation of or names a class C road, the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="65" slineno="2-8"/>municipality:</amend><subsection ssid="9-3" dnum="_-o:a-i" numlevel="1" lineno="66" slineno="2-9" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1019" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="32" groupid="25" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">shall remove any existing designation or name of the same class C road;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="9-7" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="67" slineno="2-10" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1020" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="43" groupid="32" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">shall coordinate with the department for the installation of appropriate signs along <ln numlevel="1" lineno="68" slineno="2-11"/>the designated highway; and</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="9-5" dnum="_-o:c-i" numlevel="1" lineno="69" slineno="2-12" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1021" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(c)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="30" groupid="24" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">may not make a different or additional designation of the same class C road.</amend></subsection></subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="7" num="72-4-402" type="enact" src="code" uid="C72-4-S402_2026050620260506" sort="72 04 04020020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="70" slineno="3-1" sn="3"><section numlevel="1" lineno="71" slineno="3-2" number="72-4-402" type="enact"><secline lineno="70">Section 3. Section <bold>72-4-402</bold> is enacted to read:</secline><catline lineno="71"><bold>72-4-402<parens/>. Charlie Kirk Boulevard.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="7-5-7" dnum="_-o:1-i" numlevel="1" lineno="72" slineno="3-3" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1022" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(1)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="3" groupid="3" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">There is established Charlie Kirk Boulevard composed of the existing class C road in <ln numlevel="1" lineno="73" slineno="3-4"/>Salt Lake City known as 900 South.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="7-5-8" dnum="_-o:2-i" numlevel="1" lineno="74" slineno="3-5" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1023" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(2)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="11" groupid="8" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">In addition to the designation of the road as 900 South, the department and Salt Lake <ln numlevel="1" lineno="75" slineno="3-6"/>City shall designate and name the highway identified in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="72-4-402(1)">(1)</xref> as Charlie Kirk <ln numlevel="1" lineno="76" slineno="3-7"/>Boulevard on future state and local highway maps.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="7-5-9" dnum="_-o:3-i" numlevel="1" lineno="77" slineno="3-8" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1024" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(3)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="16" groupid="12" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">As soon as practicable, and in coordination with Salt Lake City, the department shall <ln numlevel="1" lineno="78" slineno="3-9"/>install appropriate signs along portions of the highway indicating the designation and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="79" slineno="3-10"/>name as Charlie Kirk Boulevard as described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="72-4-402(1)">(1)</xref>.</amend></subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="13" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="80" slineno="4-1" sn="4"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="80">Section 4.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="81"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect on <effdate uid="code" date="5/6/2026">May 6, 2026</effdate>.</amend></sectionText></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>1-8-26 3:16 PM</tm></rev></foot></leg>