H.B. 315 Enrolled

OLYMPIC PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: David Ure
This act modifies the Transportation Code. The act allows the executive director of the
Department of Transportation, during a specified period, to designate highways as statewide
public safety interest highways if certain conditions are met.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
72-3-301, as last amended by Chapter 133, Laws of Utah 2000
ENACTS:
63-55b-172, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 63-55b-172 is enacted to read:
63-55b-172. Repeal dates -- Title 72.
Subsection 72-3-301 (6) pertaining to the designation of a state highway during the Olympic
Winter Games of 2002 is repealed April 1, 2002.
Section 2. Section 72-3-301 is amended to read:
72-3-301. Statewide public safety interest highway defined -- Designations -- Control
-- Maintenance -- Improvement restrictions -- Formula funding provisions.
(1) As used in this part, "statewide public safety interest highway" means a designated
state highway that serves a compelling statewide public safety interest.
(2) Statewide public safety interest highways include:
(a) SR-900. From near the east bound on and off ramps of the I-80 Delle Interchange on
the I-80 south frontage road, traversing northwesterly, westerly, and northeasterly, including on
portions of a county road and a Bureau of Land Management road for a distance of 9.24 miles.
Then beginning again at the I-80 south frontage road traversing southwesterly and northwesterly
on a county road for a distance of 4.33 miles. Then beginning again at the I-80 south frontage road
traversing southwesterly, northerly, northwesterly, westerly, and northeasterly on a county road and

a Bureau of Land Management road to near the east bound on and off ramps of I-80 Low/Lakeside
Interchange for a distance of 2.61 miles. The entire length of SR-900 is a total distance of 16.18
miles.
(b) SR-901. From SR-196 traversing westerly and northwesterly on a county road to a
junction with a Bureau of Land Management road described as part of SR-901, then northwesterly
to a junction with a county road for a distance of 8.70 miles. Then beginning again at a junction with
SR-901 traversing northwesterly on a Bureau of Land Management road to a junction with a county
road for a distance of 6.52 miles. Then beginning again at a junction with SR-901 traversing
southwesterly on a Bureau of Land Management road to a junction with a county road for a distance
of 5.44 miles. Then beginning again from a junction with SR-901 traversing southwesterly on a
county road to a junction with a county road a distance of 11.52 miles. Then beginning again at a
junction with SR-196 traversing westerly on a Bureau of Land Management road to a junction with
a county road for a distance of 11.30 miles. The entire length of SR-901 is a total distance of 43.48
miles.
(3) The department has jurisdiction and control over all statewide public safety interest
highways.
(4) (a) A county shall maintain the portions of a statewide public safety interest highway that
was a class B county road under the county's jurisdiction prior to the designation under this section.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17-50-305 , a county may not abandon any
portion of a statewide public safety interest highway.
(c) Except under written authorization of the executive director of the department, a
statewide public safety interest highway shall remain the same class of highway that it was prior to
the designation under this section with respect to grade, drainage, surface, and improvements and
it may not be upgraded or improved to a higher class of highway.
(5) A class B county road that is designated a statewide public safety interest highway under
this section is considered a class B county road for the purposes of the distribution formula and
distributions of funds. The amount of funds received by any jurisdiction from the class B and C
roads account under Section 72-2-107 may not be affected by the provisions of this section.

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(6) (a) Subject to Subsection (6)(b), the executive director may designate any highway as a
statewide public safety interest highway if:
(i) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety appointed under Section 53-1-107
recommends the designation to the executive director; and
(ii) the commission approves the designation.
(b) A designation as a statewide public safety interest highway under Subsection (6)(a) may
not take effect earlier than January 25, 2002 and may not extend beyond April 1, 2002.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection 72-1-302 (2), the governor may call an emergency meeting
of the commission to consider a designation under Subsection (6)(a).

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