S.B. 38 Enrolled

HIGHWAY AUTHORITY WINTER ROAD CLOSURE AUTHORITY
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Parley Hellewell
This act modifies the Transportation Code by amending a highway authority's ability to impose
restrictions on the use of highways.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
72-7-408, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 270, Laws of Utah 1998
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 72-7-408 is amended to read:
72-7-408. Highway authority -- Restrictions on highway use -- Erection and
maintenance of signs designating restrictions -- Penalty.
(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a highway authority may by rule or ordinance prescribe
procedures and criteria which prohibit the operation of any vehicle or impose restrictions on the weight
of a vehicle upon any highway under its jurisdiction.
(b) A highway authority may impose restrictions for a highway under Subsection (1)(a) if an
engineering inspection concludes that, due to deterioration caused by climatic conditions, a highway will
be seriously damaged or destroyed unless certain vehicles are prohibited or vehicle weights are restricted.
[(2) A highway authority may not prohibit the operation of any vehicle or restrict the weight of
a vehicle under Subsection (1) for more than 90 days in any one calendar year.]
[(3)] (2) The highway authority imposing restrictions under this section shall erect signs citing the
provisions of the rule or ordinance at each end of that portion of any highway affected. The restriction
is effective only when the signs are erected and maintained.
[(4)] (3) Any person who violates any restriction imposed under the authority of this section is
guilty of a class B misdemeanor.