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H.B. 229

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PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS

             2     
2004 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: R. Curt Webb

             5     
             6      LONG TITLE
             7      General Description:
             8          This bill modifies the Public Utilities Code to enact provisions related to public utility
             9      easements.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    enacts provisions governing:
             13              .    the use of a public utility easement;
             14              .    the use of property on which a public utility easement is located; and
             15              .    the recording of a subdivision plat that includes a public utility easement.
             16      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             20a      S AMENDS:
             20b          10-8-14.5, AS ENACTED BY CHAPTER 106, LAWS OF UTAH 1995 s
             21      ENACTS:
             22          54-3-27, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             23     
             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             24a      S Section 1. Section 10-8-14.5 is amended to read:
             24b          10-8-14.5.   Utility easements -- Use for water or sewerage service.
             24c          (1) If a municipality grants a general utility easement for the provision of electric, gas, or s


             24d      S telephone service, the grant may also provide that the easement can be used by the corporation or
             24e      other entity that provides water or sewerage service to the municipality's residents.
             24f          (2) A GENERAL UTILITY EASEMENT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) IS SUBJECT TO THE
             24g      PROVISIONS IMPOSED ON A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT UNDER SECTION 54-3-27.
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             25          Section 1. Section 54-3-27 is enacted to read:
             26          54-3-27. Public utility easement.
             27          (1) As used in this section, "public utility easement" means the area on a recorded plat


             28      map or other recorded document that is dedicated to the use and installation of public utility
             29      facilities.
             30          (2) (a) A public utility easement provides a public utility with:
             31          (i) the right to install, maintain, operate, repair, remove, replace, or relocate public
             32      utility facilities; and
             33          (ii) the rights of ingress and egress within the public utility easement for public utility
             34      employees, contractors, and agents.
             35          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3), a public utility shall restore or repair, at the
             36      expense of the public utility, any H H [ BOUNDARY LINE] h FENCE , h grass, soil,
             36a1      H SHRUBBERY, BUSHES, FLOWERS, OTHER LOW LEVEL VEGETATION, SPRINKLER SYSTEM,
             36a2      IRRIGATION SYSTEM, h gravel, flat concrete, or
             36a      asphalt damaged or
             37      displaced from the exercise of the easement rights described in Subsection (2)(a).
             38          (3) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), if a property owner places improvements
             39      to land that interfere with the easement rights described in Subsection (2)(a), the property
             40      owner shall bear the risk of loss or damage to those improvements resulting from the exercise
             41      of the easement rights described in Subsection (2)(a).
             42           H [ (4) Unless one of the exceptions provided in Subsection 54-13-7 (2) applies, a property
             43      owner may not, within a public easement, build or allow to be built any structure requiring slab
             44      support or footings.
             45          (5) A property owner may not change the contour of the ground within a public utility
             46      easement if the change results in a natural gas pipeline having less than the greater of:
             47          (a) 24 inches of ground cover; or
             48          (b) the amount of ground cover otherwise required by federal, state, or local law.
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             49           H [ (6) ] (4) h (a) Except as provided in Subsection H [ (6) ] (4) h (b), a public utility easement
             49a      is
             50      nonexclusive and may be used by more than one public utility.
             51          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection H [ (6) ] (4) h (a), a public utility may not:
             52          (i) interfere with any facility of another public utility within the public utility easement;
             53      or
             54          (ii) infringe on the legally required distances of separation between public utility
             55      facilities required by federal, state, or local law.
             56           H [ (7) ] (5) h A subdivision plat that includes a public utility easement may not H [ receive
             56a      final
             57      approval for recording by a municipality or county
] BE RECORDED h
unless H THE SUBDIVIDER
             57a1      HAS PROVIDED THE
             57a      MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY WITH PROOF THAT h each public utility H AS IDENTIFIED BY THE
             57b      MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY AS h holding an interest
             58      in the public utility easement has H , AS A COURTESY, h been notified H AT LEAST h 14 calendar


             58a      days prior to recording.



Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-12-04 11:31 AM


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

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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