Representative R. Curt Webb proposes the following substitute bill:


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LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY AMENDMENTS

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2018 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: R. Curt Webb

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Senate Sponsor: Daniel Hemmert

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions related to access to public highways.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     provides circumstances under which a highway authority may not close a legal point
14     of access to a public highway; and
15          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          72-7-103, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1998, Chapter 270
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24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 72-7-103 is amended to read:

26          72-7-103. Limitation on access authority.
27          (1) As used in this section:
28          (a) "Highway facility" means:
29          (i) SR-7 as described in Section 72-4-106;
30          (ii) SR-67 as described in Section 72-4-112;
31          (iii) SR-85 as described in Section 72-4-114;
32          (iv) SR-154 as described in Section 72-4-121; or
33          (v) SR-201 as described in Section 72-4-126.
34          (b) "Legal point of access" means an access established in accordance with applicable
35     law:
36          (i) before July 1, 2003;
37          (ii) by permit issued by the highway authority; or
38          (iii) by a deed or court order.
39          (2) A highway authority may not deny reasonable ingress and egress to property
40     adjoining a public highway except where:
41          [(1)] (a) the highway authority acquires right of ingress and egress by gift, agreement,
42     purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise; or
43          [(2)] (b) no right of ingress or egress exists between the right-of-way and the adjoining
44     property.
45          (3) For a property adjoining a public highway that is not an interstate system or a
46     highway facility, a highway authority may not close a legal point of access to the public
47     highway, unless:
48          (a) the property has reasonably equivalent access to the public highway after the legal
49     access is closed; or
50          (b) the highway authority acquires the legal point of access by gift, agreement,
51     purchase, or eminent domain.