Title 54, Title 54: Public Utilities

54-8a-10.5. Installation and location of sewer lateral cleanouts -- Records. (1) An operator or person installing or replacing a sewer lateral cleanout beginning August 1, 2009 shall install or replace the sewer lateral cleanout in a manner so that the lateral can be located, inc…

54-8a-11. Applicability of federal law. The following persons are subject to the provisions of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 198, Regulations for Grants to Aid State Pipeline Safety Programs, including those provisions relating to damage to underground facilities: (…

54-8a-12. Enforcement -- Attorney general. (1) The attorney general may bring an action in a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, to enforce this chapter. Notwithstanding Title 78B, Chapter 3a, Venue for Civil Actions, the attorney gener…

54-8a-13. Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board -- Arbitration -- Relationship with Public Service Commission. (1) There is created within the commission the Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board to arbitrate, or parties may mutually agree to mediate, a dispute arisin…

54-8a-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Association" means two or more operators organized to receive notification of excavation activities in the state, as provided by Section. 54-8a-9 (2) "Backfill" means soil or material that is approved for the soil or material's …

54-8a-3.5. Excavation-related information included with construction and building permit. An entity issuing a permit for building or construction that may require excavation may, and is encouraged to, include a notice on or with a permit stating, "Attention, Utah law requires any…

54-8a-4. Notice of excavation. (1) Before excavating, an excavator shall notify each operator with an underground facility in the area of the proposed excavation. The requirements of Subsection (1)(a) do not apply: if there is an emergency; while gardening; or while tilling priva…

54-8a-5. Marking of underground facilities. (1) Within 48 hours of the receipt of the notice required by Section, the operator shall: 54-8a-4 mark the location of the operator's underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation; or notify the excavator, by telephonic …

54-8a-5.5. Determining the precise location of marked underground facilities. (1) An excavator may not use any power-operated or power-driven excavating or boring equipment within the tolerance zone unless: the excavator determines the exact location of the underground facility b…

54-8a-5.8. Excavator access. An excavator may enter or access an owner's property or dwelling to locate a sewer lateral with the owner's permission.

54-8a-6. Duties and liabilities of an excavator. (1) Damage to an underground facility by an excavator who excavates but fails to comply with Section, is prima facie evidence that the excavator is liable for any damage caused by the negligence of that excavator. 54-8a-4 (2) An ex…

54-8a-7. Notice of contact or damage -- Repairs. (1) An excavator performing an excavation that results in contact or damage to a facility shall: provide notice of the contact or damage including the location and nature of any damage immediately to the operator; allow the operato…

54-8a-7.5. Third-party damages caused by failure to mark a facility. (1) If an operator fails to mark a facility as required by this chapter and an excavator damages another operator's facility of a similar size and appearance that fits surface markings, the operator who failed t…

54-8a-8. Civil penalty -- Exceptions -- Other remedies. (1) A civil penalty may be imposed for a violation of this chapter as provided in this section. (2) A civil penalty under this section may be imposed on: any person that violates this chapter in an amount no greater than $5,…

54-8a-9. Association for mutual receipt of excavation notices. (1) Two or more operators may form and operate a statewide association providing for mutual receipt of notice of excavation activities. When an association is operational, notice to the association shall be given purs…

54-8a-9.5. Inspection of records. The books and records of an association shall be open to inspection by its members during normal business hours upon 48 hours advance notice.

54-8b-1. Title. This chapter is known as the "Public Telecommunications Law."

54-8b-1.1. Legislative policy declarations. The Legislature declares it is the policy of the state to: (1) endeavor to achieve the universal service objectives of the state as set forth in Section; 54-8b-11 (2) facilitate access to high quality, affordable public telecommunicatio…

54-8b-10. Imposing a surcharge to provide deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired individuals with telecommunication devices -- Definitions -- Procedures for establishing program -- Surcharge -- Administration and disposition of surcharge money. (1) As used in this section: "C…

54-8b-11. Establishing just and reasonable rates. In administering this title, the commission shall endeavor to make available high-quality, universal telecommunications services at just and reasonable rates for all classes of customers throughout this state.

54-8b-13. Rules governing operator assisted services. (1) The commission shall make rules to implement the following requirements pertaining to the provision of operator assisted services: Rates, surcharges, terms, or conditions for operator assisted services shall be provided to…

54-8b-14. Intrastate interexchange toll service prices. (1) Prices for intrastate interexchange message toll services transmitted between two specific points shall be the same regardless of the point of origin. (2) Subsectionapplies only to services provided by telecommunications…

54-8b-15. Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund -- Commission duties -- Charges -- Lifeline program. (1) For purposes of this section: "Broadband Internet access service" means the same as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. Sec. 8.2. "Carrier of last resort" mea…

54-8b-16. Public Service Commission authority to enforce interconnection service quality standards and interconnection agreements -- Grounds for filing complaint. (1) For purposes of this section, "interconnection service quality standards" means specific, measurable criteria tha…

54-8b-17. Procedures for enforcement of interconnection service quality -- Penalties for violation -- Funds collected. (1) Proceedings under Subsectionshall be conducted in accordance with the following procedure: 54-8b-2.2(1)(e) The complaint shall be served upon the defendant t…

54-8b-18. Definitions -- Unauthorized change of telecommunications provider -- Unauthorized charges -- Procedures for verification -- Penalties -- Authority of commission. (1) For purposes of this section: "Agents" includes any person, firm, or corporation representing a telecomm…

54-8b-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Access line" means a circuit-switched connection, or the functional equivalent of a circuit-switched connection, from an end-user to the public switched network. (2) "Aggregator" means any person or entity that: is not a telecom…

54-8b-2.1. Competitive entry. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of Sectionto the contrary, the commission may issue a certificate to a telecommunications corporation authorizing it to compete in providing local exchange services or other public telecommunications services in all …

54-8b-2.2. Interconnection. (1) The commission may require any telecommunications corporation to interconnect its essential facilities with another telecommunications corporation that provides public telecommunications services in the same, adjacent, or overlapping service territ…

54-8b-2.3. Pricing flexibility. (1) A telecommunications corporation that obtains a certificate to compete with the incumbent telephone corporation in a defined geographic area pursuant to Sectionmay price any public telecommunications services it is authorized to offer, or any n…

54-8b-3. Exemptions from requirements. (1) The commission, on its own initiative or in response to an application by a telecommunications corporation, a public agency, or a user of a public telecommunications service, may, after public notice and a hearing, issue an order exempti…

54-8b-3.3. Services that must be offered on a nondiscriminatory basis -- Public telecommunications to be cost-based -- Packaged services -- Quality of service standards. (1) As used in this section, "cost-based" means that the prices for the telecommunications services shall be e…

54-8b-3.4. Exemption from merger and acquisition approval by commission. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, a telecommunications corporation is exempt from the requirements of Sections,, andif the telecommunications corporation is: (2) 54-4-28 54-4-29 54-4-30 a competitive ent…

54-8b-4.5. Commission order -- Negotiated provisions of services -- Contracts under this section. (1) The commission may enter an order partially or wholly exempting any public telecommunications service from any requirement of this title relating to rates, tariffs, or fares. The…

54-8b-6. Prohibition on subsidization of telecommunications services. A telecommunications corporation providing intrastate public telecommunications services may not subsidize its intrastate telecommunications services which are exempted from regulation or offered pursuant to a …

54-8b-7. Continuous jurisdiction of commission -- Orders. The commission shall retain continuous jurisdiction over every telecommunications corporation or public telecommunications service exempted under this chapter and may exercise any statutory grant of power pertaining theret…

54-8b-8. Antitrust and restraint of trade laws not affected by chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall in any way preempt, modify, exempt, abrogate, or otherwise affect any right, cause of action, liability, duty, or obligation arising from any federal, state, or local law governi…

54-8b-9. Commission's jurisdiction under other provisions of title not enlarged or reduced by chapter. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge or reduce the commission's jurisdiction over the services and entities for which jurisdiction is provided or excluded b…

54-8c-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Authorized person" means an employee or agent: of a public utility that: generates, transmits, or delivers electricity; or provides and whose work relates to communication services; of an industrial plant whose work relates to t…

54-8c-2. Notification to public utility -- Protective measures -- Procedures -- Payment. (1) No person or thing may be brought within 10 feet of any high voltage overhead line unless: a responsible party has notified the public utility operating the high voltage overhead line of …

54-8c-3. Information filed with county clerk. (1) A public utility shall file with the county clerk of each county in which it has high voltage overhead lines a list containing: the name of the public utility owning the high voltage overhead lines; the name of any municipality, c…

54-8c-4. Violation. (1) Any responsible party who causes, permits, or allows a function or an activity in violation of any provision of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000, to be imposed by any court of competent jurisdiction against this …

54-8c-5. Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance by an authorized person of: (1) overhead electrical, cable television, or communications circuits or conductors and their supporting structures; (2) electrical generating, …

54-8c-6. Association for mutual receipt of notification of activities close to high voltage overhead lines. (1) Public utilities may form and operate an association providing for mutual receipt of notification of activities close to high voltage overhead lines in a specified area…

54-9-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Electric Power Facilities Act."

54-9-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Common facilities" means all works and facilities: owned or used by two or more public power entities or power utilities; and necessary to the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power and energy. (2) "Interlo…