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UT Code § 72-12-105 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 72 - Transportation Code|Chapter 12 - Travel Reduction Act|Section 105 - Worker compensation inapplicable to injuries in ride-sharing.

72-12-105. Worker compensation inapplicable to injuries in ride-sharing.  Section 34A-2-401 providing compensation for workers injured during the course of their employment does not apply to persons injured while participating in a ride-sharing arrangement between their places of residence and places of employment.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
UT Code § 72-12-106 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 72 - Transportation Code|Chapter 12 - Travel Reduction Act|Section 106 - Employer's liability for ride-sharing injuries.

72-12-106. Employer's liability for ride-sharing injuries.    (1) An employer is not liable for injuries to passengers or other persons or both resulting from the operation or use of a motor vehicle not owned, leased, or contracted for by the employer in a ride-sharing arrangement.     (2) An employer is not liable for injuries to passengers or other persons or both on account of the employer having provided information or incentives or otherwise having encouraged employees to participate in ride-sharing arrangements.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
UT Code § 72-12-107 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 72 - Transportation Code|Chapter 12 - Travel Reduction Act|Section 107 - Benefits of ride-sharing driver not taxable income.

72-12-107. Benefits of ride-sharing driver not taxable income.  Money and other benefits, other than salary, received by a driver in a ride-sharing arrangement does not constitute income for the purpose of computing gross income under Title 59, Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
UT Code § 72-12-108 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 72 - Transportation Code|Chapter 12 - Travel Reduction Act|Section 108 - Local taxation and licensing.

72-12-108. Local taxation and licensing.  A county or municipality may not impose a tax on, or require a license for, a ride-sharing arrangement.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
UT Code § 72-12-109 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 72 - Transportation Code|Chapter 12 - Travel Reduction Act|Section 109 - Wage and hour regulations unaffected by ride-sharing.

72-12-109. Wage and hour regulations unaffected by ride-sharing.  The fact that an employee participates in any kind of ride-sharing arrangement does not affect the application of any laws requiring payment of a minimum wage or overtime pay or otherwise regulating the hours a person may work.  Amended by Chapter 21, 1999 General Session
UT Code § 72-12-110 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 72 - Transportation Code|Chapter 12 - Travel Reduction Act|Section 110 - Vehicles used and drivers excluded from definitions for regulatory purposes.

72-12-110. Vehicles used and drivers excluded from definitions for regulatory purposes.    (1) A motor vehicle used in a ride-sharing arrangement is not a bus or commercial vehicle under:   (a)Title 41, Chapter 1a, Motor Vehicle Act, relating to registration; and     (b)Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic Code, relating to equipment requirements and rules of the road.       (2) The driver of a vehicle used in a ride-sharing arrangement is not a chauffeur and he is not transporting persons for compensation under the driver licensing provisions of Title 53, Chapter 3, Uniform Driver License Act.    Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1 - Waters declared property of public.

73-1-1. Waters declared property of public.    (1) All waters in this state, whether above or under the ground, are hereby declared to be the property of the public, subject to all existing rights to the use thereof.     (2) The declaration of public ownership of water in Subsection (1) does not create or recognize an easement for public recreational use on private property.     (3) The Legislature shall govern the use of public water for beneficial purposes, as limited by constitutional protections for private property.     (4) The right of the public to use public water for recreational purposes is governed by Chapter 29, Public Waters Access Act.    Amended by Chapter 410, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 2 - Unit of measurement -- Of flow -- Of volume.

73-1-2. Unit of measurement -- Of flow -- Of volume.  The standard unit of measurement of the flow of water shall be the discharge of one cubic foot per second of time, which shall be known as a second-foot; and the standard unit of measurement of the volume of water shall be the acre-foot, being the amount of water upon an acre covered one foot deep, equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 3 - Beneficial use basis of right to use.

73-1-3. Beneficial use basis of right to use.  Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of all rights to the use of water in this state.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-4.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4.5 - Authorization for water companies to allocate water rights lost by forfeiture or nonuse -- Redemption and retirement of water shares.

 Effective 5/9/2017  73-1-4.5. Authorization for water companies to allocate water rights lost by forfeiture or nonuse -- Redemption and retirement of water shares.    (1)   (a) If a water right, to which a water company holds title, ceases or is lost due to forfeiture or abandonment for lack of beneficial use, in whole or in part, the water company shall, through procedures consistent with this section, and as defined in the company's articles of incorporation or bylaws, apportion the loss to each stockholder whose failure to make beneficial use caused the loss of the water right.     (b) The water company shall make an apportionment if a court of proper jurisdiction makes a final decision that a loss has occurred.     (c) The water company shall also reduce the amount of water provided to the shareholder in proportion to the amount of the lost water right during an appeal of a decision that reduced the company water rights, unless otherwise ordered by a court of proper jurisdiction.     (d) The water company may take any action under this Subsection (1), whether the loss occurred:   (i) under Utah Code Annotated Section 73-1-4, including losses that occur as part of a general determination under Title 73, Chapter 4, Determination of Water Rights; or     (ii) through any other decision by a court of proper jurisdiction.         (2)   (a) If the water company apportions a water right under Subsection (1), a sufficient number of shares to account for the water right lost, including necessary transport or "carrier water" losses, shall be treated by the water company as shares redeemed by the company from the stockholder responsible for the loss.     (b) The number of shares owned by that shareholder shall be reduced accordingly on the records of the company.     (c) Upon the redemption, the authorized shares of the company shall be reduced by the amount of shares that were redeemed under this Subsection (2).       (3) The redemption and retirement under this section of shares belonging to a stockholder does not relieve the stockholder of liability for unpaid assessments on the stock or debts the shareholder may owe to the water company.    Amended by Chapter 132, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 5 - Use of water a public use.

73-1-5. Use of water a public use.  The use of water for beneficial purposes, as provided in this title, is hereby declared to be a public use.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6 - Eminent domain -- Purposes.

73-1-6. Eminent domain -- Purposes.  Any person shall have a right of way across and upon public, private and corporate lands, or other rights of way, for the construction, maintenance, repair and use of all necessary reservoirs, dams, water gates, canals, ditches, flumes, tunnels, pipelines and areas for setting up pumps and pumping machinery or other means of securing, storing, replacing and conveying water for domestic, culinary, industrial and irrigation purposes or for any necessary public use, or for drainage, upon payment of just compensation therefor, but such right of way shall in all cases be exercised in a manner not unnecessarily to impair the practical use of any other right of way, highway or public or private road, or to injure any public or private property.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 8 - Duties of owners of ditches -- Safe condition -- Bridges.

73-1-8. Duties of owners of ditches -- Safe condition -- Bridges.    (1) The owner of any ditch, canal, flume or other watercourse shall:   (a) maintain it to prevent waste of water or damage to the property of others; and     (b) by bridge or otherwise, keep it in good repair where it crosses any public road or highway to prevent obstruction to travel or damage or overflow on the public road or highway.       (2) The provisions of Subsection (1)(b) do not apply where a governmental entity maintains or elects to maintain a bridge or other device to prevent obstruction to travel or damage or overflow on the public road or highway.     (3) An owner or operator of a ditch, canal, stream, or river, is immune from suit if:   (a) the damage or personal injury arises out of, is in connection with, or results from the use of a pedestrian or equestrian trail that is along a ditch, canal, stream, or river, regardless of ownership or operation of the ditch, canal, stream, or river;     (b) the trail is designated under a general plan adopted by a municipality under Section 10-9a-401 or by a county under Section 17-27a-401;     (c) the trail right-of-way or the right-of-way where the trail is located is open to public use as evidenced by a written agreement between the owner or operator of the trail right-of-way, or of the right-of-way where the trail is located, and the municipality or county where the trail is located; and     (d) the written agreement:   (i) contains a plan for operation and maintenance of the trail; and     (ii) provides that an owner or operator of the trail right-of-way, or of the right-of-way where the trail is located has, at minimum, the same level of immunity from suit as the governmental entity in connection with or resulting from use of the trail.        Amended by Chapter 357, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 9 - Contribution between joint owners of ditch or reservoir.

73-1-9. Contribution between joint owners of ditch or reservoir.  When two or more persons are associated in the use of any dam, canal, reservoir, ditch, lateral, flume or other means for conserving or conveying water for the irrigation of land or for other purposes, each of them shall be liable to the other for the reasonable expenses of maintaining, operating and controlling the same, in proportion to the share in the use or ownership of the water to which he is entitled.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 10 - Conveyance of water rights -- Deed -- Exceptions -- Filing and recording of deed -- Report of water right conveyance.

73-1-10. Conveyance of water rights -- Deed -- Exceptions -- Filing and recording of deed -- Report of water right conveyance.    (1)   (a) A water right, whether evidenced by a decree, a certificate of appropriation, a diligence claim to the use of surface or underground water, or a water user's claim filed in general determination proceedings, shall be transferred by deed in substantially the same manner as is real estate.     (b) The deed must be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county where the point of diversion of the water is located and in the county where the water is used.     (c) A recorded deed of a water right shall from the time of its recording in the office of the county recorder constitute notice of its contents to all persons.     (d)   (i) Beginning July 1, 2011, a deed under Subsection (1)(a) may include a water rights addendum as provided in Section 57-3-109.     (ii) The state engineer shall consider a water rights addendum that is recorded and forwarded to the state engineer by a county recorder, in accordance with Section 57-3-109, as a submitted report of water right conveyance under Subsection (3).         (2) The right to the use of water evidenced by shares of stock in a corporation shall be transferred in accordance with the procedures applicable to securities set forth in Title 70A, Chapter 8, Uniform Commercial Code - Investment Securities.     (3)   (a) To update water right ownership on the records of the state engineer, a water right owner shall submit a report of water right conveyance to the state engineer.     (b) The report of water right conveyance shall be on forms provided by the state engineer.     (c) The report shall be prepared by:   (i) or prepared under the direction of and certified by, any of the following persons licensed in Utah:   (A) an attorney;     (B) a professional engineer;     (C) a title insurance producer; or     (D) a professional land surveyor; or       (ii) the water right owner as authorized by rule of the state engineer.       (d) The filing and processing of a report of water right conveyance with the state engineer is neither an adjudication of water right ownership nor an opinion as to title or validity of the water right.     (e) The state engineer shall adopt rules that specify:   (i) the information required in a report of water right conveyance; and     (ii) the procedures for processing the reports.        Amended by Chapter 363, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 12 - Failure to record -- Effect.

73-1-12. Failure to record -- Effect.  Every deed of a water right which shall not be recorded as provided in this title shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, of the same water right, or any portion thereof, where his own deed shall be first duly recorded.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-13 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 13 - Corporations -- One water company may own stock in another.

73-1-13. Corporations -- One water company may own stock in another.  Any irrigation or reservoir company incorporated and existing under the laws of this state may purchase or subscribe for the capital stock of any other similar corporation which at the time of such purchase or subscription shall be or is about to be incorporated; provided, that such purchase or subscription shall be made only when permitted by the articles of incorporation, and such corporations are hereby permitted and authorized to amend their articles of incorporation so as to authorize such purchase or subscription.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-14 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14 - Interfering with water facilities or with apportioning official -- Penalty and liability.

 Effective 5/12/2020  73-1-14. Interfering with water facilities or with apportioning official -- Penalty and liability.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Interfere," for purposes of a water facility, means damage to or modification of the water facility that results in actual blockage or diversion of water, stormwater, wastewater, or sewage.     (b) "Water facility" means a dam, pipeline, culvert, fire hydrant, flume, conduit, ditch, head gate, canal, reservoir, storage tank, spring box, well, meter, weir, valve, casing, cap, or other facility used for the diversion, transportation, distribution, measurement, collection, or storage of water, stormwater, wastewater, or sewage.       (2) A person is guilty of a crime punishable under Section 73-2-27 if the person:   (a) maliciously:   (i) interferes with a water facility;     (ii) damages a water facility;     (iii) destroys a water facility; or     (iv) removes a water facility;       (b) intentionally or knowingly makes a temporary or permanent connection to a water facility without first obtaining the written consent of the owner of the water facility; or     (c) unlawfully interferes with an individual authorized to apportion water while in the discharge of the individual's duties.       (3) A person who commits an act defined as a crime under this section is also liable for damages or other relief and costs in a civil action brought by a person injured by that act.     (4)   (a) A civil action under this section may be brought independent of a criminal action.     (b) Proof of the elements of a civil action under this section need only be made by a preponderance of the evidence.       (5) A person who complies with Title 54, Chapter 8a, Damage to Underground Utility Facilities, Section 73-1-7, or Section 73-1-15.5 may not be held criminally or civilly liable for actions allowed by those sections.    Amended by Chapter 64, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-15 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 15 - Obstructing or change of water facilities -- Penalties.

 Effective 5/12/2020  73-1-15. Obstructing or change of water facilities -- Penalties.    (1)   (a) When a person has a right-of-way of an established type or title for a water facility, as defined in Section 73-1-14, it is unlawful for a person to place or maintain in place any obstruction, or change of the water flow by fence or otherwise, along, across, in, or to the water facility, except as where the water facility inflicts damage to private property, without first:   (i) receiving written permission for the change or obstruction and providing gates sufficient for the passage of the owner or owners of the water facility; or     (ii) complying with the requirements of Section 73-1-15.5.       (b) That the vested rights in the established water facility shall be protected against all encroachments.     (c) That indemnifying agreements may be entered as may be just and proper by governmental agencies.       (2) A person violating this section is guilty of a crime punishable under Section 73-2-27.     (3) A person who commits an act defined as a crime under this section is also liable for damages or other relief and costs in a civil action to a person injured by that act.     (4)   (a) A civil action under this section may be brought independent of a criminal action.     (b) Proof of the elements of a civil action under this section need only be made by a preponderance of the evidence.      Amended by Chapter 64, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 73-1-17 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 17 - Borrowing from federal government authorized.

73-1-17. Borrowing from federal government authorized.  That irrigation companies, drainage districts, and irrigation districts heretofore organized under the laws of the state of Utah be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, organized pursuant to an Act of Congress of the United States, or from any other governmental loaning agency or agencies to aid them in refunding or refinancing their obligations outstanding on the date of enactment by the Congress of the United States of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 through the purchase and retirement of such obligations at a discount, or otherwise, if such obligations were issued in connection with irrigation and/or drainage projects of such companies and/or districts, respectively, which are self-liquidating in character, or where the loan can be repaid by the applicant for such loan by assessment on the issued and outstanding capital stock of the irrigation company, or by assessment on the land or lands within the exterior boundaries of the drainage district, or by assessments on the lands and/or water allotted to lands within the exterior boundaries of the irrigation district.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-18 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 18 - Bonds issued -- Interest -- Lien.

73-1-18. Bonds issued -- Interest -- Lien.  The money so borrowed shall be evidenced by the bond or bonds or other obligations of the irrigation companies, drainage districts, or irrigation districts borrowing the same and shall constitute and be secured by a first lien on the water rights, canal rights and all assets of the irrigation companies, and on all lands within the exterior boundaries of drainage districts, and on all lands and/or water allotted to lands within the exterior boundaries of the irrigation districts, and shall bear such rate of interest and mature at such time or times as the contracting parties may agree upon.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-1-19 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 19 - State, agency, county, city or town -- Authority of -- To procure stock of irrigation or pipeline company -- To bring its land within conservation or conservancy district.

73-1-19. State, agency, county, city or town -- Authority of -- To procure stock of irrigation or pipeline company -- To bring its land within conservation or conservancy district.  The state of Utah, or any department, board or agency thereof, and any county, city, or town, owning or having control of land or improvements thereon which is in need of a supply of water for such land or the improvements thereon, or in need of facilities for conveyance of such water, is authorized to subscribe for or purchase corporate stock of irrigation companies, pipeline companies, or associations and take the necessary steps to bring the land owned or controlled by any of them within any conservation or conservancy district formed or to be formed under the laws of the state of Utah to procure such supply of water to all intents and purposes as if an individual.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 73-2-1.1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 2 - State Engineer - Division of Water Rights|Section 1.1 - Division of Water Rights -- Creation -- Power and authority.

73-2-1.1. Division of Water Rights -- Creation -- Power and authority.  There is created the Division of Water Rights, which shall be within the Department of Natural Resources under the administration and general supervision of the executive director of natural resources. The Division of Water Rights shall be the water rights authority of the state of Utah and is vested with such powers and required to perform such duties as are set forth in law.  Amended by Chapter 198, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 73-2-1.2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 73 - Water and Irrigation|Chapter 2 - State Engineer - Division of Water Rights|Section 1.2 - Director of Division of Water Rights -- Appointment of state engineer.

73-2-1.2. Director of Division of Water Rights -- Appointment of state engineer.  The Division of Water Rights shall be administered by the state engineer who shall act as the director of the Division of Water Rights and who shall be appointed as provided by Section 73-2-1. Nothing contained in this act shall modify, repeal or impair the powers or duties of the state engineer relating to the administration, appropriation, adjudication and distribution of the waters of the state of Utah as are conferred upon him pursuant to Title 73, Water and Irrigation, or the provisions of any other laws.  Enacted by Chapter 176, 1967 General Session