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UT Code § 54-7-24 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 24 - Injunction to stop violations or threatened violations.

54-7-24. Injunction to stop violations or threatened violations.  Whenever the commission, or the Department of Transportation where the safety of public carriers is involved, shall be of the opinion that any public utility is failing or omitting, or is about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order, decision, rule, direction or requirement of the commission, or where applicable, the department, or is doing anything, or is about to do anything, or is permitting anything, or is about to permit anything, to be done, contrary to or in violation of law or of any order, decision, rule, direction or requirement of the commission or department, it shall direct the commencement of an action or proceeding in the name of the state, for the purpose of having such violations or threatened violations stopped or prevented.  Amended by Chapter 9, 1975 Special Session 1Amended by Chapter 9, 1975 Special Session 1
UT Code § 54-7-25 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 25 - Violations by utilities -- Penalty.

54-7-25. Violations by utilities -- Penalty.    (1) Any public utility that violates or fails to comply with this title or any rule or order issued under this title, in a case in which a penalty is not otherwise provided for that public utility, is subject to a penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 for each offense.     (2) Any violation of this title or any rule or order of the commission by any corporation or person is a separate and distinct offense. In the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance of the violation shall be a separate and distinct offense.     (3) In construing and enforcing the provisions of this title relating to penalties, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any public utility acting within the scope of his official duties or employment shall in each case be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of that public utility.    Amended by Chapter 131, 1989 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-26 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 26 - Violations by officers or agents of utility -- Penalty.

54-7-26. Violations by officers or agents of utility -- Penalty.  Every officer, agent, or employee of any public utility who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids, or abets any violation by any public utility of any provision of the Constitution of this state or of this title, or who fails to obey, observe, or comply with any order, decision, direction, demand, or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, of the commission, or who procures, aids, or abets any public utility in its failure to obey, observe, and comply with any order, decision, direction, demand, or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, in a case in which a penalty has not been provided for, the officer, agent, or employee is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  Amended by Chapter 305, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-27 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 27 - Violations by corporations other than utilities -- Penalty.

54-7-27. Violations by corporations other than utilities -- Penalty.  Every corporation, other than a public utility, which violates any provision of this title, or which fails to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, demand or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, of the commission, in a case in which a penalty has not hereinbefore been provided for such corporation, is subject to a penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 for each and every offense.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-7-28 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 28 - Violations by individuals -- Penalty.

54-7-28. Violations by individuals -- Penalty.  Every person who, either individually, or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation other than a public utility, violates any provision of this title or fails to observe, obey, or comply with any order, decision, direction, demand, or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, of the commission, or who procures, aids, or abets any public utility in its violation of this title or in its failure to obey, observe, or comply with any order, decision, direction, demand, or requirement, or any part or portion thereof, in a case in which a penalty has not been provided for the person, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  Amended by Chapter 305, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-29 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 29 - Actions to recover fines and penalties.

54-7-29. Actions to recover fines and penalties.  Actions to recover penalties under this title shall be brought in the name of the state of Utah. In any such action all penalties incurred up to the time of commencing the same may be sued for and recovered. All fines and penalties recovered by the state in any such action, together with cost thereof, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the General Fund. Any such action may be compromised or discontinued on application of the commission upon such terms as the court shall approve and order.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-7-30 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 30 - Interstate commerce -- Title does not apply.

54-7-30. Interstate commerce -- Title does not apply.  Neither this title nor any provisions thereof, except when specifically so stated, shall apply to or be construed to apply to commerce with foreign nations or commerce among the several states of this Union, except insofar as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the acts of Congress.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-8-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 1 - Short title.

54-8-1. Short title.  This act shall be known and cited as the "Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law."  Enacted by Chapter 157, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 2 - Legislative purpose.

54-8-2. Legislative purpose.  The Legislature finds that in many areas of the state, it is in the public interest to convert existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations through the creation of an improvement district. The Legislature hereby declares that a public purpose will be served by providing a procedure to accomplish such conversion and that it is in the public interest to provide for such conversion by proceedings taken pursuant to this chapter whether such areas be within the limits of a city or town or within a county.  Enacted by Chapter 157, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 3 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/14/2019  54-8-3. Definitions.  As used in this chapter:  (1) "Assessment" means for the purpose of taxation wherever appropriate.     (2) "Communication service" means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means, including telephone, telegraph, messenger-call, clock, police, fire alarm, and traffic control circuits or the transmission of standard television or radio signals.     (3) "Convert" or "conversion" means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations.     (4)   (a) "Electric or communication facilities" means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cut-outs, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances.     (b) "Electric facilities" does not include:   (i) in a city of the first class or a county of the first class, any facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of 138,000 volts; or     (ii) in any location not described in Subsection (4)(b)(i), any facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of 35,000 volts.         (5) "Electric service" means the distribution of electricity by an electrical corporation for heat, cooling, light or power.     (6) "Governing body" means the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees as may be appropriate depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town.     (7) "Overhead electric or communication facilities" means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, above the surface of the ground.     (8) "Point of delivery" means:   (a) a meter, for electric facilities; or     (b) a network interface device, for communication facilities.       (9) "Public utility" means any electric corporation or communications corporation that provides electric or communication service to the general public by means of electric or communication facilities.     (10) "Resolution" means ordinance when the governing body properly acts by ordinance rather than by resolution.     (11) "Service entrance equipment" means facilities on the property owner's side of the point of delivery that are necessary to accommodate service from a public utility.     (12) "Underground electric or communication facilities" means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, beneath the surface of the ground.    Amended by Chapter 282, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 4 - Creation of local improvement districts authorized.

54-8-4. Creation of local improvement districts authorized.  The governing body of every county is hereby authorized and empowered to create local improvement districts under this chapter within the unincorporated portion of such county, and the governing body of every city and town is hereby authorized and empowered to create local improvement districts under this chapter within its territorial limits: To provide for the conversion of existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations and the construction, reconstruction or relocation of any other electric or communication facilities which may be incidental thereto, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  Enacted by Chapter 157, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 5 - Apportionment of costs -- Assessment against benefitted property -- Public lands not subject to assessment.

54-8-5. Apportionment of costs -- Assessment against benefitted property -- Public lands not subject to assessment.    (1) If an improvement district is created as provided in this chapter, the governing body of the county or municipality that created the improvement district may levy an assessment on property within the district.     (2)   (a) If an assessment is levied under this section, it shall be levied on all blocks, lots, parts of blocks, and lots, tracts, or parcels of property bounding, abutting upon, or adjacent to the improvements or affected or specially benefitted by the improvements to the extent of the benefits to the property because of the improvements.     (b) The benefits to the property may be indirect and need not actually increase the fair market value of the property.       (3) A governing body may levy an assessment under this section to the full depth of the property or to the depth determined by the governing body.     (4) Assessments under this section shall be equal and uniform according to the benefits received.     (5)   (a) Assessments may be according to area, frontage, assessed value, taxable value, lot, number of connections, or any combination of these methods, as the governing body considers fair and equitable.     (b) Different improvements in an improvement district may be assessed according to different methods.     (c) The governing body shall make an allowance for corner lots so that they are not assessed at full rate on both sides adjacent to the street.       (6) The entire cost of the improvement may be assessed against the benefitted property as provided in this section or, if money for paying part of such cost is available from any other source, the money so available may be so applied and the remaining cost so assessed against the benefitted property.     (7) The cost and expenses to be assessed as provided in this section shall include the contract price of the improvement, engineering and clerical services, advertising, cost of inspection, cost of collecting assessments, and interest upon bonds if issued, and for legal services for preparing proceedings and advising in regard thereto.     (8) Fee lands and property of public entities such as the federal government, the state, or any county, city, or town may not be considered as lands or property benefitted by any improvement district, and, unless such public entity within the boundaries of an improvement district consents in writing, filed before the governing body adopts the resolution provided for in Section 54-8-8, the lands and property of such public entity shall not be subject to assessment for the payment of any of the cost or expense of such improvement.    Amended by Chapter 129, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 6 - Creation of improvement district -- Petition by property owners -- Resolution of governing body -- Utilities to submit reports.

54-8-6. Creation of improvement district -- Petition by property owners -- Resolution of governing body -- Utilities to submit reports.    (1)   (a) A governing body may, upon a petition signed by two-thirds of the owners of the real property and the owners of not less than two-thirds in value of the real property, as shown by the last assessment rolls, of any proposed district requesting the creation of an improvement district as provided for in this chapter, pass a resolution at any regular or special meeting declaring that it finds that the improvement district proposed is in the public interest.     (b) In order to pass a resolution under Subsection (1)(a), the governing body shall determine that the formation of the local improvement district for the purposes set out in this chapter will promote the public convenience, necessity, and welfare.       (2) Each resolution adopted under Subsection (1) shall:   (a) state that the costs and expenses will be levied and assessed upon the property benefitted;     (b) request that each public utility corporation serving such area by overhead electric or communication facilities shall, within 120 days after the receipt of the resolution, make a study of the cost of conversion of its facilities in such area to underground service; and     (c) require that the public utilities be provided with the name and address of the owner of each parcel or lot within the proposed improvement district, if known, and, if not known, the description of the property and other matters required by the public utility corporations in order to perform the work involved in the cost study.       (3) Each public service corporation serving the improvement district area by overhead electric or communication facilities shall:   (a) within 120 days after receipt of the resolution, make a study of the costs of conversion of its facilities in the district to underground service; and     (b) provide the governing body and make available to its office a report, prepared jointly with each other public service corporation serving the improvement district area by overhead electric or communication facilities, as to the results of the study.       (4) The governing body shall make each report under Subsection (3) available in its office to each owner of land within the improvement district.    Amended by Chapter 129, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 7 - Reports of utilities -- Recommendations -- Estimate of costs.

54-8-7. Reports of utilities -- Recommendations -- Estimate of costs.  The public utility or utilities report shall set forth an estimate of the total underground conversion costs and shall also indicate the costs of underground conversion of facilities of the public utility corporations located within the boundaries of the various parcels or lots then receiving service. The report shall also contain the public utility corporations' recommendations concerning the feasibility of the project for the district proposed in so far as the physical characteristics of the district and the facilities of the public utilities within the district are concerned. The report shall make recommendations by the public utility corporations concerning inclusion or exclusion of areas within the district or immediately adjacent to the district. The governing body shall give careful consideration to the public utility corporations' recommendations concerning feasibility, recognizing their expertise in this area, and may amend the boundaries of the proposed improvement district provided that the costs and feasibility report of the public utilities contains a cost figure on the district as amended or it may request a new costs and feasibility report from the public utilities concerned on the basis of the amended district. The cost estimate contained in the report shall not be considered binding on the utilities if construction is not commenced within six months of the submission of the estimate for reasons not within the control of the utility. Should such a delay result in a significant increase of the conversion costs, new hearings shall be held on the creation of the district. In the event that only a minor increase results, only the hearing on the assessments need be held again.  Enacted by Chapter 157, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 8 - Approval of utilities' report by governing body -- Passage of resolutions -- Contents.

54-8-8. Approval of utilities' report by governing body -- Passage of resolutions -- Contents.  On the filing with the clerk of any governing body of the costs and feasibility report by the public utility corporation(s), as hereinbefore provided and after considering the same, the governing body may, at any regular or special meeting, pass a resolution declaring its intention to create a local improvement district. The resolution shall state that the costs and expenses of the district created are, except as otherwise provided for, to be levied and assessed upon the abutting, adjoining, and adjacent lots and land along or upon which improvements are to be made, and upon lots and lands benefited by such improvements and included in the improvement district created; that it is the intention of the governing body to make such improvement which will promote the public welfare; and shall further state the area and boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the character of the proposed improvement, the estimated total cost of the same, and the intention of the governing body to hold or cause to be held a public hearing on the proposed improvement.  Enacted by Chapter 157, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 9 - Public hearing -- Notice -- Contents.

54-8-9. Public hearing -- Notice -- Contents.    (1) After the passage of the resolution in Section 54-8-8, the governing body shall cause notice of a public hearing on the proposed improvement to be given as provided in Section 54-8-10.     (2) The notice required under Subsection (1) shall:   (a) describe the boundaries or area of the district with sufficient particularity to permit each owner of real property in the proposed district to ascertain that the owner's property lies in the district;     (b) describe in a general way the proposed improvement, specifying the streets or property along which it will be made and the nature of the benefits to the property within the district;     (c) state the estimated cost as determined from the costs and feasibility report and including the contract price of the improvement and the cost of engineering and clerical service, advertising, inspection, collection of assessments, interests upon bonds, if issued, and for legal services for preparing proceedings and advising in regard to them;     (d) state that it is proposed to assess the real property in the district to pay all or a designated portion of the cost of the improvement according to the method determined by the governing body under Section 54-8-5;     (e) state the date, time, and place that the governing body will conduct a public hearing upon the proposed improvement and on the question of benefits to be derived by the real property in the district;     (f) state that all interested persons will be heard and that any property owner will be heard on the question of whether his property will be benefitted by the proposed improvement; and     (g) designate the date, time, and place of a public hearing at which the governing body will consider objections to the creation of the proposed district and the making of the proposed improvements.      Amended by Chapter 129, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 54-8-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 8 - Utah Underground Conversion of Utilities Law|Section 10 - Public hearing -- Notice -- Publication.

 Effective 7/1/2021  54-8-10. Public hearing -- Notice -- Publication.    (1) Such notice shall be:   (a) published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601; and     (b) posted in not less than three public places in the district.       (2) A copy of the notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the last known address of each owner of land within the proposed district whose property will be assessed for the cost of the improvement.     (3) The address to be used for that purpose shall be that last appearing on the real property assessment rolls of the county in which the property is located.     (4) In addition, a copy of the notice shall be addressed to "Owner" and shall be so mailed addressed to the street number of each piece of improved property to be affected by the assessment.     (5) Mailed notices and the published notice shall state where a copy of the resolution creating the district will be available for inspection by any interested parties.    Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 345, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 355, 2021 General Session