Utah Code § 54-23-102

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session

Section 54-23-102 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Consumer price index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food & Energy, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

(2)

(a) "Crossing" means a telecommunications facility constructed under or across a railroad right-of-way:

(i) at an angle between 80 degrees and 100 degrees;

(ii) with a minimum depth of:

(A) 10 feet below rail level for nonhorizontal directional drilling; or

(B) 15 feet below rail for horizontal directional drilling; and

(iii) within a county that is not a county of the first class.

(b) "Crossing" does not include longitudinal occupancy of railroad right-of-way.

(3) "Facility" or "telecommunications facility" means fiber optics or related conduit installed in a crossing.

(4) "Fiber optic carrier" means a telecommunications corporation or a telecommunications corporation's contractor or agent.

Utah Code § 54-23-102

Added by Chapter 452, 2019 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/14/2019.