Section 202 – Plan to reduce or eliminate stray current or voltage.
Effective 5/8/2018 54-22-202. Plan to reduce or eliminate stray current or voltage. (1) The procedure described in Subsection (2) shall be followed if, through testing by a qualified testing professional as described in Section 54-22-201, it is determined that the electric entity’s contribution to any stray current or voltage is 50% or more of the […]
Section 203 – Liability limitations.
Effective 5/8/2018 54-22-203. Liability limitations. (1) An electric entity may not be held liable for damages or other relief if the claim for damages or other relief is based on livestock contact with any kind of stray current or voltage contributed by the electric entity below the actionable level. (2) There is no presumption of […]
Section 204 – Committee review requirements.
Effective 5/8/2018 54-22-204. Committee review requirements. By November 2020 and in three year intervals thereafter, the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee shall review industry standards and peer reviewed research regarding levels of stray current and voltage and impacts to livestock. Enacted by Chapter 230, 2018 General Session Technically renumbered for proper placement.
Section 205 – Disputes.
Effective 5/8/2018 54-22-205. Disputes. A dispute under this chapter involving an electric entity shall be resolved as follows: (1) if the electric entity is a public utility, in accordance with Section 54-7-9; and (2) if the electric entity is not a public utility, by filing an action with the district court. Enacted by Chapter 230, […]
Section 603 – Relocation.
Effective 9/1/2018 54-21-603. Relocation. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an authority may require a wireless provider to relocate or adjust a small wireless facility in a public right-of-way: (a) in a timely manner; and (b) without cost to the authority owning the public right-of-way. (2) The reimbursement obligations under Section 72-6-116(3)(b) do not […]
Section 101 – Title — Legislative findings.
Effective 5/8/2018 54-22-101. Title — Legislative findings. (1) This chapter is known as the “Stray Current or Voltage Remediation Act.” (2) The Legislature finds that: (a) to protect livestock and livestock operations, it is necessary and appropriate to establish an actionable level of stray current and voltage that is safely below any level that is […]
Section 201 – Notice — Testing — Reporting — Access to property.
Effective 5/8/2018 54-22-201. Notice — Testing — Reporting — Access to property. (1) A livestock owner or livestock operator shall file a notice with an electric entity as provided in Subsection (2) if the livestock owner or livestock operator believes that the livestock owner’s or livestock operator’s livestock is affected by stray current or voltage […]
Section 502 – Right-of-way rates.
Effective 9/1/2018 54-21-502. Right-of-way rates. (1) Except as described in Subsection (2), an authority may not require a wireless provider to pay any rate, fee, or compensation to the authority, or to any other person, beyond what is expressly authorized in this chapter, for the right to use or occupy a right-of-way: (a) for the […]
Section 503 – Application fees.
Effective 9/1/2018 54-21-503. Application fees. (1) An authority may charge an application fee, if: (a) a similar fee is required for similar types of commercial development or construction within the authority’s jurisdiction; (b) the costs to be recovered by an application fee are not already recovered by existing fees, rates, licenses, or taxes paid by […]
Section 504 – Authority pole collocation rate.
Effective 9/1/2018 54-21-504. Authority pole collocation rate. The rate to collocate a small wireless facility on an authority pole is $50 per year, per authority pole. Enacted by Chapter 299, 2018 General Session