Section 531 – Utility service connections.

• (1) A municipality may not enact an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service provided by a public utility as that term is defined in Section 54-2-1.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
  • (a) an incentive offered by a municipality; or
  • (b) a building owned by a municipality.

Enacted by Chapter 15, 2021 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number also enacted in HB82, Chapter 102, and HB409, Chapter 385.