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Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 54-23-102: Definitions.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 54 Public Utilities
  2. Chapter 54-23 Crossing Railroad Rights-of-way by Fiber Optic Carriers

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.

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