{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-10-18-105","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 10-18-105","heading":"Scope of chapter.","body":"(1) Nothing in this chapter authorizes any county or other political subdivision of this state other than a municipality to:\n(a) provide:\n(i) a broadband service;\n(ii) a cable television service; or\n(iii) a public telecommunications service; or\n(b) purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate a facility for the purpose of providing:\n(i) a broadband service;\n(ii) a cable television service; or\n(iii) a public telecommunications service.\n(2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), this chapter does not apply to a municipality purchasing, leasing, constructing, or equipping a facility:\n(a) that is designed to provide a service within the municipality; and\n(b) that the municipality:\n(i) uses for internal municipal government purposes; or\n(ii) by written contract, leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use the facility in connection with a private provider offering:\n(A) a broadband service;\n(B) a cable television service; or\n(C) a public telecommunications service.\n(3)\n(a) As used in this Subsection (3), \"municipal entity\" means:\n(i) a municipality; or\n(ii) an entity created pursuant to an agreement:\n(A) under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; and\n(B) to which a municipality is a party.\n(b) A municipal entity shall comply with Subsection (3)(c) if the municipal entity purchases, leases, constructs, or equips a facility that the municipal entity by written contract leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use the facility in connection with a private provider offering:\n(i) a broadband service;\n(ii) a cable television service; or\n(iii) a public telecommunications service.\n(c) A municipal entity described in Subsection (3)(b) shall, with respect to an action described in Subsection (3)(b), comply with the obligations imposed on a municipality pursuant to:\n(i) Section 10-18-302; and\n(ii) Subsections 10-18-303(5) and (6).\n(4) A municipality described in Subsection (2) may call an election under Section 10-18-204 with respect to the provision of a communications service facility.","path":["Title 10 Utah Municipal Code","Chapter 10-18 Municipal Cable Television and Communications Services Act","Part 10-18-1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter18/10-18-S105.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"1e31e7a561146798955dc81ce561a1d1c9445afd79995b3cdaf461a3065f72ea","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-10-18-104","next":"us-ut/utah-code-10-18-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}