{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-10-18-202","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 10-18-202","heading":"Required steps before a municipality may provide broadband, cable television, or public telecommunications services.","body":"Before a municipality may engage or offer to engage in an activity described in Subsection 10-18-201(1), the legislative body of the municipality shall:\n(1) hold a preliminary public hearing;\n(2) if the legislative body elects to proceed after holding the preliminary public hearing required by Subsection (1), approve the hiring of a feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study in accordance with Section 10-18-203;\n(3) determine whether under the feasibility study conducted under Section 10-18-203, the average annual revenues under Subsection 10-18-203(2)(f) exceed the average annual costs under Subsection 10-18-203(2)(e) by at least the amount necessary to meet the bond obligations of any bonds issued to fund the proposed broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service:\n(a) based on the feasibility study's analysis:\n(i) for the first year of the study; and\n(ii) the five-year projection; and\n(b) separately stated with respect to:\n(i) the proposed broadband service;\n(ii) the proposed cable television service; or\n(iii) the proposed public telecommunications service;\n(4) if the conditions of Subsection (3) are met, hold the public hearings required by Section 10-18-203; and\n(5) after holding the public hearings required by Section 10-18-203, if the legislative body of the municipality elects to proceed, adopt by resolution the feasibility study.","path":["Title 10 Utah Municipal Code","Chapter 10-18 Municipal Cable Television and Communications Services Act","Part 10-18-2 Conditions for Providing Services"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter18/10-18-S202.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"f49ff1ee352bbf888357247f2fd83d6d27632efa8b4dcdc140bef3da7f6b2b8b","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-10-18-201","next":"us-ut/utah-code-10-18-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}