Utah Code § 72-1-101
Title
(1) This title is known as the "Transportation Code." (2) This chapter is known as the "Department of Transportation Administration Act."
Utah Code Title 72 — Transportation Code
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Provisions
Utah Code § 72-1-102
Definitions
As used in this title: (1) "Circulator alley" means a publicly owned passageway: (a) with a right-of-way width of 20 feet or greater; (b) located within a master planned community; (c) established by the city having jurisdictional authority as part of the street network for traffic circulation that may also be used for…
Utah Code § 72-1-201
Creation of Department of Transportation -- Functions, powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities
(1) There is created the Department of Transportation which shall: (a) have the general responsibility for planning, research, design, construction, maintenance, security, and safety of state transportation systems; (b) provide administration for state transportation systems and programs; (c) implement the transportati…
Utah Code § 72-1-202
Executive director of department -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Responsibility -- Power to bring suits -- Salary
(1) (a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an executive director to be the chief executive officer of the department. (b) The executive director shall be a registered professional engineer and qualified executive with technical and administrative experience and training appropriate f…
Utah Code § 72-1-203
Deputy director -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Other assistants and advisers -- Salaries
(1) The executive director shall appoint the following deputy directors, who shall serve at the discretion of the executive director: (a) the deputy director of engineering and operation, who shall be a registered professional engineer in the state, and who shall be the chief engineer of the department; and (b) the dep…
Utah Code § 72-1-204
Divisions enumerated -- Duties
In addition to divisions created by the department necessary to administer the areas of responsibility of the deputy directors as described in Section 72-1-203, the divisions of the department are: (1) the Comptroller Division responsible for: (a) all financial aspects of the department, including budgeting, accounting…
Utah Code § 72-1-205
Region offices -- Region directors -- Qualifications -- Responsibilities
(1) The department shall maintain region offices throughout the state as the executive director finds reasonable and necessary for the efficient carrying out of the duties of the department. (2) (a) The executive director shall appoint a region director for each region. (b) Each region director shall be a qualified exe…
Utah Code § 72-1-206
Performance auditing -- Appointment or employment -- Duties -- Reports
(1) (a) The executive director, with the approval of a majority vote of the commission for each appointment, shall, to conduct the audits required in this section: (i) appoint not less than two performance auditors; or (ii) employ auditing experts from outside the department. (b) A performance auditor appointed under S…
Utah Code § 72-1-207
Department may sue and be sued -- Legal adviser of department -- Partial waiver of Eleventh Amendment immunity
(1) The department may sue, and it may be sued only on written contracts made by it or under its authority. (2) The department may sue in the name of the state. (3) In all matters requiring legal advice in the performance of the commission's or the department's duties and in the prosecution or defense of any action gro…
Utah Code § 72-1-208
Cooperation with counties, cities, towns, the federal government, and all state departments -- Inspection of work done by a public transit district
(1) The department shall cooperate with the counties, cities, towns, and community reinvestment agencies in the construction, maintenance, and use of the highways and in all related matters, and may provide services to the counties, cities, towns, and community reinvestment agencies on terms mutually agreed upon. (2) T…
Utah Code § 72-1-208.5
Definition -- Cooperation with metropolitan planning organizations -- Cooperation in plans and programs required
(1) As used in this section, "metropolitan planning organization" means an organization established under 23 U.S.C. Sec. 134. (2) The department shall cooperate with a metropolitan planning organization in the metropolitan planning organization's responsibility to carry out a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive…
Utah Code § 72-1-209
Department to cooperate in programs relating to scenic centers
The department shall cooperate in planning and promoting road-building programs into the scenic centers of the state and in providing camping grounds and facilities in scenic centers for tourists with: (1) the Governor's Office of Economic Development; (2) other states; (3) all national, state, and local planning and z…
Utah Code § 72-1-210
Department to be assisted by faculties and personnel of universities
The engineering machinery and apparatus and the force of mechanics and instructors in the University of Utah and Utah State University are at the disposal of the department, and any faculty member of the institutions shall furnish any information or assistance desired upon request of the department.
Utah Code § 72-1-211
Department to develop strategic initiatives -- Report -- Rulemaking
(1) (a) The executive director shall develop statewide strategic initiatives across all modes of transportation. (b) To develop the strategic initiatives described in Subsection (1)(a), the executive director shall consult with the commission and relevant stakeholders, including: (i) metropolitan planning organizations…
Utah Code § 72-1-212
Special use permitting -- Rulemaking
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Law enforcement agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102. (b) "Special use permit" means a permit issued: (i) for a special use or a special event that takes place on a highway; or (ii) to a law enforcement agency to install an automatic license plate reader o…
Utah Code § 72-1-213.1
Road usage charge program
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Account manager" means an entity under contract with the department to administer and manage the road usage charge program. (b) "Alternative fuel vehicle" means: (i) an electric motor vehicle as defined in Section 41-1a-102; or (ii) a motor vehicle powered exclusively by a fuel other t…
Utah Code § 72-1-213.2
Road Usage Charge Program Special Revenue Fund -- Revenue
(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund within the Transportation Fund known as the "Road Usage Charge Program Special Revenue Fund." (2) (a) The fund shall be funded from the following sources: (i) revenue collected by the department under Section 72-1-213.1; (ii) appropriations made to the fund by the…
Utah Code § 72-1-214
Department designated as state safety oversight agency for rail fixed guideway public transportation safety -- Powers and duties -- Rulemaking
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), as used in this section, "fixed guideway" means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-12-102. (b) For purposes of this section, "fixed guideway" does not include a rail system subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration. (2) The department is de…
Utah Code § 72-1-215
Affordable housing study
(1) As used in this section, "moderate income housing unit" means a housing unit that has an appraised value that would allow, as estimated by the department, a household whose income is no more than 80% of the area median income to occupy the housing unit paying no more than 30% of the household's income for gross hou…
Utah Code § 72-1-216
Statewide electric vehicle charging network plan -- Report
(1) (a) The department, in consultation with relevant entities in the private sector, shall develop a statewide electric vehicle charging network plan. (b) To develop the statewide electric vehicle charging network plan, the department shall consult with political subdivisions and other relevant state agencies, divisio…
Utah Code § 72-1-217
Department of Transportation study items
(1) The department shall carry out transportation studies described in this section as resources allow. (2) (a) The department shall study items related to advanced air mobility as described in this Subsection (2). (b) The department shall study vertiport locations and infrastructure, including: (i) identification of s…
Utah Code § 72-1-218
Advanced air mobility community outreach
The department shall conduct a community outreach and public education campaign that: (1) educates the public regarding advanced air mobility, including: (a) the information and findings of relevant studies and reports that the department conducts; (b) potential use cases; (c) potential benefits as a form of transporta…
Utah Code § 72-1-219
Executive director authority during a natural disaster
(1) As used in this section, "natural disaster" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-6a-803. (2) Subject to Subsection (3), the executive director may determine priorities and funding levels of projects and programs in the state transportation systems during and after a natural disaster. (3) The execut…
Utah Code § 72-1-220
Discovery and admission as evidence of certain reports and surveys
(1) Subject to Subsection (2), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following materials are privileged, are not subject to discovery or admissible evidence in a proceeding before a federal or state court, and may not be considered for any other purpose in an action for damages arising from an occurrence…
Utah Code § 72-1-301
Transportation Commission created -- Members, appointment, terms -- Qualifications -- Pay and expenses -- Chair -- Quorum
(1) (a) There is created the Transportation Commission which shall consist of seven members. (b) The members of the commission shall be residents of Utah. (c) The members of the commission shall be selected on a nonpartisan basis. (d) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(e), the commissioners shall, in accordance with…
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