Arizona Laws 40-353. Application of article; reinstallation of overhead facilities prohibited
A. The provisions of this article shall apply only to the relocation underground of existing utilities.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 40-353
- conversion: means the removal of existing overhead electric or communication facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations. See Arizona Laws 40-341
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Electric or communication facilities: means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric, communication or cable television service or video service, including poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances. See Arizona Laws 40-341
- Overhead electric or communication facilities: means electric or communication facilities located above the surface of the ground, except as provided for in paragraphs 3 and 12 of this section. See Arizona Laws 40-341
- Public agency: means any irrigation, power, electrical or agricultural improvement district now or hereafter organized that provides electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or communication facilities. See Arizona Laws 40-341
- Public service corporation: means any person or corporation that provides electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or communication facilities. See Arizona Laws 40-341
- Underground conversion service area: means an area in which existing electric and communication facilities are to be placed underground, exclusive of any lines or facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of twenty-five thousand volts or having a circuit capacity in excess of twelve thousand kVA and facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of intelligence by microwave or radio and facilities such as transformers, pull boxes, service terminals, pedestal terminals, splice closures, apparatus cabinets and similar facilities that normally are above the surface in areas where service lines are underground in accordance with standard underground practices, and on-the-ground facilities attached to overhead facilities that are used to connect an underground system to overhead facilities. See Arizona Laws 40-341
B. Once removed, no overhead electric or communication facilities shall be installed in an underground conversion service area.
C. Following the conversion of overhead electric or communication facilities, the public service corporation or public agency whose facilities were converted may install lines or facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of twenty-five thousand volts or having a current carrying capacity in excess of twelve thousand kva, provided that prior to the installation of such facilities the public service corporation or public agency desiring to install such facilities shall pay to the then existing owners of real property within the underground conversion service area the principal cost paid by such owners and their predecessors in interest for the conversion of overhead electric or communication facilities.