10-9a-531.  Utility service connections.

(1)  A municipality may not enact an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service provided by a public utility as that term is defined in Section 54-2-1.

Terms Used In Utah Code 10-9a-531

  • Municipality: means :
(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
(c) a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104
(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to:

(a)  an incentive offered by a municipality; or

(b)  a building owned by a municipality.

Enacted by Chapter 15, 2021 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number also enacted in HB82, Chapter 102, and HB409, Chapter 385.