Terms Used In Utah Code 54-23-108

• Crossing: means a telecommunications facility constructed under or across a railroad right-of-way:

  (i)	at an angle between 80 degrees and 100 degrees;

  (ii)	with a minimum depth of: (A)  10 feet below rail level for nonhorizontal directional drilling; or (B)  15 feet below rail for horizontal directional drilling; and

  (iii)

  within a county that is not a county of the first class. See Utah Code 54-23-102 Fiber optic carrier: means a telecommunications corporation or a telecommunications corporation's contractor or agent. See Utah Code 54-23-102 Railroad: includes every commercial, interurban, and other railway, other than a street railway, and each branch or extension of a railway, by any power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures, and equipment, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property of every kind used in connection with a railway owned, controlled, operated, or managed for public service in the transportation of persons or property. See Utah Code 54-2-1      Nothing in this chapter prevents a railroad and a fiber optic carrier from continuing under an existing agreement, or from otherwise negotiating the terms and conditions applicable to a crossing or the resolution of any disputes relating to the crossing. Enacted by Chapter 452, 2019 General Session   Previous section Next section    Chapter 23 Contents