This chapter does not apply to construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance by an authorized person of:
(1)
overhead electrical, cable television, or communications circuits or conductors and their supporting structures;
Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8c-5
Authorized person: means an employee or agent:
(a)
of a public utility that:
(i)
generates, transmits, or delivers electricity; or
(ii)
provides and whose work relates to communication services;
(b)
of an industrial plant whose work relates to the electrical system of the industrial plant;
(c)
of a cable television or communication services company, or of a contractor of cable television or communication services company, if specifically and expressly authorized by the owner of the poles to make cable television or communication services attachments; or
(d)
of a state, county, or municipal agency which has or whose work relates to:
