Renumbered 3/31/2024)

Renumbered 3/31/2024
72-7-601.  Definitions.
     As used in this part:

(1)  “Highway-railroad grade crossing” means:

Terms Used In Utah Code 72-7-601

  • Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Railroad entity: means an entity, a company, a person, or a public transit provider that owns, controls, operates, or manages a railroad. See Utah Code 72-7-601
(a)  an intersection where a railroad track crosses a highway at the same level; or

(b)  an intersection where the railroad track of a railroad entity crosses the railroad track of another railroad entity at the same level.

(2)  “Public Service Commission” means the Public Service Commission of Utah created in Section 54-1-1.

(3)  “Railroad entity” means an entity, a company, a person, or a public transit provider that owns, controls, operates, or manages a railroad.

Enacted by Chapter 66, 2023 General Session