§ 72-6-101 Title
§ 72-6-102 Uniform plans and specifications for construction and maintenance
§ 72-6-103 Plans, specifications, and estimates for culverts, bridges, and road construction
§ 72-6-104 Highways to conform to grade and direction in municipalities
§ 72-6-105 Contracts for construction and maintenance — Agreements with county or municipality
§ 72-6-106 Use of recycled asphalt
§ 72-6-106.5 Reuse of industrial byproducts
§ 72-6-107 Construction or improvement of highway — Contracts — Retainage — Certain indemnification provisions forbidden
§ 72-6-107.5 Construction of improvements of highway — Contracts — Health insurance coverage
§ 72-6-108 Class B and C roads — Improvement projects — Notice — Contracts — Retainage
§ 72-6-108.5 Class B and C roads — Federal-aid highway construction contract
§ 72-6-109 Class B and C roads — Construction and maintenance — Definitions — Estimates lower than bids — Accountability
§ 72-6-110 Supervision and standards of construction for class B and C roads
§ 72-6-111 Construction and maintenance of appurtenances — Noise abatement measures
§ 72-6-112 Traffic Noise Abatement Program — Uses
§ 72-6-112.5 Definitions — Nighttime highway construction noise — Exemptions — Permits
§ 72-6-113 Acquisition and improvement of land for preservation of scenic beauty — Authority of department
§ 72-6-114 Restricting use of or closing highway — Penalty for failure to observe barricade, warning light, etc
§ 72-6-115 Traffic Management Systems
§ 72-6-116 Regulation of utilities — Relocation of utilities
§ 72-6-117 Limited-access facilities and service roads — Access — Right-of-way acquisition — Grade separation — Written permission required
§ 72-6-118 Definitions — Establishment and operation of tollways — Imposition and collection of tolls — Amount of tolls — Rulemaking
§ 72-6-119 “511” Traveler information services — Lead agency — Implementation — Cooperation — Rulemaking — Costs
§ 72-6-120 Department authorized to participate in federal program assuming responsibility for environmental review of highway projects — Rulemaking authority
§ 72-6-121 Clean fuel vehicle decal

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 6 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
  • Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Interstate system: means any highway officially designated by the department and included as part of the national interstate and defense highways, as provided in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 and any supplemental acts or amendments. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Limited-access facility: means a highway especially designated for through traffic, and over, from, or to which neither owners nor occupants of abutting lands nor other persons have any right or easement, or have only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See 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
  • Public transit facility: means a fixed guideway, transit vehicle, transit station, depot, passenger loading or unloading zone, parking lot, or other facility:
    (a) leased by or operated by or on behalf of a public transit district; and
    (b) related to the public transit services provided by the district, including:
    (i) railway or other right-of-way;
    (ii) railway line; and
    (iii) a reasonable area immediately adjacent to a designated stop on a route traveled by a transit vehicle. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State highway: means those highways designated as state highways in Title 72, Chapter 4, Designation of State Highways Act. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5