2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-534 — Public uses -- Right of entry on lands -- Prohibitions.

     17A-2-534.   Public uses -- Right of entry on lands -- Prohibitions.
     (1) The use of any canal, ditch, or the like, created under the provisions of this part, shall be considered a public use and for a public benefit.
     (2) (a) The trustees or their representatives from the time of their appointment may go upon the lands lying within the district for the purpose of examining the same, and making surveys, and after the organization of the district and payment or tender of compensation allowed, may go upon those lands with their servants, teams, tools, instruments, or other equipment, for the purpose of constructing such proposed work, and may forever thereafter enter upon those lands for the purpose of maintaining or repairing such proposed work, doing no more damage than the necessity of the occasion may require.
     (b) Any person or persons who willfully prevents or prohibits any of such persons from entering such lands for the purpose stated in Subsection (2)(a) shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined any sum not exceeding $25 per day for each day's hindrance, which sum shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district.

Amended by Chapter 254, 2000 General Session
Amended by Chapter 1, 2000 General Session