2006 Utah Code - 54-8-3 — Definitions.

     54-8-3.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter the following words and phrases and any variations thereof shall have the following meaning:
     "Communication service" means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means, including, but not limited to telephone, telegraph, messenger-call, clock, police, fire alarm and traffic control circuits or the transmission of standard television or radio signals.
     "Electric service" means the distribution of electricity by an electrical corporation for heat, cooling, light or power.
     "Convert" or "conversion" means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations.
     "Electric or communication facilities" means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including, but not limited to, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cut-outs, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances. "Electric facilities" shall not include any facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of thirty-five thousand volts.
     "Overhead electric or communication facilities" means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, above the surface of the ground.
     "Underground electric or communication facilities" means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, beneath the surface of the ground.
     "Public utility" means any electric corporation or communications corporation that provides electric or communication service to the general public by means of electric or communication facilities.
     "Governing body" means the board of commissioners, city council or board of trustees as may be appropriate depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town.
     "Resolution" shall be construed to mean ordinance when the governing body properly acts by ordinance rather than by resolution.
     "Assessment" shall be construed to mean for the purpose of taxation wherever appropriate.

Enacted by Chapter 157, 1969 General Session