Highway Designation Amendments

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72-3-104
72-4-401
72-4-402
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Highway Designation Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee
Senate Sponsor:
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill designates a certain city street as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
limits a municipality's jurisdiction and control of a class C road to allow the Legislature to
make a special designation of or name a class C road;
requires coordination between the Department of Transportation and municipalities
regarding the designation, naming, and signage of a class C road for which the
Legislature has given a special designation or name; and
designates 900 South in Salt Lake City as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
72-3-104
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 17
ENACTS:
72-4-401
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
72-4-402
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
72-3-104
is amended to read:
72-3-104
. City streets -- Class C roads -- Construction and maintenance.
(1)
City streets comprise:
(a)
highways, roads, circulator alleys, and streets within the corporate limits of the
municipalities that are not designated as class A state roads or as class B roads; and
(b)
those highways, roads, and streets located within a national forest and constructed or
maintained by the municipality under agreement with the appropriate federal agency.
(2)
City streets are class C roads.
(3)
Except for city streets within counties of the first and second class, as classified under
Section
17-60-104
, the state and city have joint undivided interest in the title to all
rights-of-way for all city streets.
(4)
(a)
The
Except as provided in Subsection
(4)(b)
, and Chapter
4, Part 4
, Special
Designation and Naming of Local Highways, a
municipal governing body exercises
sole jurisdiction and control of the city streets within the municipality.
(b)
The Legislature may make a special designation of a class C road as provided in
Chapter 4, Part 4, Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.
(5)
The department shall cooperate with the municipal legislative body in the construction
and maintenance of the class C roads within each municipality.
(6)
The municipal legislative body shall expend or cause to be expended upon the class C
roads the funds allocated to each municipality from the Transportation Fund under rules
made by the department.
(7)
Any town or city in the third, fourth, or fifth class may:
(a)
contract with the county or the department for the construction and maintenance of
class C roads within its corporate limits; or
(b)
transfer, with the consent of the county, its:
(i)
class C roads to the class B road system; and
(ii)
funds allocated from the Transportation Fund to the municipality to the county
legislative body for use upon the transferred class C roads.
(8)
A municipal legislative body of any city of the third, fourth, or fifth class may use any
portion of the class C road funds allocated to the municipality for the construction of
sidewalks, curbs, and gutters on class A state roads within the municipal limits by
cooperative agreement with the department.
Section 2. Section
72-4-401
is enacted to read:
4. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.
72-4-401
. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.
(1)
The Legislature may make a special designation of or name a class C road.
(2)
Except as provided in this section, the designation or naming of a class C road does not
alter the duties of a municipality to exercise jurisdiction and control of the class C road.
(3)
If the Legislature makes a special designation of or names a class C road, the
municipality:
(a)
shall remove any existing designation or name of the same class C road;
(b)
shall coordinate with the department for the installation of appropriate signs along
the designated highway; and
(c)
may not make a different or additional designation of the same class C road.
Section 3. Section
72-4-402
is enacted to read:
72-4-402
. Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
(1)
There is established Charlie Kirk Boulevard composed of the existing class C road in
Salt Lake City known as 900 South.
(2)
In addition to the designation of the road as 900 South, the department and Salt Lake
City shall designate and name the highway identified in Subsection
(1)
as Charlie Kirk
Boulevard on future state and local highway maps.
(3)
As soon as practicable, and in coordination with Salt Lake City, the department shall
install appropriate signs along portions of the highway indicating the designation and
name as Charlie Kirk Boulevard as described in Subsection
(1)
.
Section 4.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
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