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Utah Code Title 11. Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units § 11-8-4. Sewer lateral disclosure required

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Public owner” means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-8-1.

(b) “Public provider” means a public owner or a public retail water provider.

(c) “Public retail water provider” means a public entity that provides culinary water to end users.

(d) “Retail water line” means a pipe that connects a property to a public retail water provider's water main line.

(e) “Sanitary sewer service” means service provided by a public owner's sanitary sewer facilities.

(f) “Sewer lateral” means a pipe that connects a property to a public owner's sanitary sewer main line.

(2)(a) Twice per calendar year, a public provider shall, in accordance with Subsection (2)(b), distribute a disclosure that:

(i)(A) for a public owner, includes the definition of a sewer lateral; or

(B) for a public retail water provider, includes the definition of a retail water line; and

(ii) states whether the record owner of the property or the public provider is responsible for repair and replacement of the sewer lateral or retail water line that serves the property.

(b) A public provider may distribute the disclosure described in Subsection (2)(a) by:

(i) twice per calendar year conspicuously placing the disclosure:

(A) on each bill for sanitary sewer service or culinary water service in a particular billing cycle; or

(B) in a newsletter that is circulated within the boundaries of the area served by the public provider;

(ii) conspicuously placing the disclosure on the public provider's website;

(iii) including the disclosure in a broad based social media campaign; or

(iv) any other means reasonably calculated to make the disclosure available to individuals served by the public provider.

(c) A public provider's failure to comply with a provision of this Subsection (2) does not result in any liability for the public provider based on the public provider's failure to comply.

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