This bill modifies and enacts provisions related to municipal and county fees.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- prohibits a city from imposing a fee on the general public for broadband or public safety service, with exceptions;
- prohibits a town from imposing a fee on the general public for public safety service, with exceptions;
- authorizes a municipality or county to impose a transportation utility fee if the municipality or county complies with certain requirements;
- establishes a process and requirements for a municipality or county to impose a transportation utility fee;
- provides that property owned by a religious organization may, under certain circumstances, be exempt from a transportation utility fee;
- provides a process to hold a referendum on the imposition of a transportation utility fee or an increase to an existing transportation utility fee; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 10-1-406, 20A-7-101, 20A-7-607, 20A-7-609.5, 20A-7-613
Substitute #1: 10-1-406, 20A-7-101, 20A-7-607, 20A-7-609.5
Substitute #2: 10-1-406, 20A-7-101, 20A-7-607, 20A-7-609.5