This bill amends provisions related to transportation, including road usage charge, towing dispatch, and local option sales tax use.
This bill:
- requires commercial electric vehicles over 6,000 pounds to pay a road usage charge with a higher road usage charge cap;
- exempts buses operating on the bus's planned route to temporarily cross lane lines to stop at a bus stop;
- exempts the Department of Transportation from certain requirements related to receiving a conveyance of real property;
- provides a sales tax exemption for construction materials purchased by the Department of Transportation for certain public transit capital development projects;
- phases out certain allowed uses of local option sales taxes for transportation to direct the revenue to the Transit Transportation Investment Fund;
- defines the Utah trail network;
- delegates certain authority to the executive director of the Department of Transportation during a natural disaster;
- requires local governments that receive funds from the County of the First Class Highway Projects Fund to report on the expenditure of funds and the progress of projects;
- allows the Transportation Commission to prioritize the use of Transit Transportation Investment Fund revenue for corridor preservation purposes and provides parameters for the use of the revenue;
- allows certain rail road transportation funds to be used to repair tracks and rail infrastructure located on state lands;
- allows the Department of Transportation to waive sovereign immunity for public transit projects;
- amends the definition of "state transportation purposes";
- amends provisions related to the ability to charge towing dispatch service fees and pass through a reasonable towing dispatch service fee;
- repeals the study required by the Department of Transportation and Salt Lake City regarding highway reduction strategies;
- codifies certain requirements based on the findings and results of the study on highway reduction strategies; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 57-1-48, 59-12-104, 59-12-2220, 63I-1-272, 72-1-102, 72-1-202, 72-1-207, 72-1-213.1, 72-1-217, 72-2-110, 72-2-121, 72-2-124, 72-2-131, 72-2-201, 72-2-301, 72-5-102, 72-6-120, 72-9-604, 72-19-401