H.B. 62 Road Jurisdiction Amendments: transcript

Thank you. And this is a first, the house is actually on the floor right now. Yes. So I just thought it was a calendaring glitch. Turns out it wasn't. So ran up here as quick as I could. Um, thank you. Committee. This is just the annual udot Road jurisdiction bill that just cleans up and clarifies which roads UDOT is responsible for maintaining and building and plowing and all of the above. Um, you'll notice we're on second substitute because the one that the good chair and I spoke about adopting in house committee originally got adopted under his name and not mine. And so we had to switch that. So they're identical. Um, and the second sub's already adopted. But really, there's just a couple of little clarifiers in here. Um, with the completion of Mountain View Corridor between Salt Lake and Utah Counties, there was a little section that they had to make sure was clear as well as a new road in Utah County. Happy to answer questions.

the, we pass out HB 62 second substitute, uh, road jurisdiction amendments to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation Discussion. That motion seeing none represented for summation. I would appreciate it. And I'd also love for this to be considered for consent if applicable. Thank you.

I move to put it on discussion that saying none.

Yes. And fun fact, the second sub and the first sub are completely identical. They just put the senate sponsor's name on the first one on accident, so we had to fix that so we could do it in here. Um, thank you Mr. Vice-chair, members of the committee. You guys saw this bill during the interim, and so I'll just focus on the changes in the second sub, if that is All right. Um, mountain View Corridor is now constructed, and so udot needs to finish taking jurisdiction of that road so they can continue to do their magic. Um, and then also there is a new road that'll connect the Cedar Valley Highway and Mountain View Corridor, um, in Utah County that they are going to also be putting in. And that can concludes my presentation.

The two things I just added are new. Um, this is just the annual bill of what is a udot road and what is not. Um, and so there was the original version that we missed those two changes in, but just really just clarifies that these are state roads.

Think I just have a, just a quick question. So, um, how do we make the decision about which roads should become state roads and which should stay?

Um, not state roads, Regional significance. Okay. Is there a group that makes this decision? Um, I, I, you told me you were gonna do this to me. The answer is I don't really know. And I really hope you utah's here to answer your question if you actually want an answer and I didn't see them earlier.

Leif Fel with udot. That's a, that's a great question. We follow state statute. Each state road is described in state statute, and then, uh, before the sections that provide those descriptions, there are criteria that outline what a state road is versus what a local road might look like. So, for example, in urban areas, typically a state road is gonna be a more regional facility that allows, uh, large amount of vehicles to travel from, you know, maybe one area to another area, while local roads generally provide access to businesses and schools and so forth. But all of that criteria is outlined in state statute. Uh, and I'm not super prepared to speak on that, as you can tell, but I would be happy to get back with you.

Just a quick follow up if I may, Mr. Chair. Go ahead. So the, the roads that are in this particular bill, those were vetted and proposed by somebody. Do you know who that somebody was? I, I sure do.

Thank you for that question. Representative Thurston, the roads in the bill, uh, are proposed by UO. Um, there's a small change for the, uh, uh, mountain view corridor. Uh, the Mountain View corridor, uh, used to end there. It, it took a little bit of a, uh, eastern Turn towards Porter Rockwell. Well, now that little leg has been given over to Porter Rockwell and Mountain View Corridor. As many of you know, and this isn't a small change, but we've continued Mountain View Corridor down through Utah County, uh, and to, uh, 20, 2100 South. And so that's a change that you see in the bill. There was also just a, uh, a couple of technical changes where we're just cleaning up descriptions to make it more clear where a road begins and ends. The intention wasn't to change those roads. So I'd say this mostly is technical changes as far as road descriptions go.

Thank you. Thank you for bailing out the sponsor. We're glad to have you here.

I need to apologize. Uh, Representative Thurston promised me hard questions and I told him my answer was gonna be that I hoped you were here. So

Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. So, um, what would happen if I'm not proposing this, but what would happen if, if if the bill wasn't uh, adopted,

Then the roads would not change and Porter Rockwell would still be part of a state road and the other roads would still be built on plan. We just wouldn't formally take ownership of them until next year when we redo this bill again.

So part of this is the, the safety of, you know, the patrols. So the Highway Patrol takes it over if it's State road, and if it's if it's county or city, they the local, uh, people take care of that.

Thank you Mr. Chair. I move that we adopt the second substitute for House Bill 62.

I like sub substitute one better, but substitute two will be just fine.

I move that we recommend favorably house bill 62 second substitute.

Yeah, I would. I mean, this is, I mean this is a little bit of levity here today, but this is kind of an important thing because it does establish jurisdiction for maintenance and operations and other sorts of things. So this is kind of a big deal to actually, to have these roads de designated as state roads. It's good for the community, it's good. It helps us keep our funding straight. It does a lot of really good things and I'm glad that the sponsor is doing this for us today.

I appreciate the motion and if appropriate, I would love to be considered for the consent calendar.

Thank you. I move that we put this on the consent calendar.

Uh, it's something we do every year to rightsize the, you know, to, to just make sure that every road is the jurisdiction is correct. And so, um, it's pretty standard and I don't think we need to take up a lot of time on the floor.

Just a quick question. Is there a fiscal note on this? 'cause I don't have the bill pulled up in front of me.

Okay. I have no problem then.

I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill is just the annual cleanup bill that we do for udot. Um, in regard to road jurisdiction, it spells out which roads are state roads, um, with the completion of Mountain View Corridor, that strip that was under construction, um, spanning Utah and Salt Lake County. They had to make some clarifications there as well as a new road that's being constructed in Utah County. Just to make sure we're clear on who's doing the maintenance, who's in charge of the costs. Um, and most of the bill is just technical cleanup. Thanks.

Thank you Mr. President. Uh, this is our annual, uh, cleanup Bear bill where we go through and, and when there are new construction state highways or modifications where we trade with, uh, cities or counties on geo on roads, this is the annual bill to do this. Uh, this year the roads that are affected are only in Utah County, uh, to be in Southern Salt Lake County Dean Mountain View Corridor, Porter Rockwell Boulevard, pioneer Crossing, and a couple of roads just to make sure those have been added to, constructed and open. They're on the state maintenance list. Thank you for the presentation. Senator. I'll take A thank, I'll move that second substitute house Bill 62 pass.