54-14-203 - Actual excess cost. - Utah Statutes

54-14-203. Actual excess cost.
(1) If a local government issues a permit, authorization, approval, exception, or waiverbased upon its agreement to pay for the actual excess cost of a facility, the local government shallwithin 30 days either accept the estimate of excess cost as the actual excess cost of a facility orrequest the public utility to obtain competitive bids for the facility if constructed in accordancewith the requirements and conditions of the local government.
(2) If the local government requests the public utility to obtain competitive bids, thepublic utility shall obtain competitive bids, and the actual excess cost of the facility shall be thedifference between the lowest bid acceptable to the public utility plus the public utility's contractadministration and oversight expense and the standard cost of the facility.
(3) Any dispute regarding specifications, lowest acceptable bid, or administration andoversight expense shall be resolved by the board on an expedited basis.

Enacted by Chapter 197, 1997 General Session