54-18-102.    Definitions.      As used in this chapter:
      (1)  "Affected entity" means an entity as defined in Sections 
10-9a-103 and 
17-27a-103.
      (2)  "Affected landowner" means an owner of a property interest, as reflected in the mostrecent county or city tax records as receiving a property tax notice, whose property is locatedwithin a proposed corridor.
      (3) (a)  "Construction" means the excavation, construction, and installation of a highvoltage electric power line or upgraded high voltage transmission line.
      (b)  "Construction" does not include:
      (i)  the temporary use of sites; or
      (ii)  studies and tests for:
      (A)  requirements of this chapter;
      (B)  state regulations;
      (C)  federal regulations;
      (D)  securing geological and survey data; or
      (E)  any other actions taken by a public utility reasonably necessary to determine thelocation of a target study area or proposed corridor.
      (4)  "High voltage power line" means:
      (a)  an electrical high voltage power line with a nominal voltage of 230 kilovolts or more;and
      (b)  an upgraded high voltage power line.
      (5)  "Land use application" has the same meaning as provided in Sections 
10-9a-103 and
17-27a-103.
      (6)  "Land use authority" has the same meaning as provided in Sections 
10-9a-103 and
17-27a-103.
      (7)  "Land use permit" has the same meaning as Sections 
10-9a-103 and 
17-27a-103.
      (8)  "Legislative body" has the same meaning as provided in Sections 
10-9a-103 and
17-27a-103.
      (9)  "Proposed corridor" means the transmission line route within a target study areaselected by the public utility as the public utility's proposed alignment for a high voltage powerline.
      (10)  "Proposed route" means the right-of-way needed for construction of the high voltagepower line.
      (11)  "Public utility" has the same meaning as provided in Section 
54-2-1.
      (12)  "Target study area" means the geographic area for a new high voltage transmissionline or an upgraded high voltage power line as proposed by a public utility.
      (13)  "Upgraded high voltage power line" means increasing the voltage of an existingtransmission line to 230 kilovolts or more.
Enacted by Chapter 316, 2009 General Session