This chapter does not apply to construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance by an authorized person of:

(1) overhead electrical, cable television, or communications circuits or conductors and their supporting structures;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8c-5

  • Authorized person: means an employee or agent:
         (1)(a) of a public utility that:
              (1)(a)(i) generates, transmits, or delivers electricity; or
              (1)(a)(ii) provides and whose work relates to communication services;
         (1)(b) of an industrial plant whose work relates to the electrical system of the industrial plant;
         (1)(c) of a cable television or communication services company, or of a contractor of cable television or communication services company, if specifically and expressly authorized by the owner of the poles to make cable television or communication services attachments; or
         (1)(d) of a state, county, or municipal agency which has or whose work relates to:
              (1)(d)(i) overhead electrical lines;
              (1)(d)(ii) overhead lighting systems;
              (1)(d)(iii) authorized overhead circuit construction;
              (1)(d)(iv) conductors on poles; or
              (1)(d)(v) structures of any type. See Utah Code 54-8c-1
(2) electrical generating, transmission, or distribution systems; or
(3) communications, cable television, or overhead lighting systems.