HB 336 — Recovery Operations Amendments

101 et seq..seq.

(9)(9)(a) (a) "Fixed guideway capital development" means a project to construct or reconstruct a public transit fixed guideway facility that will add capacity to a fixed guideway public transit facility.

(11) "Highway" means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made [ ]public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-right-of-way. way.

(13) "Housing and transit reinvestment zone" means the same as that term is defined in Section- 63N-3-602.5 - H.B.

336 Enrolled Copy Section 63N-3-602.

(15) "Interstate system" means any highway officially designated by the department and included as part of the national interstate and defense highways, as provided in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 and any supplemental acts or amendments.

and - 6 - HB0336 compared with HB0336S02 (b) comprised of a single development agreement for a development larger than 500 acres.

(22)(22)(a) (a) "Port-of-entry" means a fixed or temporary facility constructed, operated, and maintained by the department where drivers, vehicles, and vehicle loads are checked or inspected for compliance with state and federal laws as specified in Section 72-9-501.

(a)- leased6 by- orEnrolled operatedCopy byH.B. or on behalf of a public transit district;

336 (a) leased by or operated by or on behalf of a public transit district;

(26)(26)(a) (a) "Recovery operation" means the specialized process of extracting or stabilizing a disabled, damaged, or overturned vehicle that:

- 7 - HB0336 compared with HB0336S02 (b) "Recovery operation" includes the process of extracting or stabilizing a damaged vehicle in an unstable position that could be hazardous to another vehicle, an individual, or the environment, including a vehicle:

(iii) {unable to move } immobilized in mud, sand, snow, or other challenging terrain;orterrain; (iv) partially or fully submerged in water{;

or}or .(iv) partially or fully submerged in water.

[(26)] (27) {in another unstable position that could be hazardous to another vehicle, an individual, or the environment.} {[(26)] (27)} "Right-of-way" means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes.

[(32)] (33) "State transportation systems" means all streets, alleys, roads, highways, pathways, and thoroughfares of any kind, including connected structures, airports, aerial corridor infrastructure, spaceports, public transit facilities, and all other modes and forms- of7 conveyance- usedH.B. by the public.

336 Enrolled Copy forms of conveyance used by the public.

[(34)] (36)(36)(a) (a) "Transportation corridor" means the path or proposed path of a transportation facility that exists or that may exist in the future.

- 8 - HB0336 compared with HB0336S02 (b) "Transportation corridor" may include:

72-9-604.72-9-604 .

(iii)- an8 interlocal- agencyEnrolled createdCopy underH.B. Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act;

336 (iii) an interlocal agency created under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act;

(2)(2)(a) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a political subdivision of this state may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance, regulation, or rule pertaining to a tow truck motor carrier, tow truck operator, or tow truck that:

- 9 - HB0336 compared with HB0336S02 (i) conflicts with:

and (b)- the9 inspection- compliesH.B. with federal motor carrier safety regulations.

(6)336 (a)Enrolled ACopy tow(b) truckthe shallinspection becomplies subjectwith tofederal onlymotor onecarrier annual safety inspectionregulations. under Subsection (5)(b).

(6)(a) A tow truck shall be subject to only one annual safety inspection under Subsection (5)(b).

(7)(7)(a)(i) (a) - 10 - HB0336 compared with HB0336S02 (i) If a towing entity uses a towing dispatch vendor described in Section 53-1-106.2, the towing entity may charge a fee to cover costs associated with the use of a dispatch vendor as described in Section 53-1-106.2.

(b)(b)(i) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b)(ii), if a towing entity does not use a towing dispatch vendor described in Section 53-1-106.2, the towing entity may not charge a fee to cover costs associated with providing towing dispatch and rotation service.

(8)(8)(a) (a) In addition to the fees described in Subsection (7), a tow truck operator or tow truck motor carrier may charge an additional fee to absorb unrecovered costs of abandoned vehicles related to the fees described in Subsections (7)(a)(i) and (7)(b)(ii).

(c)- (i)10 Beginning- JanuaryEnrolled 1,Copy 2025,H.B. and annually thereafter, the towing entity shall, based on data provided by the State Tax Commission, determine the percentage of vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors that were abandoned during the previous year by:

-336 11(c)(i) -Beginning HB0336January compared1, with2025, HB0336S02and (A)annually determiningthereafter, the totaltowing numberentity ofshall, vehicles,based vessels,on ordata outboardprovided motorsby thatthe wereState towedTax asCommission, partdetermine the percentage of avehicles, towingvessels, entity'sor towingoutboard rotationmotors that were abandoned during the previous calendar year thatby: were also abandoned;

(A) determining the total number of vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors that were towed as part of a towing entity's towing rotation during the previous calendar year that were also abandoned;

(iii) Beginning on July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, a tow truck operator or a tow truck motor carrier may charge a fee authorized in Subsection (8)(a) in an amount equal to the percentage described in Subsection (8)(c)(i) multiplied by the relevant fee amount described in Subsection (7)(7)(a)(i) (a)(i) or (7)(b)(ii).

(12)(12)(a) (a) When creating and managing a towing dispatch rotation, a towing entity shall require each tow truck motor carrier to disclose the tow truck motor carrier's {capability } qualifications to perform a recovery operation.

(b)- When11 a- towingH.B. entity requests a dispatch for a towing operation or recovery operation, the towing entity shall:

336 Enrolled Copy (b) When a towing entity requests a dispatch for a towing operation or recovery operation, the towing entity shall:

and - 12 - HB0336 compared with HB0336S02 (ii) ensure that the tow truck motor carrier that is dispatched has the appropriate {capability } qualifications to perform the towing operation or recovery operation.

Effective date.

This bill takes effect on May {6, 2026} 5, 2027.

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