Text of UT HB 196 (2026)

01-08 15:16 H.B. 196 1 Highway Designation Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee Senate Sponsor: 2 3 LONG TITLE 4 General Description: 5 This bill designates a certain city street as Charlie Kirk Boulevard. 6 Highlighted Provisions: 7 This bill: 8 ▸ limits a municipality's jurisdiction and control of a class C road to allow the Legislature to 9 make a special designation of or name a class C road; 10 ▸ requires coordination between the Department of Transportation and municipalities 11 regarding the designation, naming, and signage of a class C road for which the 12 Legislature has given a special designation or name; and 13 ▸ designates 900 South in Salt Lake City as Charlie Kirk Boulevard. 14 Money Appropriated in this Bill: 15 None 16 Other Special Clauses: 17 None 18 Utah Code Sections Affected: 19 AMENDS: 20 72-3-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 17 21 ENACTS: 22 72-4-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953 23 72-4-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953 24 25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: 26 Section 1. Section 72-3-104 is amended to read: 27 72-3-104 . City streets -- Class C roads -- Construction and maintenance. 28 (1) City streets comprise: 29 (a) highways, roads, circulator alleys, and streets within the corporate limits of the 30 municipalities that are not designated as class A state roads or as class B roads; and H.B. 196 H.B. 196 01-08 15:16 31 (b) those highways, roads, and streets located within a national forest and constructed or 32 maintained by the municipality under agreement with the appropriate federal agency. 33 (2) City streets are class C roads. 34 (3) Except for city streets within counties of the first and second class, as classified under 35 Section 17-60-104, the state and city have joint undivided interest in the title to all 36 rights-of-way for all city streets. 37 (4)(a) [The ] Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), and Chapter 4, Part 4, Special 38 Designation and Naming of Local Highways, a municipal governing body exercises 39 sole jurisdiction and control of the city streets within the municipality. 40 (b) The Legislature may make a special designation of a class C road as provided in 41 Chapter 4, Part 4, Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways. 42 (5) The department shall cooperate with the municipal legislative body in the construction 43 and maintenance of the class C roads within each municipality. 44 (6) The municipal legislative body shall expend or cause to be expended upon the class C 45 roads the funds allocated to each municipality from the Transportation Fund under rules 46 made by the department. 47 (7) Any town or city in the third, fourth, or fifth class may: 48 (a) contract with the county or the department for the construction and maintenance of 49 class C roads within its corporate limits; or 50 (b) transfer, with the consent of the county, its: 51 (i) class C roads to the class B road system; and 52 (ii) funds allocated from the Transportation Fund to the municipality to the county 53 legislative body for use upon the transferred class C roads. 54 (8) A municipal legislative body of any city of the third, fourth, or fifth class may use any 55 portion of the class C road funds allocated to the municipality for the construction of 56 sidewalks, curbs, and gutters on class A state roads within the municipal limits by 57 cooperative agreement with the department. 58 Section 2. Section 72-4-401 is enacted to read: 59 Part 4. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways. 60 72-4-401 . Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways. 61 (1) The Legislature may make a special designation of or name a class C road. 62 (2) Except as provided in this section, the designation or naming of a class C road does not 63 alter the duties of a municipality to exercise jurisdiction and control of the class C road. 64 (3) If the Legislature makes a special designation of or names a class C road, the - 2 - 01-08 15:16 H.B. 196 65 municipality: 66 (a) shall remove any existing designation or name of the same class C road; 67 (b) shall coordinate with the department for the installation of appropriate signs along 68 the designated highway; and 69 (c) may not make a different or additional designation of the same class C road. 70 Section 3. Section 72-4-402 is enacted to read: 71 72-4-402 . Charlie Kirk Boulevard. 72 (1) There is established Charlie Kirk Boulevard composed of the existing class C road in 73 Salt Lake City known as 900 South. 74 (2) In addition to the designation of the road as 900 South, the department and Salt Lake 75 City shall designate and name the highway identified in Subsection (1) as Charlie Kirk 76 Boulevard on future state and local highway maps. 77 (3) As soon as practicable, and in coordination with Salt Lake City, the department shall 78 install appropriate signs along portions of the highway indicating the designation and 79 name as Charlie Kirk Boulevard as described in Subsection (1). 80 Section 4. Effective Date. 81 This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026. - 3 -