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Utah Code § 10-8-94

Towns have the same powers and authority as cities under this chapter, subject to listed limits.

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“Towns have the same powers and authority as cities under this chapter, subject to listed limits.”

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Subsection 10-8-94(1)

The town council may enact ordinances for the town’s public safety, health, morals, and welfare, so long as they are not prohibited, preempted, or inconsistent with state or federal law or the Utah or U.S. Constitution.

Section 10-8-94(1)

Subsection 10-8-94(2)(a)

A person or authority may build, open, maintain, own, and operate canals, ditches, pipes, and artificial light and power plants for conducting water for artificial light and power purposes.

Section 10-8-94(2)(a)

Subsection 10-8-94(2)(b)

The town may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for its inhabitants.

Section 10-8-94(2)(b)

Subsection 10-8-94(2)(c)

may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.

Section 10-8-94(2)(c)

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§ 10-8-94Towns with same authority as cities.Provision

Towns have the same powers and authority as cities under this chapter, subject to listed limits.

Towns with same authority as cities. Towns have the same powers and authority granted to cities under this chapter, in addition to other powers conferred by law, but subject to the following: The town council may enact ordinances providing for the public safety, health, morals, and welfare of the town which are not prohibited, preempted by, or inconsistent with, the policy of state or federal law or the constitution of Utah or the United States, or attempt to regulate an area which by the nature of the subject requires uniform state regulation. The town council: may lay out, construct, open, and keep in repair canals, water ditches, or water pipes to conduct water for artificial light and power purposes, and construct, own, and operate artificial light and power plants; may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for the inhabitants of the town; and may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.
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§ 10-8-94(1)Subsection 10-8-94(1)Provision

The town council may enact ordinances for the town’s public safety, health, morals, and welfare, so long as they are not prohibited, preempted, or inconsistent with state or federal law or the Utah or U.S. Constitution.

The town council may enact ordinances providing for the public safety, health, morals, and welfare of the town which are not prohibited, preempted by, or inconsistent with, the policy of state or federal law or the constitution of Utah or the United States, or attempt to regulate an area which by the nature of the subject requires uniform state regulation.
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§ 10-8-94(2)Subsection 10-8-94(2)Provision

The town council may build and maintain water and power infrastructure, and may levy an annual special tax for those purposes, up to .0008 per dollar of taxable value.

The town council: may lay out, construct, open, and keep in repair canals, water ditches, or water pipes to conduct water for artificial light and power purposes, and construct, own, and operate artificial light and power plants; may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for the inhabitants of the town; and may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.
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§ 10-8-94(2)(a)Subsection 10-8-94(2)(a)Provision

A person or authority may build, open, maintain, own, and operate canals, ditches, pipes, and artificial light and power plants for conducting water for artificial light and power purposes.

may lay out, construct, open, and keep in repair canals, water ditches, or water pipes to conduct water for artificial light and power purposes, and construct, own, and operate artificial light and power plants;
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§ 10-8-94(2)(b)Subsection 10-8-94(2)(b)Provision

The town may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for its inhabitants.

may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for the inhabitants of the town; and
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§ 10-8-94(2)(c)Subsection 10-8-94(2)(c)Provision

may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.

may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.
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