ARTICLE XX. - OFFENSES REGARDING SABOTAGE

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--- (9) --- State Law reference— Sabotage prevention, U.C.A. 1953, § 76-8-801 et seq.

Sec. 14-629. - Definitions.#

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Highway includes any private or public street, way or other place used for travel to or from property within the town.

Public utility includes any pipeline, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone, telegraph, radio, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation communication or other system by whomsoever owned or operated for public use.

(Code 1981, § 13-881)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, U.C.A. 1953, § 76-8-801.

Sec. 14-630. - Posting of signs at war or defense facilities, entering posted premises without permission.#

(a)

Any individual, partnership, association, corporation or political subdivision of the state engaged in, or preparing to engage in, the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or the manufacture, transportation, distribution of storage or gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any natural or artificial persons operating any public utility, whose property, except where it fronts on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles, persons, or things is surrounded by a fence or wall, or a fence or wall and buildings, may post around his or its property at each gate, entrance, dock, or railway entrance and every one hundred feet of water front a sign reading "No Entry Without Permission." The sign shall also designate a point of entrance or place where application may be made for permission to enter, and permission shall not be denied to any loyal citizen who has a valid right to enter.

(b)

Any person willfully entering property enumerated in subsection (a) of this section, without permission of the owner, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(Code 1981, § 13-882)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, U.C.A. 1953, § 76-8-807.

Sec. 14-631. - Closing or restricting use of highways abutting defense or war facilities; posting of notices.#

(a)

Any individual partnership, association, corporation, or any political subdivision of the state engaged in or preparing to engage in the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or in the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any of natural or artificial persons operating any public utility who has property so used which he or it believes will be endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited on one or more highways or parts thereof upon which the property abuts, may petition the town council to close one or more of the highways or parts thereof to public use and travel or to restrict by order the use and travel upon one or more of the highways or parts thereof.

(b)

Upon receipt of the petition, the town council shall, by resolution, set a date for hearing and give notice thereof by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the town, which publication shall be made at least seven days prior to the date set for hearing. If, after hearing, the town council determines that the public safety and the safety of the property of the petitioner so require, they shall by suitable order close to public use and travel or reasonably restrict the use of and travel upon one or more of the highways or parts thereof; provided the town council may issue written permits to travel over the highway so closed or restricted to responsible and reputable persons for a term, under conditions and in a form as the town council may prescribe. Appropriate notices in letters at least three inches high shall be posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or restricted by an order. The town council may at any time revoke or modify any order so made.

(c)

Any person who violates any order made under this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(Code 1981, § 13-883)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, U.C.A. 1953, § 76-8-809.

Sec. 14-632. - Bargaining rights of employees not impaired by sabotage prevention laws.#

Nothing in this article shall be construed to impair, curtail, or destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to self-organize, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection as provided by state or federal laws.

(Code 1981, § 13-884)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, U.C.A. 1953, § 76-8-811.

Secs. 14-633—14-652. - Reserved.#