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Senate rejects bill that would require neighbors to split fence costs; debate centers on livestock and acreage disparities
Summary
After extended floor debate, the Utah Senate voted down SB 200, a bill that would require adjoining landowners to share costs for certain partition fences and surveys, with senators arguing it could unfairly obligate owners with large open‑range acreage to pay for fences that primarily enclose a small neighbor's land.
The Utah Senate on the floor rejected Senate Bill 200 after extended debate about fairness, definitions and how the measure would work across urban and open‑range areas.
SB 200 would have allowed an owner of a lawful fence (a partition fence) to require an adjoining landowner to pay half the cost of that fence if the fence is reasonable in cost and appropriate to the area. Senators questioned whether the statute would require an…
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