As used in this chapter:
(1) "Affected entity" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 10-20-102 and 17-79-102.
(2) "Affected landowner" means an owner of a property interest, as reflected in the most recent county or city tax records as receiving a property tax notice, whose property is located within a proposed corridor.
(3)
(a) "Construction" means the excavation, construction, and installation of a high voltage electric power line or upgraded high voltage transmission line.
(b) "Construction" does not include:
(i) the temporary use of sites; or
(ii) studies and tests for:
(A) requirements of this chapter;
(B) state regulations;
(C) federal regulations;
(D) securing geological and survey data; or
(E) any other actions taken by a public utility reasonably necessary to determine the location of a target study area or proposed corridor.
(4) "High voltage power line" means:
(a) an electrical high voltage power line with a nominal voltage of 230 kilovolts or more; and
(b) an upgraded high voltage power line.
(5) "Land use application" has the same meaning as provided in Sections 10-20-102 and 17-79-102.
(6) "Land use authority" has the same meaning as provided in Sections 10-20-102 and 17-79-102.
(7) "Land use permit" has the same meaning as Sections 10-20-102 and 17-79-102.
(8) "Legislative body" has the same meaning as provided in Sections 10-20-102 and 17-79-102.
(9) "Proposed corridor" means the transmission line route within a target study area selected by the public utility as the public utility's proposed alignment for a high voltage power line.
(10) "Proposed route" means the right-of-way needed for construction of the high voltage power line.
(11) "Public utility" has the same meaning as provided in Section 54-2-1.
(12) "Target study area" means the geographic area for a new high voltage transmission line or an upgraded high voltage power line as proposed by a public utility.
(13) "Upgraded high voltage power line" means increasing the voltage of an existing transmission line to 230 kilovolts or more.