§ 37-13-102 — Legislative purpose

The legislature finds that in many areas of the state,
landowners, cities, towns, counties and public utilities desire
to convert existing overhead electric and communication
facilities to underground locations by means of improvement
district proceedings. The legislature hereby declares that a
public purpose will be served by providing a procedure to
accomplish such conversion and that it is in the public interest
to provide for such conversion by proceedings taken pursuant to
this chapter whether such areas be within the limits of a city
or town or within a county.