Although SB80 only sets up a mechanism to develop the partnerships with toll-road builders for any road in the state, its sponsor, Syracuse Republican Sen. Sheldon Killpack, as well as the Utah Department of Transportation and other state officials, has made it clear that the first likely target will be the Mountain View Corridor along Salt Lake County's west side.

Under the law, the state will own the roadway, land and right of way. A private partner would contract to build the road, provide the billions of dollars needed to finance it and then operate it as a concession.

In addition to SB80, Huntsman signed 102 more bills and two resolutions Friday. They include:

* HB227, which increases the penalty for tattooing a minor without parental consent from a class C misdemeanor, which could result in three months in jail and a $750 fine, to a class B misdemeanor punishable by six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

* HB114, which standardizes the minimum sanitation requirements for Utah restaurants and gives the state two full-time employees who would develop consistent rules and regulations for the state.

* HB45, which allows planning and preconstruction to begin on the Bear River water project, a dam/reservoir/pipeline in northern Utah with an estimated price tag of $680 million.

* SB173, which makes FBI checks no longer necessary for returned oversees military personnel and religious missionaries seeking to become foster parents. It allows those Utahns who had previously lived in the state for five years to skip the background screening.

Huntsman has until March 21 to sign or veto bills or allow them to go into law without his signature.