Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 11 > Chapter 36a > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Charter school: includes :

  (a)	an operating charter school;

  (b)	an applicant for a charter school whose application has been approved by a charter school authorizer as provided in 6; and

  (c)

  an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant to develop or construct a charter school building. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC Development activity: means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public facilities. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Development approval: means : (a)  except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), any written authorization from a local political subdivision that authorizes the commencement of development activity; (b)  development activity, for a public entity that may develop without written authorization from a local political subdivision; (c)  a written authorization from a public water supplier, as defined in Section 73-1-4, or a private water company: (i)  to reserve or provide: (A)  a water right; (B)  a system capacity; or (C)  a distribution facility; or (ii)  to deliver for a development activity: (A)  culinary water; or (B)  irrigation water; or (d)  a written authorization from a sanitary sewer authority, as defined in Section 10-9a-103: (i)  to reserve or provide: (A)  sewer collection capacity; or (B)  treatment capacity; or (ii)  to provide sewer service for a development activity. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-53-102 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Hookup fee: means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line, meter, or appurtenance to connect to a gas, water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system of a municipality, county, special district, special service district, or private entity. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Impact fee: means a payment of money imposed upon new development activity as a condition of development approval to mitigate the impact of the new development on public infrastructure. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Impact fee analysis: means the written analysis of each impact fee required by Section 11-36a-303. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Impact fee facilities plan: means the plan required by Section 11-36a-301. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Local political subdivision: means a county, a municipality, a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, or the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Private entity: means an entity in private ownership with at least 100 individual shareholders, customers, or connections, that is located in a first, second, third, or fourth class county and provides water to an applicant for development approval who is required to obtain water from the private entity either as a: (a)  specific condition of development approval by a local political subdivision acting pursuant to a prior agreement, whether written or unwritten, with the private entity; or (b)  functional condition of development approval because the private entity: (i)  has no reasonably equivalent competition in the immediate market; and (ii)  is the only realistic source of water for the applicant's development. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Project improvements: means site improvements and facilities that are: (i)  planned and designed to provide service for development resulting from a development activity; (ii)  necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of development resulting from a development activity; and (iii)  not identified or reimbursed as a system improvement. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Public facilities: means only the following impact fee facilities that have a life expectancy of 10 or more years and are owned or operated by or on behalf of a local political subdivision or private entity: (a)  water rights and water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities; (b)  wastewater collection and treatment facilities; (c)  storm water, drainage, and flood control facilities; (d)  municipal power facilities; (e)  roadway facilities; (f)  parks, recreation facilities, open space, and trails; (g)  public safety facilities; (h)  environmental mitigation as provided in Section 11-36a-205; or (i)  municipal natural gas facilities. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Service area: means a geographic area designated by an entity that imposes an impact fee on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles in which a public facility, or a defined set of public facilities, provides service within the area. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 System improvements: means : (i)  existing public facilities that are: (A)  identified in the impact fee analysis under Section 11-36a-304; and (B)  designed to provide services to service areas within the community at large; and (ii)  future public facilities identified in the impact fee analysis under Section 11-36a-304 that are intended to provide services to service areas within the community at large. See Utah Code 11-36a-102