Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 11 > Chapter 40 - Criminal Background Checks by Political Subdivisions Operating Water Systems

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Agency: means :

  (a)	a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and

  (b)

  an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant. Applicant: means a person who seeks employment with a public water utility, either as an employee or as an independent contractor, and who, after employment, would, in the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of patrons of the public water utility. See Utah Code 11-40-101 Application: means a document: (a)  (i)  completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and (ii)  that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to: (A)  insure the risk under: (I)  the coverage as originally offered; or (II)  a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or (B)  decline to insure the risk; or (b)  used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Assurance organization: means a person designated as an assurance organization in accordance with Section 31A-40-303. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Client: means a person who enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Coemployer: means : (a)  a client; or (b)  a professional employer organization. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Coemployment relationship: means a relationship: (a)  that is intended to be ongoing rather than a temporary or project specific relationship; and (b)  wherein the rights and obligations of an employer that arise out of an employment relationship are allocated between coemployers pursuant to: (i)  a professional employer agreement; or (ii)  this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Commercial tree species: means : (a)  Abies concolor (white fir); (b)  Abies lasiocarpa (subalpine fir); (c)  Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper); (d)  Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper); (e)  Picea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce); (f)  Picea pungens (blue spruce); (g)  Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine); (h)  Pinus edulis (piñon pine); (i)  Pinus flexilis (limber pine); (j)  Pinus longaeva (bristlecone pine); (k)  Pinus monophylla (singleleaf piñon); (l)  Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine); (m)  Populous tremuloides (quaking aspen); (n)  Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir); or (o)  Quercus gambelii (gambel oak). See Utah Code 65A-8a-102 Commission: means the Title and Escrow Commission created in Section 31A-2-403. See Utah Code 31A-41-102 controlling person: means a person who, individually or acting in concert with one or more persons, owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the equity interest in a professional employer organization. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Covered employee: means an individual who has a coemployment relationship with a client and a professional employer organization if the conditions of Section 31A-40-203 are met. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Division: means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 Division: means the Criminal Investigation and Technical Services Division of the Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 11-40-101 Employee: means : (a)  an individual employed by an employer; or (b)  an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (53)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Filed: means that a filing is: (i)  submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order; (ii)  received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and (iii)  accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with: (A)  Section 31A-3-103; or (B)  rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including: (a)  a policy; (b)  a rate; (c)  a form; (d)  a document; (e)  a plan; (f)  a manual; (g)  an application; (h)  a report; (i)  a certificate; (j)  an endorsement; (k)  an actuarial certification; (l)  a licensee annual statement; (m)  a licensee renewal application; (n)  an advertisement; (o)  a binder; or (p)  an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. Forest Water Quality Guidelines: means the field-applicable practice guidelines adopted by the division for use during forestry activities to protect water quality and contained within a nonpoint source management plan. See Utah Code 65A-8a-102 Forested land: means land, except land owned by the federal government or located within an incorporated city, growing commercial tree species that are, or could be at maturity, capable of furnishing raw material used in the manufacture of lumber or other forest products. See Utah Code 65A-8a-102 Form: means one of the following prepared for general use: (i)  a policy; (ii)  a certificate; (iii)  an application; (iv)  an outline of coverage; or (v)  an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Fund: means the Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund created in Section 31A-41-201. See Utah Code 31A-41-102 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Guarantee: means to assume an obligation of another person if that person fails to meet the obligation. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 health insurance: means insurance providing: (i)  a health care benefit; or (ii)  payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insurance: includes : (i)  a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind; (ii)  a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and (iii)  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes: (i)  a policyholder; (ii)  a subscriber; (iii)  a member; and (iv)  a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Landowner: means a person who holds an ownership interest in forested land. See Utah Code 65A-8a-102 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Municipality: means : (a)  a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class; (b)  a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or (c)  a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Operator: means a person who: (a)  is responsible for conducting forest practices; or (b)  through a contractual agreement with the landowner, is obligated to or entitled to conduct forest practices or to carry out a timber sale. See Utah Code 65A-8a-102 Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Person seeking access: means a person who seeks access to a public water utility's public water system or publicly owned treatment works and who, after obtaining access, would, in the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of patrons of the public water utility. See Utah Code 11-40-101 Policy: includes a service contract issued by: (i)  a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; (ii)  a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and (iii)  a corporation licensed under: (A)  Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or (B)  Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Premium: includes , however designated: (i)  an assessment; (ii)  a membership fee; (iii)  a required contribution; or (iv)  monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Professional employer agreement: means a written contract by and between a client and a professional employer organization that provides for: (a)  the coemployment of a covered employee; (b)  with respect to a covered employee, the allocation of a right or obligation of an employer between: (i)  the client; and (ii)  the professional employer organization; and (c)  the assumption of the obligations imposed by this chapter by: (i)  the client; or (ii)  the professional employer organization. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 professional employer organization: means a person engaged in the business of providing a professional employer service. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Professional employer organization group: means two or more professional employer organizations that are majority owned or commonly controlled or directed by the same one or more persons. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Professional employer service: means the service of entering into a coemployment relationship under this chapter under which all or a majority of the employees who provide a service to a client, or a division or work unit of a client, are covered employees. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Public water utility: means a county, city, town, special district under Title 17B, Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, or other political subdivision of the state that operates publicly owned treatment works or a public water system. See Utah Code 11-40-101 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Self-insurance: includes : (i)  an arrangement under which a governmental entity undertakes to indemnify an employee for liability arising out of the employee's employment; and (ii)  an arrangement under which a person with a managed program of self-insurance and risk management undertakes to indemnify the person's affiliate, subsidiary, director, officer, or employee for liability or risk that arises out of the person's relationship with the affiliate, subsidiary, director, officer, or employee. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Sell: means to exchange a contract of insurance: (a)  by any means; (b)  for money or its equivalent; and (c)  on behalf of an insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Sovereign lands: means those lands lying below the ordinary high water mark of navigable bodies of water at the date of statehood and owned by the state by virtue of its sovereignty. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 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 State lands: means all lands administered by the division. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Title insurance licensee: means : (a)  an agency title insurance producer; or (b)  an individual title insurance producer. See Utah Code 31A-41-102 Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Wildland: means an area where: (a)  development is essentially non-existent, except for roads, railroads, powerlines, or similar transportation facilities; and (b)  structures, if any, are widely scattered. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 Wildland-urban interface: means the zone where structures and other human development meets, or intermingles with, undeveloped wildland. See Utah Code 65A-8a-102 Working capital: means the current assets minus the current liabilities of a professional employer organization determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. See Utah Code 31A-40-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5