Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 19 > Chapter 11 - Western Interstate Nuclear Compact

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• board of directors: means the body authorized to manage the affairs of a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• Bylaws: includes :

  (i)	amended bylaws; and

  (ii)

  restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Council: means the State Money Management Council created by Section 51-7-16. See Utah Code 51-7-3 Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-6a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Devise: To gift property by will. Director: means a member of the board of directors. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-6a-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. Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. 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. Nonqualifying repurchase agreement: means a repurchase agreement evidencing indebtedness of a qualified depository arising from the transfer of obligations of the United States Treasury or other authorized investments to public treasurers that is: (a)  evidenced by a safekeeping receipt issued by the qualified depository; (b)  included in the depository's maximum amount of public funds; and (c)  valued and maintained at market value plus an appropriate margin collateral requirement based upon the term of the agreement and the type of securities acquired. See Utah Code 51-7-3 Notice: means the same as that term is defined in Section 16-6a-103. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 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. Person: means an: (a)  individual; or (b)  entity. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Principal office: means : (a)  the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including: (i)  an annual report; (ii)  an application for a certificate of authority; or (iii)  a notice of change of principal office; or (b)  if no principal office can be determined, a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation's registered office. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Proceeding: includes : (a)  a civil suit; (b)  arbitration; (c)  mediation; (d)  a criminal action; (e)  an administrative action; or (f)  an investigatory action. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Public funds: means money, funds, and accounts, regardless of the source from which the money, funds, and accounts are derived, that are owned, held, or administered by the state or any of its boards, commissions, institutions, departments, divisions, agencies, bureaus, laboratories, or other similar instrumentalities, or any county, city, school district, political subdivision, or other public body. See Utah Code 51-7-3 Public treasurer: includes the state treasurer and the official of any state board, commission, institution, department, division, agency, or other similar instrumentality, or of any county, city, school district, charter school, political subdivision, or other public body who has the responsibility for the safekeeping and investment of any public funds. See Utah Code 51-7-3 Registered office: means the office within this state designated by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation as its registered office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including: (a)  articles of incorporation; (b)  an application for a certificate of authority; or (c)  a notice of change of registered office. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors delegates responsibility under Subsection 16-6a-818(3) for: (a)  the preparation and maintenance of: (i)  minutes of the meetings of: (A)  the board of directors; or (B)  the members; and (ii)  the other records and information required to be kept by the nonprofit corporation pursuant to Section 16-6a-1601; and (b)  authenticating records of the nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Vote: includes authorization by: (a)  written ballot; and (b)  written consent. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Voting group: means all the members of one or more classes of members or directors that, under this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws, are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter. See Utah Code 16-6a-102