Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 26B > Chapter 1 > Part 4 - Boards, Commissions, Councils, and Advisory Committees

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Advisory board: means the Correctional Postnatal and Early Childhood Advisory Board. See Utah Code 26B-1-434
• 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.
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Clean coal technology: means a technology that may be researched, developed, or used for reducing emissions or the rate of emissions from a thermal electric generation plant that uses coal as a fuel source. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Commissioner: means a member of the commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Electrical corporation: includes every corporation, cooperative association, and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any electric plant, or in any way furnishing electric power for public service or to its consumers or members for domestic, commercial, or industrial use, within this state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Eligible customer: means a person who:

  (a)

  on December 31, 2013: (i)  was a customer of a public utility that, on December 31, 2013, had more than 200,000 retail customers in this state; and (ii)  owned an electric plant that is an electric generation plant that, on December 31, 2013, had a generation name plate capacity of greater than 150 megawatts; and

  (b)

  produces electricity: (i)  from a qualifying power production facility for sale to a public utility in this state; (ii)  primarily for the eligible customer's own use; or (iii)  for the use of the eligible customer's tenant or affiliate. See Utah Code 54-2-1 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. Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102 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. 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. Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC Incarcerated mother: means the same as that term is defined in Section 64-13-46. See Utah Code 26B-1-434 Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Large-scale electric utility: means a public utility that provides retail electric service to more than 200,000 retail customers in the state. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Large-scale natural gas utility: means a public utility that provides retail natural gas service to more than 200,000 retail customers in the state. See Utah Code 54-2-1 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 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102 Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Oath: A promise to tell the truth. 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 :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals). Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. 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. Telephone cooperative: means a telephone corporation that: (a)  is a cooperative; and (b)  is organized for the purpose of providing telecommunications service to the telephone corporation's members and the public at cost plus a reasonable rate of return. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Telephone corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, who owns, controls, operates, manages, or resells a public telecommunications service as defined in Section 54-8b-2. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Utility vehicle charging service: means the furnishing of electricity: (a)  to an electric vehicle battery charging station; (b)  by a public utility in whose service area the charging station is located; and (c)  pursuant to a duly established tariff for rates, charges, and conditions of service for the electricity. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Utility-owned vehicle charging infrastructure: means all facilities, equipment, and electrical systems owned and installed by a large-scale electric utility: (a)  on the customer's side or the large-scale electric utility's side of the electricity metering equipment; and (b)  to facilitate utility vehicle charging service or other electric vehicle battery charging service. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Wholesale electrical cooperative: includes every electrical corporation that is: (a)  in the business of the wholesale distribution of electricity it has purchased or generated to its members and the public; and (b)  required to distribute or allocate savings in excess of additions to reserves and surplus to members or patrons on the basis of patronage. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5