Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 2 - Transportation Finances Act

• 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.
• 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
• Circulator alley: means a publicly owned passageway:

  (a)	with a right-of-way width of 20 feet or greater;

  (b)	located within a master planned community;

  (c)	established by the city having jurisdictional authority as part of the street network for traffic circulation that may also be used for: (i)  garbage collection; (ii)  access to residential garages; or (iii)  access rear entrances to a commercial establishment; and

  (d)

  constructed with a bituminous or concrete pavement surface. See Utah Code 72-1-102 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Department: means the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services created in Section 32B-2-203. See Utah Code 32B-1-102 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 Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. 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 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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. Fixed guideway: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-12-102. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Fixed guideway capital development: includes : (i)  a project to strategically double track commuter rail lines; and (ii)  a project to develop and construct public transit facilities and related infrastructure pertaining to the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Fund: means the State Infrastructure Bank Fund created under Section 72-2-202. See Utah Code 72-2-201 Greenfield: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 72-1-102 health care facility: means a facility that is licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services under 2. See Utah Code 32B-10-702 Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Housing and transit reinvestment zone: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63N-3-602. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Infrastructure assistance: means any use of fund money, except an infrastructure loan, to provide financial assistance for transportation projects or publicly owned infrastructure projects, including: (a)  capital reserves and other security for bond or debt instrument financing; or (b)  any letters of credit, lines of credit, bond insurance, or loan guarantees obtained by a public entity to finance transportation projects. See Utah Code 72-2-201 Infrastructure loan: means a loan of fund money to finance a transportation project or publicly owned infrastructure project. See Utah Code 72-2-201 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 public transit district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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 License: means : (a)  a retail license; (b)  a sublicense; (c)  a license issued in accordance with 4; (d)  a license issued in accordance with Chapter 11, Manufacturing and Related Licenses Act; (e)  a license issued in accordance with Chapter 12, Liquor Warehousing License Act; (f)  a license issued in accordance with Chapter 13, Beer Wholesaling License Act; or (g)  a license issued in accordance with Chapter 17, Liquor Transport License Act. See Utah Code 32B-1-102 Limited-access facility: means a highway especially designated for through traffic, and over, from, or to which neither owners nor occupants of abutting lands nor other persons have any right or easement, or have only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Prescription: means an order issued by a health care practitioner when: (a)  the health care practitioner is licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions, to prescribe a controlled substance, other drug, or device for medicinal purposes; (b)  the order is made in the course of that health care practitioner's professional practice; and (c)  the order is made for obtaining an alcoholic product for medicinal purposes only. See Utah Code 32B-1-102 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 entity: means a state agency, county, municipality, special district, special service district, an intergovernmental entity organized under state law, or the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201. See Utah Code 72-2-201 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Publicly owned infrastructure project: means a project to improve sewer or water infrastructure that is owned by a public entity. See Utah Code 72-2-201 real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 special use permit: means a special use permit issued under this chapter, including: (1)  a religious wine use permit; (2)  an industrial or manufacturing use permit; (3)  a scientific or educational use permit; and (4)  a public service permit. See Utah Code 32B-10-102 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 State highway: means those highways designated as state highways in Title 72, Chapter 4, Designation of State Highways Act. See Utah Code 72-1-102 State transportation systems: means all streets, alleys, roads, highways, pathways, and thoroughfares of any kind, including connected structures, airports, aerial corridor infrastructure, spaceports, public transit facilities, and all other modes and forms of conveyance used by the public. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Transportation reinvestment zone: means a transportation reinvestment zone created pursuant to Section 11-13-227. See Utah Code 72-1-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5