Terms Used In Utah Code 11-32-13

  • authority: means a nonprofit corporation organized under this chapter by a county on behalf of the participant members within the county as the financing authority for the participant members solely for the purpose of financing the assignment of the delinquent tax receivables of the participant members for which it was created. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • Participant members: means those public bodies, including the county, the governing bodies of which approve the creation of an authority as provided in Section 11-32-3 and on whose behalf the authority acts. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • 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
     A financing authority is a public entity and an instrumentality of the state performing essential governmental functions on behalf of participant members. To better enable financing authorities to perform these functions, this chapter shall be liberally construed.

Enacted by Chapter 143, 1987 General Session