“Adjacent political subdivision” means a political subdivision of the state with a boundary that abuts the lake authority boundary or includes lake authority land.
Management: means work to coordinate and facilitate the improvement of Utah Lake, including work to enhance the long-term viability and health of Utah Lake and to produce economic, aesthetic, recreational, environmental, and other benefits for the state, consistent with the strategies, policies, and objectives described in this chapter. See Utah Code 11-65-101
Management plan: means a plan to conceptualize, design, facilitate, coordinate, encourage, and bring about the management of the lake authority land to achieve the policies and objectives described in Section 11-65-203. See Utah Code 11-65-101
Project area: means an area that is identified in a project area plan as the area where the management described in the project area plan will occur. See Utah Code 11-65-101
Project area plan: means a written plan that, after the plan's effective date, manages activity within a project area within the scope of a management plan. See Utah Code 11-65-101
Public entity: means :
(a)
the state, including each department, division, or other agency of the state; or
(b)
a county, city, town, metro township, school district, special district, special service district, interlocal cooperation entity, community reinvestment agency, or other political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 11-65-101
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.
Sovereign land: means land:
(a)
lying below the ordinary high water mark of a navigable body of water at the date of statehood; and
(b)
owned by the state by virtue of the state's sovereignty. See Utah Code 11-65-101
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
Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Utah Lake: includes all waters of Utah Lake and all land, whether or not submerged under water, within the lake authority boundary. See Utah Code 11-65-101
(2)
“Board” means the lake authority’s governing body, created in Section 11-65-301.
(3)
“Lake authority” means the Utah Lake Authority, created in Section 11-65-201.
(4)
“Lake authority boundary” means the boundary:
(a)
defined by recorded boundary settlement agreements between private landowners and the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands; and
(b)
that separates privately owned land from Utah Lake sovereign land.
(5)
“Lake authority land” means land on the lake side of the lake authority boundary.
(6)
“Management” means work to coordinate and facilitate the improvement of Utah Lake, including work to enhance the long-term viability and health of Utah Lake and to produce economic, aesthetic, recreational, environmental, and other benefits for the state, consistent with the strategies, policies, and objectives described in this chapter.
(7)
“Management plan” means a plan to conceptualize, design, facilitate, coordinate, encourage, and bring about the management of the lake authority land to achieve the policies and objectives described in Section 11-65-203.
(8)
“Nonvoting member” means an individual appointed as a member of the board under Subsection 11-65-302(6) who does not have the power to vote on matters of lake authority business.
(9)
“Project area” means an area that is identified in a project area plan as the area where the management described in the project area plan will occur.
(10)
“Project area budget” means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a project area.
(11)
“Project area plan” means a written plan that, after the plan’s effective date, manages activity within a project area within the scope of a management plan.
(12)
“Public entity” means:
(a)
the state, including each department, division, or other agency of the state; or
(b)
a county, city, town, metro township, school district, special district, special service district, interlocal cooperation entity, community reinvestment agency, or other political subdivision of the state.
(13)
“Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements”:
(a)
means infrastructure, improvements, facilities, or buildings that:
(i)
benefit the public; and
(ii)
(A)
are owned by a public entity or a utility; or
(B)
are publicly maintained or operated by a public entity;
(b)
includes:
(i)
facilities, lines, or systems that provide:
(A)
water, chilled water, or steam; or
(B)
sewer, storm drainage, natural gas, electricity, energy storage, renewable energy, microgrids, or telecommunications service; and
(ii)
streets, roads, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, walkways, solid waste facilities, parking facilities, and public transportation facilities.
(14)
“Sovereign land” means land:
(a)
lying below the ordinary high water mark of a navigable body of water at the date of statehood; and
(b)
owned by the state by virtue of the state’s sovereignty.
(15)
“Utah Lake” includes all waters of Utah Lake and all land, whether or not submerged under water, within the lake authority boundary.
(16)
“Voting member” means an individual appointed as a member of the board under Subsection 11-65-302(2).
