36-1-101.1.  Definitions.
     As used in this part:

(1)  “Census block” means any one of the 71,207 individual geographic areas into which the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce has divided the state of Utah, to each of which the Bureau of the Census has attached a discrete population tabulation from the 2020 decennial census.

Terms Used In Utah Code 36-1-101.1

  • Senate block equivalency file: means the electronic file designated as SB2006S02_BEF. See Utah Code 36-1-101.1
  • Shapefile: means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information. See Utah Code 36-1-101.1
  • 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
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  “Senate block equivalency file” means the electronic file designated as SB2006S02_BEF.txt that assigns each of Utah’s 71,207 census blocks to a particular Utah State Senate district.

(3)  “Senate shapefile” means the electronic shapefile that:

(a)  is the resulting projection of the Senate block equivalency file; and

(b)  stores the boundary of each of the 29 Utah State Senate districts.

(4)  “Shapefile” means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information.

Amended by Chapter 11, 2021 Special Session 2