63A-5b-601.  Definitions.
     As used in this part:

(1) 

Terms Used In Utah Code 63A-5b-601

  • Compliance agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 15A-1-202. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management created in Section 63A-5b-301. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Highway: includes :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.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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)  “Facility” means any building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed:

(i)  on property that the state or any of the state’s departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies owns; or

(ii)  by the state or any of the state’s departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies on property that the state does not own.

(b)  “Facility” does not mean an unoccupied structure that is a component of the state highway system.

(2)  “Local government” means the county, municipality, or local school district that would have jurisdiction to act as the compliance agency if the division did not have jurisdiction to act as the compliance agency.

Amended by Chapter 421, 2022 General Session