Utah Code 63M-14-102. Definitions
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63M-14-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
As used in this chapter:
(1) | “Appointing authority” means an authority named in Section 63M-14-202 that appoints an authority member for a Colorado River authority area. |
(2) | “Authority” means the Colorado River Authority of Utah created by Section 63M-14-201. |
(3) | “Authority member” means a person appointed as a member of the authority under Section 63M-14-202 or designated as a member of the authority. |
(4) | “Chair” means the chair of the authority. |
(5) | “Colorado River Basin States” means Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. |
(6) | “Colorado River authority area” means the geographic area designated by Subsection 63M-14-202(2). |
(7) | “Colorado River system” means the entire drainage of the Colorado River in Utah including both the main stem of the Colorado River and the Colorado River’s tributaries. |
(8) | “Law of the river” means the compacts, federal laws, treaties, court decisions and decrees, contracts, and regulatory guidelines that underlie and authorize the management and operation of the Colorado River. |
(9) | “Restricted account” means the Colorado River Authority Restricted Account created in Section 63M-14-501. |
(10) | “River commissioner” means the person appointed under Section 63M-14-301. |
Enacted by Chapter 179, 2021 General Session