Utah Code 79-2-502. Definitions

79-2-502. Definitions.
As used in this part:

(1)	“Compensatory mitigation” means avoiding, minimizing, rectifying, reducing, or eliminating impacts on sage grouse habitat by providing substitute sage grouse habitat through conservation projects or conservation banks.

Compensatory mitigation: means avoiding, minimizing, rectifying, reducing, or eliminating impacts on sage grouse habitat by providing substitute sage grouse habitat through conservation projects or conservation banks. See Utah Code 79-2-502
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Program: means the Sage Grouse Compensatory Mitigation Program created under Section 79-2-504. See Utah Code 79-2-502
Sage grouse: means the greater sage-grouse, or the species centrocercus urophasianus. See Utah Code 79-2-502
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

(2)	“Conservation plan” means the current version of the “Conservation Plan for Greater Sage-grouse in Utah” developed by the state and approved by the governor.

(3)	“Permanently disturb” means an action that disrupts the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years and includes all areas where the effects of the action could be expected to disrupt the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years.

(4)

“Person” means:

(a)	an individual;

(b)	a corporation;

(c)	a limited liability company;

(d)	a partnership;

(e)	an association;

(f)	a trust; or

(g)	a voluntary organization.

(5)	“Program” means the Sage Grouse Compensatory Mitigation Program created under Section 79-2-504.

(6)	“Sage grouse” means the greater sage-grouse, or the species centrocercus urophasianus.

Enacted by Chapter 358, 2016 General Session