Utah Code 79-3-102. Definitions
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As used in this chapter:
(1) | “Agency” means a department, division, office, bureau, board, commission, or other administrative unit of the state. |
(2) | “Board” means the Board of the Utah Geological Survey. |
(3) | “Collection” means a specimen and the associated records documenting the specimen and its recovery. |
(4) | “Critical paleontological resources” means vertebrate fossils and other exceptional fossils that are designated state paleontological landmarks as provided for in Section 79-3-505. |
(6) | “Curation facility” is as defined in Section 53B-17-603. |
(7) | “Director” means the director of the survey. |
(8) | “Excavate” means the recovery of critical paleontological resources. |
(9) | “Museum” means the Utah Museum of Natural History. |
(10) | “Paleontological resources” means remains of prehistoric life pertaining to the natural history of the state. |
(11) | “Repository” is defined as provided in Section 53B-17-603. |
(12) | “School and institutional land grants” means the transfer of properties pursuant to Sections 6 and 8 of the Utah Enabling Act and Utah Constitution Article XX. |
(13) | “School and institutional trust lands” are those properties defined in Section 53C-1-103. |
(14) | “Site” means any paleontological deposit or other location that is the source of a specimen. |
(15) | “Specimen” means remains of a critical paleontological nature found on or below the surface of the earth. |
(16) | “State Paleontological Register” means a register of paleontological sites and localities. |
(17) | “Survey” means the Utah Geological Survey. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 344, 2009 General Session