Superseded 7/1/2023)

Superseded 7/1/2023
9-7-101.  Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:

(1)  “Board” means the State Library Board created in Section 9-7-204.

Terms Used In Utah Code 9-7-101

  • Board: means the State Library Board created in Section 9-7-204. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. See Utah Code 9-1-102
  • Division: means the State Library Division. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • Legislative staff office: means the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • Library board: means the library board of directors appointed locally as authorized by Section 9-7-402 or 9-7-502 and which exercises general policy authority for library services within a city or county of the state, regardless of the title by which the board is known locally. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • Policy: means the public library online access policy adopted by a library board to meet the requirements of Section 9-7-215. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, town, school district, public transit district, redevelopment agency, or special improvement or taxing district. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • 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
  • State agency: means :
(a) the state; or
(b) an office, department, agency, authority, commission, board, institution, hospital, college, university, or other instrumentality of the state. See Utah Code 9-7-101
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (2)  “Division” means the State Library Division.

    (3)  “Legislative staff office” means the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel.

    (4)  “Legislative publication” means:

    (a)  the Utah Code after the legislative staff office prepares an updated Utah Code database incorporating amendments to the Utah Code;

    (b)  the Laws of Utah; and

    (c)  the Utah Constitution after the legislative staff office incorporates into the Utah Constitution amendments to the Utah Constitution that passed during the preceding regular general election.

    (5)  “Library board” means the library board of directors appointed locally as authorized by Section 9-7-402 or 9-7-502 and which exercises general policy authority for library services within a city or county of the state, regardless of the title by which the board is known locally.

    (6)  “Physical format” means a transportable medium in which analog or digital information is published, such as print, microform, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

    (7)  “Policy” means the public library online access policy adopted by a library board to meet the requirements of Section 9-7-215.

    (8)  “Political subdivision” means a county, city, town, school district, public transit district, redevelopment agency, or special improvement or taxing district.

    (9)  “State agency” means:

    (a)  the state; or

    (b)  an office, department, agency, authority, commission, board, institution, hospital, college, university, or other instrumentality of the state.

    (10) 

    (a)  “State publication” means a book, compilation, directory, document, contract or grant report, hearing memorandum, journal, law, legislative bill, magazine, map, monograph, order, ordinance, pamphlet, periodical, proceeding, public memorandum, resolution, register, rule, report, statute, audiovisual material, electronic publication, micrographic form and tape or disc recording regardless of format or method of reproduction, issued or published by a state agency or political subdivision for distribution.

    (b)  “State publication” does not include correspondence, internal confidential publications, office memoranda, university press publications, or publications of the state historical society.

    Amended by Chapter 291, 2023 General Session

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