Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 10 > Chapter 3b > Part 2 - Council-Mayor Form of Municipal Government

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assessment: means the assessment that a specified county levies on benefitted properties under this chapter to pay for beneficial activities. See Utah Code 11-42b-101
• Assessment area: means a convention and tourism business assessment area designated under this chapter. See Utah Code 11-42b-101
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficial activity: includes an activity to:
            (3)(b)(i) promote tourism;
            (3)(b)(ii) sponsor or incentivize a cultural or sports event, festival, conference, or convention;
            (3)(b)(iii) facilitate economic or workforce development for the lodging industry, including workforce recruitment or retention; or
            (3)(b)(iv) promote placemaking, visitor management, or destination enhancement. See Utah Code 11-42b-101
• Benefitted property: means a lodging establishment that directly or indirectly benefits from a beneficial activity. See Utah Code 11-42b-101
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council-mayor form of government: means the form of municipal government that:
       (1)(a)

            (1)(a)(i) is provided for in Laws of Utah 1977, Chapter 48;

            (1)(a)(ii) may not be adopted without voter approval; and

            (1)(a)(iii) consists of two separate, independent, and equal branches of municipal government; and
       (1)(b) on and after May 5, 2008, is described in Part 2, Council-Mayor Form of Municipal Government. See Utah Code 10-3b-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Municipality: means :
       (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
       (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
       (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Owner: means the owner of a benefitted property, or the authorized agent or employee of the owner. See Utah Code 11-42b-101
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Qualified number of owners: means a number of owners of benefitted properties that represents 60% or more of the total assessment amount levied against all benefitted properties within a proposed or existing assessment area, provided that if an owner of one or more benefitted properties represents 40% or more of the total assessment amount levied against all benefitted properties within a proposed or existing assessment area, no more than 40% of the total assessment amount shall be attributed to that owner. See Utah Code 11-42b-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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Third party administrator: means a private nonprofit organization, primarily engaged in destination marketing and promotion, that enters into a contract with a specified county to provide beneficial activities within an assessment area in accordance with the management plan. See Utah Code 11-42b-101
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5