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.
• Animal: means any nonhuman vertebrate life form. See Utah Code 11-46a-101
• Animal: means a cat or dog. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• Animal control officer: means any person employed or appointed by a county or a municipality who is authorized to investigate violations of laws and ordinances concerning animals, to issue citations in accordance with Utah law, and to take custody of animals as appropriate in the enforcement of laws and ordinances concerning animals. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• Animal enterprise: includes an animal competition, exposition, fair, rodeo, farm, feedlot, furrier, ranch, or event intended to exhibit or advance agricultural arts and sciences. See Utah Code 11-46a-101
• Animal shelter: includes a private humane society or private animal welfare organization. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• 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
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Community cat: means a feral or free-roaming cat that is without visibly discernable or microchip owner identification of any kind, and has been sterilized, vaccinated, and ear-tipped. See Utah Code 11-46-302
• Community cat caretaker: means any person other than an owner who provides food, water, or shelter to a community cat or community cat colony. See Utah Code 11-46-302
• Community cat colony: means a group of cats that congregate together. See Utah Code 11-46-302
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council-mayor form of government: means the form of municipal government that:

  (a)	(i)  is provided for in Laws of Utah 1977, Chapter 48; (ii)  may not be adopted without voter approval; and (iii)  consists of two separate, independent, and equal branches of municipal government; and

  (b)

  on and after May 5, 2008, is described in 2. See Utah Code 10-3b-102 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Municipality: means : (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; (b)  a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or (c)  a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. 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. Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Person: means an individual, an entity, or a representative of an entity. See Utah Code 11-46-102 Political subdivision: means : (a)  a city, town, or metro township; or (b)  a county, as it relates to the licensing and regulation of an animal enterprise or working animal in the unincorporated area of the county. See Utah Code 11-46a-101 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Proof of sterilization: means a written document signed by a veterinarian licensed under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act, stating: (a)  a specified animal has been sterilized; (b)  the date on which the sterilization was performed; and (c)  the location where the sterilization was performed. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Recipient: means the person to whom an animal shelter transfers an animal for adoption. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Sponsor: means any person or organization that traps feral cats, sterilizes, vaccinates against rabies, and ear-tips them before returning them to the location where they were trapped. See Utah Code 11-46-302 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. Sterilization deposit: means the portion of a fee charged by an animal shelter to a recipient or claimant of an unsterilized animal to ensure the animal is timely sterilized in accordance with an agreement between the recipient or the claimant and the animal shelter. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Sterilized: means that an animal has been surgically altered either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal, so it is unable to reproduce. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Transfer: means that an animal shelter sells, gives away, places for adoption, or transfers an animal to a recipient. See Utah Code 11-46-202 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. Working animal: means an animal used for performing a specific duty or function in commerce, including an animal used for entertainment, herding, transportation, education, or exhibition. See Utah Code 11-46a-101 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5