Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 11 > Chapter 36a > Part 7 - Challenges

• Account holder: means a person who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a social media company's platform. See Utah Code 13-63-101
• Addiction: means use of a social media platform that:

  (a)	indicates the user's substantial preoccupation or obsession with, or the user's substantial difficulty to cease or reduce use of, the social media platform; and

  (b)

  causes physical, mental, emotional, developmental, or material harms to the user. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Allegation: something that someone says happened. Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant. 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 Appropriation: means an allocation of money for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Budget: means a plan for financial operations for a fiscal period, embodying estimates for proposed expenditures for given purposes and the means of financing the expenditures. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Budget period: means the fiscal period for which a budget is prepared. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Budgetary fund: means a fund for which a budget is required, such as those described in Section 17-36-8. See Utah Code 17-36-3 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. 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. County general fund: means the general fund used by a county. See Utah Code 17-36-3 County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Department: means any functional unit within a fund which carries on a specific activity. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Director: means the director of the Division of Consumer Protection created in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection created in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Educational entity: means a public school, an LEA, a charter school, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, a private school, a denominational school, a parochial school, a community college, a state college, a state university, or a nonprofit private postsecondary educational institution. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Enactment: means : (a)  a municipal ordinance, for a municipality; (b)  a county ordinance, for a county; and (c)  a governing board resolution, for a special district, special service district, or private entity. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Finance officer: means : (a)  the county auditor or the person selected to provide accounting services for the county in accordance with Section 17-19a-205; or (b)  notwithstanding Subsection (13)(a), for the purposes of preparing a tentative budget in a county operating under a county executive-council form of county government, the county executive. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Fiscal period: means the annual or biennial period for recording county fiscal operations. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity comprised of a sum of money or other resources segregated for a specific purpose or objective. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Fund balance: means the excess of the assets over liabilities, reserves, and contributions, as reflected by its books of account. See Utah Code 17-36-3 General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Guardian: includes a person who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Impact fee: means a payment of money imposed upon new development activity as a condition of development approval to mitigate the impact of the new development on public infrastructure. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Impact fee analysis: means the written analysis of each impact fee required by Section 11-36a-303. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Impact fee facilities plan: means the plan required by Section 11-36a-301. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Interactive computer service: includes : (i)  a web service; (ii)  a web system; (iii)  a website; (iv)  a web application; or (v)  a web portal. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Interfund loan: means a loan of cash from one fund to another, subject to future repayment. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to: (a)  the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and (b)  those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Local political subdivision: means a county, a municipality, a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, or the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Minor: means an individual who is under the age of 18 and: (a)  has not been emancipated as that term is defined in Section 80-7-102; or (b)  has not been married. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Post: means content that an account holder makes available on a social media platform for other account holders or users to view. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Private entity: means an entity in private ownership with at least 100 individual shareholders, customers, or connections, that is located in a first, second, third, or fourth class county and provides water to an applicant for development approval who is required to obtain water from the private entity either as a: (a)  specific condition of development approval by a local political subdivision acting pursuant to a prior agreement, whether written or unwritten, with the private entity; or (b)  functional condition of development approval because the private entity: (i)  has no reasonably equivalent competition in the immediate market; and (ii)  is the only realistic source of water for the applicant's development. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Service area: means a geographic area designated by an entity that imposes an impact fee on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles in which a public facility, or a defined set of public facilities, provides service within the area. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 Social media company: means a person or entity that: (a)  provides a social media platform that has at least 5,000,000 account holders worldwide; and (b)  is an interactive computer service. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Social media platform: means an online forum that a social media company makes available for an account holder to: (i)  create a profile; (ii)  upload posts; (iii)  view the posts of other account holders; and (iv)  interact with other account holders or users. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Special fund: means any fund other than the county general fund, such as those described in Section 17-36-6. See Utah Code 17-36-3 Specified public agency: means : (a)  the state; (b)  a school district; or (c)  a charter school. See Utah Code 11-36a-102 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 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 User: means a person who has access to view all, or some of, the posts on a social media platform, but is not an account holder. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Utah account holder: includes a Utah minor account holder. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Utah minor account holder: means a Utah account holder who is a minor. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Utah resident: means an individual who currently resides in Utah. See Utah Code 13-63-101 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5