Part 1 Statewide Amendments to International Building Code 15A-3-101 – 15A-3-113
Part 2 Statewide Amendments to International Residential Code 15A-3-201 – 15A-3-206 v2
Part 3 Statewide Amendments to International Plumbing Code 15A-3-301 – 15A-3-315 v2
Part 4 Statewide Amendments to International Mechanical Code 15A-3-401 – 15A-3-402 v2
Part 5 Statewide Amendments to International Fuel Gas Code 15A-3-501
Part 6 Statewide Amendments to National Electrical Code 15A-3-601 – 15A-3-601 v2
Part 7 Statewide Amendments to International Energy Conservation Code 15A-3-701 – 15A-3-701 v2
Part 8 Statewide Amendments to International Existing Building Code 15A-3-801 – 15A-3-801 v2
Part 9 Installation and Safety Requirements for Mobile Homes Built Before June 15, 1976 15A-3-901 – 15A-3-1001
Part 10 Statewide Amendments to International Swimming Pool and Spa Code 15A-3-1001 v2 – 15A-3-1001 v3

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 15A > Chapter 3 - Statewide Amendments Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code

  • Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
  • Active project area: means a project area that has not been dissolved in accordance with Section 17C-1-702. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Adequate protests: means written protests timely filed by:
    (a) the owners of private real property that:
    (i) is located within the applicable area;
    (ii) covers at least 25% of the total private land area within the applicable area; and
    (iii) is equal in value to at least 15% of the value of all private real property within the applicable area; or
    (b) registered voters residing within the applicable area equal in number to at least 25% of the number of votes cast in the applicable area for the office of president of the United States at the most recent election prior to the adoption of the resolution or filing of the petition. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :
    (a) a division or board action or proceeding determining the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including actions to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, permit, or license; or
    (b) judicial review of a division or board action or proceeding specified in Subsection (1)(a). See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Adjusted tax increment: means the percentage of tax increment, if less than 100%, that an agency is authorized to receive:
    (a) for a pre-July 1, 1993, project area plan, under Section 17C-1-403, excluding tax increment under Subsection 17C-1-403(3);
    (b) for a post-June 30, 1993, project area plan, under Section 17C-1-404, excluding tax increment under Section 17C-1-406;
    (c) under a project area budget approved by a taxing entity committee; or
    (d) under an interlocal agreement that authorizes the agency to receive a taxing entity's tax increment. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Adjutant general: means the commanding general of the Utah National Guard as appointed by the governor under Section 39A-1-201. See Utah Code 39A-1-102
  • 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.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affiliate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 16-6a-102. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Affordable housing: means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households that meet certain gross household income requirements based on the area median income for households of the same size. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Affordable housing: means housing owned or occupied by a low or moderate income family, as determined by resolution of the agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Agency funds: means money that an agency collects or receives for agency operations, implementing a project area plan or an implementation plan as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, or other agency purposes, including:
    (a) project area funds;
    (b) income, proceeds, revenue, or property derived from or held in connection with the agency's undertaking and implementation of project area development or agency-wide project development as defined in Section 17C-1-1001;
    (c) a contribution, loan, grant, or other financial assistance from any public or private source;
    (d) project area incremental revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001; or
    (e) property tax revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Agency-wide project development: means activity within the agency's boundaries that, as determined by the board, encourages, promotes, or provides development or redevelopment for the purpose of achieving the results described in an implementation plan, including affordable housing. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Alternative fuel vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is not powered exclusively by a petroleum fuel source. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • 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.
  • Annual income: means the same as that term is defined in regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24 C. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Applicable area: means :
    (a) for a county, the unincorporated area of the county that is included within the proposed special district; or
    (b) for a municipality, the area of the municipality that is included within the proposed special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Applicable area: means :
    (a) for a county, the unincorporated area of the county that is included within the area proposed for annexation; or
    (b) for a municipality, the area of the municipality that is included within the area proposed for annexation. See Utah Code 17B-1-401
  • Applicable area: means :
    (a) for a proposal to create a special service district, the area included within the proposed special service district;
    (b) for a proposal to annex an area to an existing special service district, the area proposed to be annexed;
    (c) for a proposal to add a service to the service or services provided by a special service district, the area included within the special service district; and
    (d) for a proposal to consolidate special service districts, the area included within each special service district proposed to be consolidated. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Applicant: means a person who has filed a notice of intent to commence mining operations, or who has applied to the board for a review of a notice or order. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Apprenticeship: means a program for the training of apprentices including a program providing the training of those persons defined as apprentices by Section 35A-6-102. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Appropriation: means an allocation of money by the board of trustees for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • 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
  • Approved notice of intention: means a formally filed notice of intention to commence mining operations, including revisions to the notice of intention that is approved under Section 40-8-13. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Assessment roll: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-102. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Audit reports: means the reports of any independent audit of the district performed by:
    (a) an independent auditor as required by Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act;
    (b) the state auditor; or
    (c) the legislative auditor. See Utah Code 17B-1-701
  • Authority board: means the board of directors of a local building authority, as described in Section 17D-2-203. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Basalt: means fine-grained mafic igneous rock formed in the tertiary or quaternary periods. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Base taxable value: means , unless otherwise adjusted in accordance with provisions of this title, a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last equalized during the base year. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Base year: means , except as provided in Subsection 17C-1-402(4)(c), the year during which the assessment roll is last equalized:
    (a) for a pre-July 1, 1993, urban renewal or economic development project area plan, before the project area plan's effective date;
    (b) for a post-June 30, 1993, urban renewal or economic development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to a taxing entity committee:
    (i) before the date on which the taxing entity committee approves the project area budget; or
    (ii) if taxing entity committee approval is not required for the project area budget, before the date on which the community legislative body adopts the project area plan;
    (c) for a project on an inactive airport site, after the later of:
    (i) the date on which the inactive airport site is sold for remediation and development; or
    (ii) the date on which the airport that operated on the inactive airport site ceased operations; or
    (d) for a community development project area plan or a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to an interlocal agreement, as described in the interlocal agreement. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Basic levy: means the portion of a school district's tax levy constituting the minimum basic levy under Section 59-2-902. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Board: means the special district board of trustees. See Utah Code 17B-1-701
  • Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Board: means the Utah Fire Prevention Board created in Section 53-7-203. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
  • Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Bona fide occupational qualification: means a characteristic applying to an employee that:
    (i) is necessary to the operation; or
    (ii) is the essence of the employee's employer's business. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Bond: includes a bond, note, or other instrument issued under this chapter evidencing an indebtedness of a local building authority. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Bond: means :
    (a) a written obligation to repay borrowed money, whether denominated a bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or otherwise; and
    (b) a lease agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other agreement that:
    (i) includes an obligation by the district to pay money; and
    (ii) the district's board of trustees, in its discretion, treats as a bond for purposes of Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, or Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year which embodies estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them, and may refer to the budget of a particular fund for which a budget is required by law or it may refer collectively to the budgets for all such funds. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year that includes:
    (a) estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them;
    (b) the source and amount of estimated revenue for the district for the fiscal year;
    (c) fund balance in each fund at the beginning of the fiscal year and the projected fund balance for each fund at the end of the fiscal year; and
    (d) capital projects or budgets for proposed construction or improvement to capital facilities within the district. See Utah Code 17B-1-701
  • Budget hearing: means the public hearing on a proposed project area budget required under Subsection 17C-2-201(2)(d) for an urban renewal project area budget, Subsection 17C-3-201(2)(d) for an economic development project area budget, or Subsection 17C-5-302(2)(e) for a community reinvestment project area budget. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Budget officer: means the person appointed by the special district board of trustees to prepare the budget for the district. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Budget year: means the fiscal year for which a budget is prepared. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Calendar year entity: means a special district whose fiscal year begins January 1 and ends December 31 of each calendar year as described in Section 17B-1-602. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Carbon dioxide: means carbon dioxide (CO2) that has been captured from an emission source or direct air capture, plus incidental associated substances derived from the source materials and the capture process, and any substances added to the carbon dioxide to enable or improve the injection process. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Cemetery maintenance district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a cemetery maintenance district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Certified disaster service volunteer: means any person who has completed the necessary training for and has been certified as a disaster service specialist by the American Red Cross. See Utah Code 34-43-102
  • Certified mail: means :
    (a) a method of mailing that is offered by the United States Postal Service and provides evidence of mailing; or
    (b) a method of mailing that is accompanied by a certificate of mailing executed by the individual who caused the notice to be mailed. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Certified tax rate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Chief executive officer: means a person appointed by the board of trustees of a small public transit district to serve as chief executive officer. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Closed military base: means land within a former military base that the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission has voted to close or realign when that action has been sustained by the president of the United States and Congress. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Combined incremental value: means the combined total of all incremental values from all project areas, except project areas that contain some or all of a military installation or inactive industrial site, within the agency's boundaries under project area plans and project area budgets at the time that a project area budget for a new project area is being considered. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 17-55-101
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the commission appointed under Section 34A-1-201. See Utah Code 34A-1-102
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Community development project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Community legislative body: means the legislative body of the community that created the agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • community reinvestment agency: means a separate body corporate and politic, created under Section 17C-1-201. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Community reinvestment project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Compensation: means payment owed by an employer for labor or services performed by an employee. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Condensate: means hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that:
    (a) occur naturally in the gaseous phase in the reservoir; and
    (b) are separated from the natural gas as liquids through the process of condensation either in the reservoir, in the wellbore, or at the surface in field separators. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Conference: means an informal adjudicative proceeding conducted by the division or board. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Confidential employee: means a person who, in the regular course of the person's duties:
    (a) assists in and acts in a confidential capacity in relation to other persons who formulate, determine, and effectuate management policies regarding labor relations; or
    (b) has authorized access to information relating to effectuating or reviewing the employer's collective bargaining policies. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Consenting owner: means an owner who, in the manner and within the time frame established by the board in rule, consents to the drilling and operation of a well and agrees to bear the owner's proportionate share of the costs of the drilling and operation of the well. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Constituent entity: means any county, city, or town that levies property taxes within the boundaries of the district. See Utah Code 17B-1-701
  • Contest: means to file a written complaint in the district court of the county in which the agency is located. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contractor: means any person who, under contract with the owner or an operator designated by an owner, performs work upon or furnishes materials or equipment for any production unit. See Utah Code 38-10-101
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Cooperative development project: means project area development with impacts that extend beyond an agency's geographic boundaries to the benefit of two or more communities. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • 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.
  • Correlative rights: means the opportunity of each owner in a pool to produce the owner's just and equitable share of the oil and gas in the pool without waste. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Cost savings: means a decrease in an expenditure, including a future replacement expenditure, by a political subdivision resulting from a performance efficiency measure adopted under this chapter. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • council: means a council created by a county or counties in accordance with Section 17-55-201. See Utah Code 17-55-101
  • Council of governments: means a decision-making body in each county composed of membership including the county governing body and the mayors of each municipality in the county. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Court: means :
    (i) the district court in the judicial district of the state in which the asserted unfair employment practice occurs; or
    (ii) if the district court is not in session at that time, a judge of the court described in Subsection (1)(d)(i). See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Creating local entity: means the local entity that creates or created the local building authority. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Crude oil: means hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that:
    (a) are produced at the wellhead in liquid form; and
    (b) 
    (i) occur naturally in the liquid phase in the reservoir; or
    (ii) are produced through enhanced recovery operations authorized by the board in accordance with Subsection 40-6-5(3)(c). See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Current year: means the fiscal year in which a budget is prepared and adopted, which is the fiscal year next preceding the budget year. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Customer agencies: means those governmental entities, except school districts, institutions of higher education, and federal government agencies that purchase or obtain services from the special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-701
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Date of hire: means the date labor or services for compensation are first performed by the employee. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • Date of rehire: means the date labor or services for compensation are first performed by an employee who was previously employed by the employer but has been separated from that employment for at least 60 consecutive days. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Default: means the failure to perform in a timely manner any obligation or duty described in this chapter or the rental agreement. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deficit: has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. See Utah Code 36-33-101
  • Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Department: means the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, created in Section 71A-1-201. See Utah Code 34-50-102
  • Dependent: means the spouse and children of a service member or any other individual dependent upon the service member for support. See Utah Code 39A-6-101
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Development: means the work performed in relation to a deposit following the deposit's discovery but before and in contemplation of production mining operations, aimed at preparing the site for mining operations, defining further the ore deposit by drilling or other means, conducting pilot plant operations, constructing roads or ancillary facilities, and other related activities. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Development impediment: means a condition of an area that meets the requirements described in Section 17C-2-303 for an urban renewal project area or Section 17C-5-405 for a community reinvestment project area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Development impediment hearing: means a public hearing regarding whether a development impediment exists within a proposed:
    (a) urban renewal project area under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(i)(C) and Section 17C-2-302; or
    (b) community reinvestment project area under Section 17C-5-404. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Development impediment study: means a study to determine whether a development impediment exists within a survey area as described in Section 17C-2-301 for an urban renewal project area or Section 17C-5-403 for a community reinvestment project area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Disability: means a physical or mental disability as defined and covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Disaster: means any disaster designated at Level III or higher in the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures. See Utah Code 34-43-102
  • Discharge document: means a document received by a service member upon separation from military service, including:
    (a) a DD 214, United States Department of Defense Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty;
    (b) a DD 256, United States Department of Defense Honorable Discharge Certificate;
    (c) a DD 257, United States General Discharge Certificate; or
    (d) an NGB 22, Utah National Guard Certificate of Release or Discharge. See Utah Code 34-50-102
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Ditch: includes a drain or natural or constructed watercourse, whether open, covered, or tiled, and whether inside or outside the drainage district. See Utah Code 17B-2a-202
  • Division: means the Division of Child and Family Services created in Section 80-2-201. See Utah Code 36-33-101
  • Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103, except as provided in:
    (a) 4; and
    (b) Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
  • Division: means the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Drainage: includes the reclamation, protection, or betterment of land by leading, carrying, withholding, or pumping excess water from land through canals, ditches, pipes, or other means. See Utah Code 17B-2a-202
  • Drainage district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a drainage district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Drug: means any substance recognized as a drug in the United States Pharmacopeia, the National Formulary, the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia, or other drug compendia, including Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, or supplement to any of those compendia. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Drug testing: means the scientific analysis for the presence of drugs or their metabolites in the human body in accordance with the definitions and terms of this chapter. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Economic development project: means project area development for the purpose of:
    (a) creating, developing, attracting, and retaining business;
    (b) creating or preserving jobs;
    (c) stimulating business and economic activity; or
    (d) providing a local incentive as required by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity under Title 63N, Economic Opportunity Act. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Economic development project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Eligible function: means :
    (a) a power conferred on a special district under this title;
    (b) a tax or assessment levied by a special district;
    (c) an act or proceeding that a special district:
    (i) has taken; or
    (ii) contemplates taking; or
    (d) a district contract, whether already executed or to be executed in the future, including a contract for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of works for the district. See Utah Code 17B-1-1201
  • Eligible taxing entity: means a taxing entity that:
    (a) is a municipality, a county, or a school district; and
    (b) contains an agency partially or completely within the taxing entity's geographic boundaries. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Email: means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that contains an image of a message that is transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals, including electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Emergency order: means an order issued by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Employee: means a person applying with or employed by an employer. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Employee: means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of Chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • employer: as used in this chapter includes all persons, firms, associations, corporations, the state, its counties, cities, school districts and other political subdivisions. See Utah Code 34-34-3
  • Employer: means :
    (A) the state;
    (B) a political subdivision;
    (C) a board, commission, department, institution, school district, trust, or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the state; or
    (D) a person employing 15 or more employees within the state for each working day in each of 20 calendar weeks or more in the current or preceding calendar year. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Employer: includes any governmental entity and any labor organization. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • Employment agency: means a person:
    (i) undertaking to procure employees or opportunities to work for any other person; or
    (ii) holding the person out to be equipped to take an action described in Subsection (1)(j)(i). See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Employment invention: means any invention or part thereof conceived, developed, reduced to practice, or created by an employee which is:
    (a) conceived, developed, reduced to practice, or created by the employee:
    (i) within the scope of his employment;
    (ii) on his employer's time; or
    (iii) with the aid, assistance, or use of any of his employer's property, equipment, facilities, supplies, resources, or intellectual property;
    (b) the result of any work, services, or duties performed by an employee for his employer;
    (c) related to the industry or trade of the employer; or
    (d) related to the current or demonstrably anticipated business, research, or development of the employer. See Utah Code 34-39-2
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • 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
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Estimated revenue: means the amount of revenue estimated to be received from all sources during the budget year in each fund for which a budget is being prepared. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executive: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:
    (a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; 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 executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Executive director: means a person appointed by the board of trustees of a large public transit district to serve as executive director. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes "administrator" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Exploration: includes :
    (i) sinking shafts;
    (ii) tunneling;
    (iii) drilling holes and digging pits or cuts;
    (iv) building of roads, and other access ways; and
    (v) constructing and operating other facilities related to the activities described in this Subsection (12)(b). See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • facilities: includes any structure, building, system, land, water right, water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a special service district is authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way, improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • facilities: includes any structure, building, system, land, water right, water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a special district is authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way, improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Facility: means a building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed on property owned by a political subdivision. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fair share ratio: means the ratio derived by:
    (a) for a municipality, comparing the percentage of all housing units within the municipality that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing units to the percentage of all housing units within the county in which the municipality is located that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing units; or
    (b) for the unincorporated part of a county, comparing the percentage of all housing units within the unincorporated county that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing units to the percentage of all housing units within the whole county that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing units. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Family: means the same as that term is defined in regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24 C. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Federal executive agency: means an executive agency, as defined in 5 U. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Financial officer: means the official under Section 17B-1-642. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Fire protection district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a fire protection district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Fiscal year: means the annual period for accounting for fiscal operations in each district. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • 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.
  • Fixed guideway: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-12-102. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Fixed guideway capital development: means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-1-102. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Franchise: means the same as that term is defined in 16 C. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Franchisee: means the same as that term is defined in 16 C. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Franchisor: means the same as that term is defined in 16 C. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fund: has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Fund balance: has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gas: means natural gas, as defined in Subsection (10), natural gas liquids, as defined in Subsection (11), other gas, as defined in Subsection (17), or any mixture of them. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Gender identity: has the meaning provided in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5). See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • 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 17B-1-601
  • General manager: means a person appointed by the board of trustees of a small public transit district to serve as general manager. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Geologic carbon storage: means the permanent or short-term underground storage of carbon dioxide in a storage reservoir. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Geologic carbon storage activity: means activity associated with the development, production, processing, and storage of carbon dioxide as set forth in Title 40, Chapter 11, Geologic Carbon Storage, and includes:
    (a) drilling;
    (b) development of storage facilities;
    (c) completion, maintenance, reworking, recompletion, disposal, plugging, and abandonment of storage facilities;
    (d) construction activities;
    (e) recovery techniques;
    (f) remediation activities; and
    (g) any other activity related to geologic carbon storage that the board identifies. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body: means :
    (a) for a county or municipality, the legislative body of the county or municipality; and
    (b) for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Governing body: means :
    (a) the legislative body of the county or municipality that creates the special service district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has not delegated authority to an administrative control board created under Section 17D-1-301; or
    (b) the administrative control board of the special service district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has delegated authority to an administrative control board created under Section 17D-1-301. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Governing body: means :
    (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
    (b) for a school district, the local school board for the school district;
    (c) for a special district, the special district's board of trustees; and
    (d) for a special service district, the special service district's governing body, as defined in Section 17D-1-102. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Governmental funds: means the general fund, special revenue fund, debt service fund, and capital projects fund of a special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Gravel: means a naturally occurring unconsolidated to moderately consolidated accumulation of rock and mineral particles, the dominant size range being between 4 millimeters and 75 millimeters, that has been deposited by sedimentary processes. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Groundwater right owner petition: means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(c). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Groundwater right owner request: means a request under Section 17B-1-204 that is signed by owners of water rights as provided in Subsection 17B-1-204(2)(b)(ii). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Guaranteed bonds: means bonds:
    (a) issued by a special service district; and
    (b) the debt service of which is guaranteed by one or more taxpayers owning property within the special service district. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • 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
  • Hazardous waste: means any substance defined, regulated, or listed as a hazardous substance, hazardous material, hazardous waste, toxic waste, pollutant, contaminant, or toxic substance, or identified as hazardous to human health or the environment, under state or federal law or regulation. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Hearing: means a formal adjudicative proceeding conducted by the board under the board's procedural rules. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Housing allocation: means project area funds allocated for housing under Section 17C-2-203, 17C-3-202, or 17C-5-307 for the purposes described in Section 17C-1-412. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Housing fund: means a fund created by an agency for purposes described in Section 17C-1-411 or 17C-1-412 that is comprised of:
    (a) project area funds, project area incremental revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, or property tax revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001 allocated for the purposes described in Section 17C-1-411; or
    (b) an agency's housing allocation. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • illegal gas: means oil or gas that has been produced from any well within the state in violation of this chapter or any rule or order of the board. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Implementation plan: means a plan adopted in accordance with Section 17C-1-1004 that:
    (a) describes how the agency uses property tax revenue; and
    (b) guides and controls agency-wide project development. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Improvement district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a county improvement district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Inactive airport site: includes a perimeter of up to 2,500 feet around the land described in Subsection (30)(a). See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Inactive industrial site: includes a perimeter of up to 1,500 feet around the land described in Subsection (31)(a). See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Income targeted housing: means housing that is owned or occupied by a family whose annual income is at or below 80% of the median annual income for a family within the county in which the housing is located. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Incremental value: means a figure derived by multiplying the marginal value of the property located within a project area on which tax increment is collected by a number that represents the adjusted tax increment from that project area that is paid to the agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Initiating special district: means a special district that adopts a resolution proposing the creation of a special district under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Intellectual property: means any and all patents, trade secrets, know-how, technology, confidential information, ideas, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks and any and all rights, applications, and registrations relating to them. See Utah Code 34-39-2
  • Interest: includes service charges, renewal charges, fees, or any other charges in respect to any obligation or liability. See Utah Code 39A-6-101
  • 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 17B-1-601
  • Interim committees: includes a commission, committee, council, task force, board, or panel, in which legislative participation is required by law, which committee functions between sessions of the Legislature. See Utah Code 36-12-1
  • Irrigation district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as an irrigation district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Issuer: means a person authorized to issue a subpoena by this chapter. See Utah Code 36-14-1
  • Joint apprenticeship committee: means an association of representatives of a labor organization and an employer providing, coordinating, or controlling an apprentice training program. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • 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.
  • Labor organization: means an organization that exists for the purpose in whole or in part of:
    (i) collective bargaining;
    (ii) dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment; or
    (iii) other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Labor organization: includes any entity or hiring hall that is used by agreement between the organization and an employer to carry out requirements described in Section 8(f)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Land affected: means the surface and subsurface of an area within the state where mining operations are being or will be conducted, including:
    (i) on-site private ways, roads, and railroads;
    (ii) land excavations;
    (iii) exploration sites;
    (iv) drill sites or workings;
    (v) refuse banks or spoil piles;
    (vi) evaporation or settling ponds;
    (vii) stockpiles;
    (viii) leaching dumps;
    (ix) placer areas;
    (x) tailings ponds or dumps; and
    (xi) work, parking, storage, or waste discharge areas, structures, and facilities. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Large public transit district: means a public transit district that provides public transit to an area that includes:
    (a) more than 65% of the population of the state based on the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Census Bureau; and
    (b) two or more counties. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Last completed fiscal year: means the fiscal year next preceding the current fiscal year. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Last known address: means the postal address provided by an occupant in a rental agreement or, if the occupant provides a subsequent written notice of a change of address, the postal address provided in the written notice of a change of address. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Legislative body: means :
    (a) the Legislature;
    (b) the House or Senate; or
    (c) any committee or subcommittee of the Legislature, the House, or the Senate. See Utah Code 36-14-1
  • Legislative office: means the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the Office of the Legislative Auditor General. See Utah Code 36-14-1
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Legislative staff member: means an employee or independent contractor of a legislative office. See Utah Code 36-14-1
  • Legislative subpoena: means a subpoena issued by an issuer on behalf of a legislative body or legislative office and includes:
    (a) a subpoena requiring a person to appear and testify at a time and place designated in the subpoena;
    (b) a subpoena requiring a person to:
    (i) appear and testify at a time and place designated in the subpoena; and
    (ii) produce accounts, books, papers, documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things designated in the subpoena; and
    (c) a subpoena requiring a person to produce accounts, books, papers, documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things designated in the subpoena at a time and place designated in the subpoena. See Utah Code 36-14-1
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lien claimant: means contractors and subcontractors who claim a lien under this chapter. See Utah Code 38-10-101
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Loan fund board: means the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Board, established under 5. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Local entity: means a county, city, town, school district, special district, or special service district. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Local government building: means a building owned and operated by a community for the primary purpose of providing one or more primary community functions, including:
    (i) a fire station;
    (ii) a police station;
    (iii) a city hall; or
    (iv) a court or other judicial building. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Local governmental entity: means any political subdivision of Utah including any county, municipality, local school district, special district, special service district, or any administrative subdivision of those entities. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Locally elected public official: means a person who holds an elected position with a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Major political party: means either of the two political parties having the greatest number of members elected to the two houses of the Legislature. See Utah Code 36-12-1
  • Major transit investment corridor: means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-9a-103. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Managerial employee: means a person who is:
    (a) engaged in executive and management functions; and
    (b) charged with the responsibility of directing, overseeing, or implementing the effectuation of management policies and practices. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Marginal value: means the difference between actual taxable value and base taxable value. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Metro township: means :
    (a) a metro township for which the electors at an election under Section 10-2a-404 chose a metro township that is included in a municipal services district; or
    (b) a metro township that subsequently joins a municipal services district. See Utah Code 17B-2a-1102
  • Metropolitan planning organization: means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-1-208. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Metropolitan water district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a metropolitan water district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Mine: means a mining claim, mineral deposit, ore deposit, quarry, or mining lease and any related shaft, tunnel, incline, drift, or excavation. See Utah Code 38-10-101
  • mineral deposit: means an accumulation of mineral matter in the form of consolidated rock, unconsolidated material, solutions, or occurring on the surface, beneath the surface, or in the waters of the land from which any product useful to man may be produced, extracted, or obtained or which is extracted by underground mining methods for underground storage. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Mining operation: means activities conducted on the surface of the land for the exploration for, development of, or extraction of a mineral deposit, including surface mining and the surface effects of underground and in situ mining, on-site transportation, concentrating, milling, evaporation, and other primary processing. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Minority whip: See Whips.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage: means any instrument under which property may be encumbered as security for an obligation, including a mortgage, trust deed, indenture, pledge, assignment, security agreement, and financing statement. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Mosquito abatement district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a mosquito abatement district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Multicounty district: means a public transit district located in more than one county. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Municipal services: means one or more of the services identified in Section 17-34-1, 17-36-3, or 17B-1-202. See Utah Code 17B-2a-1102
  • Municipal services district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 11, Municipal Services District Act. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township as defined in Section 10-2a-403. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • National Guard: means the Utah National Guard created in Section 39A-3-101 and in accordance with Utah Constitution Article XV. See Utah Code 39A-1-102
  • National origin: means the place of birth, domicile, or residence of an individual or of an individual's ancestors. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Natural gas: includes coalbed methane gas. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Natural gas liquids: means hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are separated from natural gas as liquids in gas processing plants through the process of condensation, absorption, adsorption, or other methods. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Nonconsenting owner: means an owner who does not, after written notice and in the manner and within the time frame established by the board in rule, consent to the drilling and operation of a well or agree to bear the owner's proportionate share of the costs. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Notice: means :
    (a) notice of intention, as defined in this chapter; or
    (b) written information given to an operator by the division describing compliance conditions at a mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Notice of intention: means a notice to commence mining operations, including revisions to the notice. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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.
  • Occupant: means a person, or the person's sublessee, successor, or assignee, entitled to the use of a storage space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the exclusion of others. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Off-site: means the land areas that are outside of or beyond the on-site land. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Oil: includes tar sands produced at the wellhead in liquid form through enhanced recovery operations authorized by the board in accordance with Subsection 40-6-5(3)(c). See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Oil and gas operations: means to explore for, develop, or produce oil and gas. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Oil and gas proceeds: includes a royalty interest, overriding royalty interest, production payment interest, or working interest. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • On-site: means the surface lands on or under which surface or underground mining operations are conducted. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • On-the-job-training: means a program designed to instruct a person who, while learning the particular job for which the person is receiving instruction:
    (i) is also employed at that job; or
    (ii) may be employed by the employer conducting the program during the course of the program, or when the program is completed. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Operator: means a person who has been designated by the owners or the board to operate a well or unit. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Operator: means a public entity or other person engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, owning, controlling, or managing a mining operation or proposed mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Optional plan: means a plan establishing an alternate form of government for a county as provided in Section 17-52a-404. See Utah Code 17-52a-102
  • Order: means written information provided by the division or board to an operator or other parties, describing the compliance status of a permit or mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Other gas: includes hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, helium, and nitrogen. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner: means :
    (a) the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility;
    (b) an agent of a person described in Subsection (7)(a); or
    (c) any other person authorized by a person described in Subsection (7)(a) to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Owner: means a person holding any operating right, working interest, or interest in the legal or equitable title, to any real property, mine, oil lease, gas lease, well, or any combination of these, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 38-10-101
  • Owner: means a person who has the right:
    (a) to drill into and produce from a reservoir; and
    (b) to appropriate the oil and gas produced for that person or for that person and others. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Owner: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, owning, controlling, or managing a mineral deposit or the surface of lands employed in mining operations. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Panel: means the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel created in Section 36-33-102. See Utah Code 36-33-101
  • Participant: means one or more persons that enter into a participation agreement with an agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Participation agreement: means a written agreement between a person and an agency that:
    (a) includes a description of:
    (i) the project area development that the person will undertake;
    (ii) the amount of project area funds the person may receive; and
    (iii) the terms and conditions under which the person may receive project area funds; and
    (b) is approved by resolution of the board. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Payor: means the person who undertakes to distribute oil and gas proceeds to the persons entitled to them, whether as the first purchaser of that production, as operator of the well from which the production was obtained, or as lessee under the lease on which royalty is due. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Performance efficiency agreement: means an agreement between a political subdivision and a qualified performance efficiency service provider for evaluation, recommendation, and implementation of one or more performance efficiency measures. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • Performance efficiency measure: includes :
    (i) insulation installed in a wall, roof, floor, foundation, or heating and cooling distribution system;
    (ii) a storm window or door, multiglazed window or door, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window or door system, additional glazing, or reduction in glass area;
    (iii) an automatic energy control system;
    (iv) a heating, ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution system modification or replacement in a facility;
    (v) caulking and weatherstripping;
    (vi) a replacement or modification of a lighting fixture to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility unless the increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable building code for the proposed lighting system;
    (vii) an energy recovery system;
    (viii) a cogeneration system that produces steam or another form of energy for use primarily within a facility;
    (ix) a renewable energy or alternate energy system;
    (x) a change in operation or maintenance practice;
    (xi) a procurement of a low-cost energy supply, including electricity, natural gas, or water;
    (xii) an indoor air quality improvement that conforms to applicable building code requirements;
    (xiii) a daylighting system;
    (xiv) a building operation program that provides cost savings, including computerized energy management and consumption tracking programs or staff and occupant training;
    (xv) a service to reduce utility costs by identifying utility errors and optimizing rate schedules; or
    (xvi) the purchase and operation of an alternative fuel vehicle and the infrastructure to support the operation of alternative fuel vehicles. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • Performance efficiency program: means a program established by a political subdivision under this chapter to adopt a performance efficiency measure. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • Periodic testing: means preselected and preannounced drug testing of employees or volunteers conducted on a regular schedule. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Permit: means a permit or notice to conduct mining operations issued by the division. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Permit: means a permit issued by the division and approved by the board allowing a person to operate a storage facility. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Permit area: means the area of land indicated on the approved map submitted by the operator with the application or notice to conduct mining operations. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Permittee: means a person holding, or who is required by Utah law to hold, a valid permit or notice to conduct mining operations. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Person: means the same as that term is defined in Section 68-3-12. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, association, society, joint stock company, firm, company, corporation, or other governmental or business organization. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Person: means an individual, property owner, landlord, tenant, employer, business entity, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 34-45-102
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Person: means :
    (i) one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trusts or trustees, or receivers;
    (ii) the state; and
    (iii) a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Personal property: means movable property not affixed to land and includes goods, merchandise, and household items. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Petition: means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(a), (b), or (c). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan hearing: means the public hearing on a proposed project area plan required under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(vi) for an urban renewal project area plan, Subsection 17C-3-102(1)(d) for an economic development project area plan, Subsection 17C-4-102(1)(d) for a community development project area plan, or Subsection 17C-5-104(3)(e) for a community reinvestment project area plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, town, metro township, special district under this title, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, an entity created by interlocal cooperation agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or any other governmental entity designated in statute as a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil or gas or both. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Pooling: means the bringing together of separately owned interests for the common development and operation of a drilling unit. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Pore space: means subsurface porous material possessing free space, naturally or artificially created, between the mineral grains. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Post-incarceration services: includes :
    (i) educational services;
    (ii) housing services;
    (iii) health care services;
    (iv) workforce services; and
    (v) human services programs. See Utah Code 17-55-101
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Preference eligible: means the same as that term is defined in Section 71A-2-101. See Utah Code 34-50-102
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Presiding officer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-4-103. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Private employer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-12-102. See Utah Code 34-50-102
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Producer: means the owner or operator of a well capable of producing oil and gas. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Product: means any commodity made from oil and gas. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Production unit: means :
    (a) the drilling unit for a well established by lawful order or rule of the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining in which the well is located; or if not applicable, 40 acres comprising the quarter-quarter section, or equivalent legal subdivision, in which the well is located; or
    (b) a mine, and if work is performed upon or materials or equipment furnished to any part of the mine from which two or more mines are worked, the production unit shall extend to the owner's interest in the mines so worked. See Utah Code 38-10-101
  • Professional legislative staff: means the legislative directors and the members of their staffs. See Utah Code 36-12-1
  • Prohibited employment practice: means a practice specified as discriminatory, and therefore unlawful, in Section 34A-5-106. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Project: means an improvement, facility, property, or appurtenance to property that a local entity is permitted under law to own or acquire, whether located inside or outside the local entity's boundary, including:
    (a) a public building or other structure of any kind; and
    (b) a joint or partial interest in the improvement, facility, property, or appurtenance to property. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Project area: means the geographic area described in a project area plan within which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area budget: means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a project area prepared in accordance with:
    (a) for an urban renewal project area, Section 17C-2-201;
    (b) for an economic development project area, Section 17C-3-201;
    (c) for a community development project area, Section 17C-4-204; or
    (d) for a community reinvestment project area, Section 17C-5-302. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area development: means activity within a project area that, as determined by the board, encourages, promotes, or provides development or redevelopment for the purpose of implementing a project area plan, including:
    (a) promoting, creating, or retaining public or private jobs within the state or a community;
    (b) providing office, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, parking, or other facilities or improvements;
    (c) planning, designing, demolishing, clearing, constructing, rehabilitating, or remediating environmental issues;
    (d) providing residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or spaces, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant to the structures or spaces;
    (e) altering, improving, modernizing, demolishing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating existing structures;
    (f) providing open space, including streets or other public grounds or space around buildings;
    (g) providing public or private buildings, infrastructure, structures, or improvements;
    (h) relocating a business;
    (i) improving public or private recreation areas or other public grounds;
    (j) eliminating a development impediment or the causes of a development impediment;
    (k) redevelopment as defined under the law in effect before May 1, 2006; or
    (l) any activity described in this Subsection (48) outside of a project area that the board determines to be a benefit to the project area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area funds: means tax increment or sales and use tax revenue that an agency receives under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal agreement. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area funds collection period: means the period of time that:
    (a) begins the day on which the first payment of project area funds is distributed to an agency under a project area budget approved by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal agreement; and
    (b) ends the day on which the last payment of project area funds is distributed to an agency under a project area budget approved by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal agreement. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area incremental revenue: means the amount of revenue generated by the incremental value that a taxing entity receives after a project area funds collection period ends. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Project area plan: means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and controls the project area development. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property owner request: means a request under Section 17B-1-204 that is signed by owners of real property as provided in Subsection 17B-1-204(2)(b)(i). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Property tax: includes a privilege tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege Tax. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Property tax revenue: means the amount of revenue generated by an agency from the property within the agency using the current taxable value of the property and the agency's certified tax rate. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
  • Proprietary funds: means enterprise funds and the internal service funds of a special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Prospective employee: means any person who has made a written or oral application to become an employee of a local governmental entity or a state institution of higher education. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Public assistance: means :
    (a) services or benefits provided under Chapter 3, Employment Support Act;
    (b) medical assistance provided under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health Care - Administration and Assistance;
    (c) foster care maintenance payments provided from the General Fund or under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act;
    (d) SNAP benefits; and
    (e) any other public funds expended for the benefit of a person in need of financial, medical, food, housing, or related assistance. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public entity: means :
    (a) the United States, including an agency of the United States;
    (b) the state, including any of the state's departments or agencies; or
    (c) a political subdivision of the state, including a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, community reinvestment agency, or interlocal cooperation entity. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Public entity: means :
    (a) the United States or an agency of the United States;
    (b) the state or an agency of the state;
    (c) a political subdivision of the state or an agency of a political subdivision of the state;
    (d) another state or an agency of that state; or
    (e) a political subdivision of another state or an agency of that political subdivision. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Public funds: means any money or payment collected or received by an officer or employee of a special district acting in an official capacity and includes money or payment to the officer or employee for services or goods provided by the district, or the officer or employee while acting within the scope of employment or duty. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public transit: means regular, continuing, shared-ride, surface transportation services that are open to the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Public transit district: means a special district that provides public transit services. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Public transit district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a public transit district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements: means water, sewer, storm drainage, electrical, natural gas, telecommunication, or other similar systems and lines, streets, roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk, walkways, parking facilities, public transportation facilities, or other facilities, infrastructure, and improvements benefitting the public and to be publicly owned or publicly maintained or operated. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Qualified performance efficiency service provider: means a person who:
    (a) has a record of successful performance efficiency agreements; or
    (b) has:
    (i) experience in the design, implementation, and installation of performance efficiency measures;
    (ii) technical capabilities to ensure that a performance efficiency measure generates cost savings; and
    (iii) the ability to secure the financing necessary to support the proposed performance efficiency measure. See Utah Code 11-44-102
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • receiving entity: means the entity that will, after the withdrawal of an area from a special district, provide to the withdrawn area the service that the special district previously provided to the area. See Utah Code 17B-1-501
  • Reclamation: means actions performed during or after mining operations to shape, stabilize, revegetate, or treat the land affected in order to achieve a safe, stable ecological condition and use that is consistent with local environmental conditions. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • record owner of property: means the owner of real property, as shown on the records of the county in which the property is located, to whom the property's tax notice is sent. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Registered voter petition: means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(b). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Registered voter request: means a request under Section 17B-1-204 that is signed by registered voters as provided in Subsection 17B-1-204(2)(b)(iii). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Registry: means the centralized new hire registry created in Section 35A-7-103. See Utah Code 35A-7-102
  • Religious leader: means an individual who is associated with, and is an authorized representative of, a religious organization or association or a religious corporation sole, including a member of clergy, a minister, a pastor, a priest, a rabbi, an imam, or a spiritual advisor. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Rental agreement: means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions relating to the use and occupancy of a unit or space at a self-service storage facility. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Request: means a request as described in Section 17B-1-204. See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Reservoir: means a subsurface sedimentary stratum, formation, aquifer, cavity, or void, whether natural or artificially created, including oil and gas reservoirs, saline formations, and coal seams suitable for or capable of being made suitable for geologic carbon storage. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Responsible body: means the governing body of:
    (a) the municipality in which the proposed special district is located, if the petition or resolution proposes the creation of a special district located entirely within a single municipality;
    (b) the county in which the proposed special district is located, if the petition or resolution proposes the creation of a special district located entirely within a single county and all or part of the proposed special district is located within:
    (i) the unincorporated part of the county; or
    (ii) more than one municipality within the county;
    (c) if the petition or resolution proposes the creation of a special district located within more than one county, the county whose boundaries include more of the area of the proposed special district than is included within the boundaries of any other county; or
    (d) the initiating special district, if a resolution proposing the creation of a special district is adopted under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e). See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Responsible clerk: means the clerk of the county or the clerk or recorder of the municipality whose legislative body is the responsible body. See Utah Code 17B-1-201
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Retail: means , with respect to a service provided by a municipality or special district, that the service is provided directly to the ultimate user. See Utah Code 17B-1-401
  • Retained earnings: has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Retaliate: means the taking of adverse action by an employer, employment agency, labor organization, apprenticeship program, on-the-job training program, or vocational school against one of its employees, applicants, or members because the employee, applicant, or member:
    (i) opposes an employment practice prohibited under this chapter; or
    (ii) files charges, testifies, assists, or participates in any way in a proceeding, investigation, or hearing under this chapter. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Rock aggregate: means those consolidated rock materials associated with a sand deposit, a gravel deposit, or a sand and gravel deposit that were created by alluvial sedimentary processes. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Rules of order and procedure: means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a public meeting:
    (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
    (b) ethical behavior; and
    (c) civil discourse. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Sales and use tax revenue: means revenue that is:
    (a) generated from a tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; and
    (b) distributed to a taxing entity in accordance with Sections 59-12-204 and 59-12-205. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Sample: means urine, blood, breath, saliva, or hair. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Sand: means a naturally occurring unconsolidated to moderately consolidated accumulation of rock and mineral particles, the dominant size range being between . See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Self-service storage facility: means real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who have access to the facility for the purpose of storing personal property. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Service applicant: means a person who requests that a special district provide a service that the special district is authorized to provide. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Service area: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a county service area or a regional service area under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Service member: means any member of the Utah National Guard or Utah State Defense Force serving on active military service in an organized military unit. See Utah Code 39A-6-101
  • Service member: means a currently serving member of the armed forces. See Utah Code 34-50-102
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived orientation as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Short-term bond: means a bond that is required to be repaid during the fiscal year in which the bond is issued. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Small mining operations: means mining operations that disturb or will disturb 20 or less surface acres at any given time in an unincorporated area of a county or 10 or less surface acres at any given time in an incorporated area of a county. See Utah Code 40-8-4
  • Small public transit district: means any public transit district that is not a large public transit district. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Special assessment: means an assessment levied against property to pay all or a portion of the costs of making improvements that benefit the property. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Special assessment: means an assessment levied against property to pay all or a portion of the costs of making improvements that benefit the property. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Special assessment bond: means a bond payable from special assessments. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Special assessment bond: means a bond payable from special assessments. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Special district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Special district: means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in Section 17B-1-103, that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers described in:
    (a) this chapter; or
    (b) 
    (i) this chapter; and
    (ii) 
    (A) 1;
    (B) 2;
    (C) 3;
    (D) 4;
    (E) 5;
    (F) 6;
    (G) 7;
    (H) 8;
    (I) 9;
    (J) 10; or
    (K) 11. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Special fund: means any special district fund other than the special district's general fund. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Special investigative committee: is a s defined in Subsection 36-12-9(1). See Utah Code 36-14-1
  • Special service district: means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in Section 17D-1-103, that:
    (a) is created under authority of the Utah Constitution Article XI, Section 7; and
    (b) operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth in this chapter. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Special service district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-1-102. See Utah Code 17D-2-102
  • Specialized special district: means a special district that is a cemetery maintenance district, a drainage district, a fire protection district, an improvement district, an irrigation district, a metropolitan water district, a mosquito abatement district, a public transit district, a service area, a water conservancy district, a municipal services district, or a public infrastructure district. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Standing committees: means legislative committees organized under the rules of each house of the Legislature for the duration of the legislative biennial term to consider proposed legislation. See Utah Code 36-12-1
  • 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 any state office, officer, official, department, board, commission, institution, bureau, agency, division, or unit of the state, including those within the legislative and judicial branches of the state government. See Utah Code 34-43-102
  • State institution of higher education: means the institution as defined in Section 53B-3-102. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • State military service: means active, full-time service with a recognized military unit called into service by the governor for at least 30 days. See Utah Code 39A-6-101
  • Station area plan: means a plan developed and adopted by a municipality in accordance with Section 10-9a-403. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Storage facility: means the reservoir, underground equipment, and surface facilities and equipment used or proposed to be used in a geologic carbon storage operation. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Storage operator: means a person holding or applying for a permit. See Utah Code 40-11-1
  • Study committee: means the committee that has five members appointed and charged with the duties as provided in Section 17-52a-403. See Utah Code 17-52a-102
  • Subcontractor: means any person, other than the contractor, who, under contract with a contractor or another subcontractor, performs work upon or furnishes materials or equipment for any production unit. See Utah Code 38-10-101
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Supervisor: means a person who has authority, in the interest of the employer, to:
    (i) hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees; or
    (ii) adjust another employee's grievance or recommend action to adjust another employee's grievance. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Surface land: means privately owned land:
    (a) overlying privately owned oil and gas resources;
    (b) upon which oil and gas operations are conducted; and
    (c) owned by a surface land owner. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Surface land owner: means a person who owns, in fee simple absolute, all or part of the surface land as shown by the records of the county where the surface land is located. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Surface use agreement: means an agreement between an owner or operator and a surface land owner addressing:
    (a) the use and reclamation of surface land owned by the surface land owner; and
    (b) compensation for damage to the surface land caused by oil and gas operations that result in:
    (i) loss of the surface land owner's crops on the surface land;
    (ii) loss of value of existing improvements owned by the surface land owner on the surface land; and
    (iii) permanent damage to the surface land. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Survey area: means a geographic area designated for study by a survey area resolution to determine whether:
    (a) one or more project areas within the survey area are feasible; or
    (b) a development impediment exists within the survey area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Survey area resolution: means a resolution adopted by a board that designates a survey area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Tax and revenue anticipation bond: means a bond:
    (a) issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenues or a combination of taxes and other revenues; and
    (b) that matures within the same fiscal year as the fiscal year in which the bond is issued. See Utah Code 17D-1-102
  • Tax and revenue anticipation bond: means a bond:
    (a) issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenues or a combination of taxes and other revenues; and
    (b) that matures within the same fiscal year as the fiscal year in which the bond is issued. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Tax increment: means the difference between:
    (i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and
    (ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Taxable value: means :
    (a) the taxable value of all real property a county assessor assesses in accordance with 3, for the current year;
    (b) the taxable value of all real and personal property the commission assesses in accordance with 2, for the current year; and
    (c) the year end taxable value of all personal property a county assessor assesses in accordance with 3, contained on the prior year's tax rolls of the taxing entity. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Taxable value: means the taxable value of property as computed from the most recent equalized assessment roll for county purposes. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Taxing entity: means a public entity that:
    (a) levies a tax on property located within a project area; or
    (b) imposes a sales and use tax under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Taxing entity committee: means a committee representing the interests of taxing entities, created in accordance with Section 17C-1-402. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: means to make an oral statement under oath or affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transit facility: means a transit vehicle, transit station, depot, passenger loading or unloading zone, parking lot, or other facility:
    (a) leased by or operated by or on behalf of a public transit district; and
    (b) related to the public transit services provided by the district, including:
    (i) railway or other right-of-way;
    (ii) railway line; and
    (iii) a reasonable area immediately adjacent to a designated stop on a route traveled by a transit vehicle. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Transit vehicle: means a passenger bus, coach, railcar, van, or other vehicle operated as public transportation by a public transit district. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Transit-oriented development: means a mixed use residential or commercial area that is designed to maximize access to public transit and includes the development of land owned by a large public transit district. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Transit-supportive development: means a mixed use residential or commercial area that is designed to maximize access to public transit and does not include the development of land owned by a large public transit district. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Undue hardship: means an action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the entity, the entity's financial resources, and the nature and structure of the entity's operation. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Unincorporated: means not within a municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Unincorporated: means not included within a municipality. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Unincorporated entity: means an entity organized or doing business in the state that is not:
    (i) an individual;
    (ii) a corporation; or
    (iii) publicly traded. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Urban renewal project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • 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
  • Validation order: means a court order adjudicating the validity of an eligible function. See Utah Code 17B-1-1201
  • Validation petition: means a petition requesting a validation order. See Utah Code 17B-1-1201
  • Validation proceedings: means judicial proceedings occurring in district court pursuant to a validation petition. See Utah Code 17B-1-1201
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Vehicle: means personal property required to be registered with the Motor Vehicle Division pursuant to 2, Title 41, Chapter 22, Off-highway Vehicles, or Title 73, Chapter 18, State Boating Act. See Utah Code 38-8-1
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Veteran: means an individual who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Veteran: means the same as that term is defined in Section 68-3-12. See Utah Code 34-50-102
  • 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.
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
  • Vocational school: means a school or institution conducting a course of instruction, training, or retraining to prepare individuals to follow an occupation or trade, or to pursue a manual, technical, industrial, business, commercial, office, personal services, or other nonprofessional occupations. See Utah Code 34A-5-102
  • Voice vote: A vote in which the Presiding Officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of legisators voting on each side are not recorded.
  • Volunteer: means any person who donates services as authorized by the local governmental entity or state institution of higher education without pay or other compensation except expenses actually and reasonably incurred. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Waste: means :
    (a) the inefficient, excessive, or improper use or the unnecessary dissipation of oil or gas or reservoir energy;
    (b) the inefficient storing of oil or gas;
    (c) the locating, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner that causes:
    (i) a reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a reservoir under prudent and economical operations;
    (ii) unnecessary wells to be drilled; or
    (iii) the loss or destruction of oil or gas either at the surface or subsurface; or
    (d) the production of oil or gas in excess of:
    (i) transportation or storage facilities; or
    (ii) the amount reasonably required to be produced as a result of the proper drilling, completing, testing, or operating of a well or otherwise utilized on the lease from which it is produced. See Utah Code 40-6-2
  • Water conservancy district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a water conservancy district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Wholesale: means , with respect to a service provided by a special district, that the service is not provided directly to the ultimate user but is provided to a retail provider. See Utah Code 17B-1-401
  • Works: includes a dam, reservoir, well, canal, conduit, pipeline, drain, tunnel, power plant, and any facility, improvement, or property necessary or convenient for supplying or treating water for any beneficial use, and for otherwise accomplishing the purposes of a special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5