Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 16 > Chapter 4 - Share Assessment Act

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :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.
• Agriculture water: means :

  (a)	water used by a farmer, rancher, or feed lot for the production of food, fiber, or fuel;

  (b)	return flows from irrigated agriculture; and

  (c)

  agricultural storm water runoff. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Animal: means a cat or dog. See Utah Code 11-46-102 Animal shelter: includes a private humane society or private animal welfare organization. See Utah Code 11-46-102 Board: means the Water Quality Board created in Section 19-1-106. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Board: means the Drinking Water Board appointed under Section 19-4-103. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Commission: means the Conservation Commission, created in Section 4-18-104. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Community water system: means a public water system that serves residents year-round. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Contaminant: means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Contaminant: means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: means a nonprofit corporation or a profit corporation. See Utah Code 16-4-102 Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Director: means the director of the Division of Water Quality or, for purposes of groundwater quality at a facility licensed by and under the jurisdiction of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Director: means the director of the Division of Drinking Water. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Discharge: means the addition of a pollutant to waters of the state. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Division: means the Division of Water Quality, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(e). See Utah Code 19-5-102 Division: means the Division of Drinking Water, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(b). See Utah Code 19-4-102 Effluent limitations: means restrictions, requirements, or prohibitions, including schedules of compliance established under this chapter, that apply to discharges. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts 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. Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 19-1-104. See Utah Code 19-1-103 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Groundwater source: includes : (i)  a well; (ii)  a spring; (iii)  a tunnel; or (iv)  an adit. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Local health department: means a local health department as defined in 1. See Utah Code 19-1-103 Nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation as defined in Section 16-6a-102. See Utah Code 16-4-102 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103 Person: means an individual, an entity, or a representative of an entity. See Utah Code 11-46-102 pollutant: means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Pollution: means a man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of waters of the state, unless the alteration is necessary for the public health and safety. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Profit corporation: means a corporation as defined in Section 16-10a-102. See Utah Code 16-4-102 Proof of sterilization: means a written document signed by a veterinarian licensed under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act, stating: (a)  a specified animal has been sterilized; (b)  the date on which the sterilization was performed; and (c)  the location where the sterilization was performed. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Public water system: includes : (i)  a collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility under the control of the operator and used primarily in connection with the system; and (ii)  a collection, pretreatment, or storage facility used primarily in connection with the system but not under the operator's control. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Recipient: means the person to whom an animal shelter transfers an animal for adoption. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Retail water supplier: means a person that: (a)  supplies water for human consumption and other domestic uses to an end user; and (b)  has more than 500 service connections. See Utah Code 19-4-102 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. Sewage sludge: means solid, semisolid, or liquid residue removed during the treatment of municipal wastewater or domestic sewage. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Sewerage system: means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting wastes to a point of ultimate disposal. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Share: means a share as defined in: (a)  Section 16-6a-102 for a nonprofit corporation; and (b)  Section 16-10a-102 for a profit corporation. See Utah Code 16-4-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Sterilization deposit: means the portion of a fee charged by an animal shelter to a recipient or claimant of an unsterilized animal to ensure the animal is timely sterilized in accordance with an agreement between the recipient or the claimant and the animal shelter. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Sterilized: means that an animal has been surgically altered either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal, so it is unable to reproduce. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Supplier: means a person who owns or operates a public water system. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Total maximum daily load: means a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive and still meet water quality standards. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Transfer: means that an animal shelter sells, gives away, places for adoption, or transfers an animal to a recipient. See Utah Code 11-46-202 Treatment works: means a plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding wastes. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Underground injection: means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection. See Utah Code 19-5-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Vessel: when used with reference to shipping, includes a steamboat, canal boat, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Water company: means a corporation in which a shareholder has the right, based on the shareholder's shares, to receive a proportionate share of water delivered by the corporation. See Utah Code 16-4-102 Wholesale water supplier: means a person that provides most of that person's water to a retail water supplier. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5