§ 17-53-301 General powers, duties, and functions of county executive
§ 17-53-302 County executive duties
§ 17-53-303 Examination and audit of accounts
§ 17-53-304 Commanding services of sheriff
§ 17-53-305 Warrants — Authority to draw on treasurer
§ 17-53-306 Warrants — Required information — Payment — Registration
§ 17-53-307 County purchasing agent — Appointment — Compensation — Oath — Supervision — Duties
§ 17-53-309 Approval of cost-increase changes in plans and specifications — Delegation
§ 17-53-310 Changes or alterations in contract — Liability of county
§ 17-53-311 Contracting for management, maintenance, operation, or construction of jails
§ 17-53-312 County resource development committee — Membership — Term — Compensation and expenses — Duties
§ 17-53-313 Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor
§ 17-53-314 Restrictions on county procurement of architect-engineer services
§ 17-53-315 Actions — Control and direction
§ 17-53-316 Executive orders
§ 17-53-317 Executive appointment with advice and consent of county legislative body
§ 17-53-318 Governing body as cooperating agency in federal land planning and regulation

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 53 > Part 3 - County Executive

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Business relationship: means an agreement that governs the relationship of principal and sales representative. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • 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
  • Commission: means the Labor Commission. See Utah Code 34-40-102
  • Commission: means :
    (a) compensation:
    (i) that accrues to a sales representative;
    (ii) for payment by a principal; and
    (iii) at a rate expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of sales, orders, or profits; or
    (b) any other method of compensation agreed to between a sales representative and a principal including:
    (i) fees for services; and
    (ii) a retainer. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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 executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Direct sales company: means a person that:
    (i) sells, distributes, or supplies for consideration a good or service through participants:
    (A) at different levels of distribution; or
    (B) in accordance with a formula for compensating participants in whole or in part based on:
    (I) the sale of a good or service; and
    (II) the recruitment of or the performance or action of another participant; and
    (ii) 
    (A) permits participants to recruit other participants to sell, distribute, or supply for consideration the person's good or service; or
    (B) provides for commission, cross-commissions, override commissions, bonuses, refunds, dividends, or other consideration that is or may be paid as a result of:
    (I) the sale of a good or service; or
    (II) the recruitment of or the performance or action of another participant. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • 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
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Division: means the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor in the commission. See Utah Code 34-40-102
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
    (a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
    (b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Local 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
  • Minimum wage: means the state minimum hourly wage for adult employees as established under this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Utah Code 34-40-102
  • participant: means an independent agent, contractor, or distributor. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • Periodic testing: means preselected and preannounced drug testing of employees or volunteers conducted on a regular schedule. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Principal: means a person who:
    (a) engages in any of the following activities with regard to a product or service:
    (i) manufactures;
    (ii) produces;
    (iii) imports;
    (iv) sells; or
    (v) distributes;
    (b) establishes a business relationship with a sales representative to solicit orders for a product or a service described in Subsection (4)(a); and
    (c) agrees to compensate a sales representative, in whole or in part, by commission. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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
  • sales representative: means a person who enters into a business relationship with a principal:
    (i) to solicit orders for a product or a service described in Subsection (4)(a); and
    (ii) under which the person is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • Sample: means urine, blood, breath, saliva, or hair. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • termination: means the end of a business relationship between a sales representative and a principal, whether by:
    (a) agreement;
    (b) expiration of a time period; or
    (c) exercise of a right of termination by either the principal or the sales representative. See Utah Code 34-44-102
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5