Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17C > Chapter 1 > Part 9 - Eminent Domain

• 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.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Community: means a county or municipality. 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5