Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17C > Chapter 3 - Economic Development

• 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 Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. 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 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 Assessment roll: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-102. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-6-2 Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-8-4 Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 Community: means a county or municipality. 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 Conference: means an informal adjudicative proceeding conducted by the division or board. See Utah Code 40-8-4 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. Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to 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 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 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 Economic development project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. 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. 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 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. 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 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 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 Hearing: means a formal adjudicative proceeding conducted by the board under the board's procedural rules. See Utah Code 40-8-4 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 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 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 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 Loan fund board: means the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Board, established under 5. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township as defined in Section 10-2a-403. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 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 On-site: means the surface lands on or under which surface or underground mining operations are conducted. See Utah Code 40-8-4 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 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 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 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. 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 Participant: means one or more persons that enter into a participation agreement with an agency. 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. Permit: means a permit or notice to conduct mining operations issued by the division. See Utah Code 40-8-4 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 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 Pore space: means subsurface porous material possessing free space, naturally or artificially created, between the mineral grains. See Utah Code 40-6-2 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5