Part 1 Selection of U.S. Congressional Representatives 20A-13-101.1 – 20A-13-104
Part 2 Selection of U.S. Senators 20A-13-201
Part 3 Presidential Electors 20A-13-301 – 20A-13-304

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices

  • Account: means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Account, created in Section 53D-1-203. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • Acquired lands: means lands acquired by the administration under the agreement. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • Acquired mineral interests: means mineral interests acquired by the administration pursuant to Section 3(F), (K), (L), or (M) of the agreement. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • Address: includes :
    (i) a post office box number;
    (ii) a rural free delivery route number; and
    (iii) a street name and number. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Administration: means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. See Utah Code 53C-1-103
  • advocacy office: means the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office created in Section 53D-2-201. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • Advocacy office director: means the director of the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office, appointed under Section 53D-2-203. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • Agreement: means the Agreement to Exchange Utah School Trust Lands Between the State of Utah and the United States of America, signed May 8, 1998, as ratified by the Utah School and Lands Exchange Act of 1998, Pub. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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
  • Articles of incorporation: include :
    (a) amended articles of incorporation;
    (b) restated articles of incorporation;
    (c) articles of merger; and
    (d) a document of a similar import to the documents described in Subsections (3)(a) through (c). See Utah Code 16-6a-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.
  • Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Board: means the board of trustees established in Section 53D-1-301. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • board of directors: means the body authorized to manage the affairs of a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Bylaws: includes :
    (i) amended bylaws; and
    (ii) restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Class: means a group of memberships that has the same right with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption, transfer, or other characteristics. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Congressional block equivalency file: means the electronic file designated as HB2004_BEF. See Utah Code 20A-13-101.1
  • Congressional shapefile: means the electronic shapefile that:Utah Code 20A-13-101.1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporate records: means the records described in Section 16-6a-1601. See Utah Code 16-6a-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
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Director: means a member of the board of directors. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Director: means the director of the office. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • 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 Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • domestic nonprofit corporation: means an entity that:
    (a) is not a foreign nonprofit corporation; and
    (b) is incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Enabling act: means the act of Congress, dated July 16, 1894, enabling the people of Utah to form a constitution and state government and to be admitted into the Union. See Utah Code 53D-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.
  • Exchange: means a land or mineral interest exchange by the administration and the United States of America after March 1, 2007 that is directed by Congressional action. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • Exchanged lands: means lands:
    (a) acquired by the administration through an exchange; and
    (b) reduced in value to take into account the presence of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • Exchanged mineral interests: means mineral interests:
    (a) acquired by the administration through an exchange; and
    (b) reduced in value to take into account the presence of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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.
  • Foreign nonprofit corporation: means an entity:
    (a) incorporated under a law other than the laws of this state; and
    (b) that would be a nonprofit corporation if formed under the laws of this state. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Identified tracts: means the tracts identified in Section 3(F), (G), (J), (K), (L), and (M) of the agreement, generally referred to as the Cottonwood Tract, Westridge Coal Tract, Ferron Field, Mill Fork Tract, Dugout Canyon Tract, Muddy Tract, and North Horn Coal Tract. See Utah Code 53C-3-201
  • 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
  • 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
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Member: includes :
    (i) "voting member"; and
    (ii) a shareholder in a water company. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Membership: refers to the rights and obligations of a member or members. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Mineral: includes oil, gas, and hydrocarbons. See Utah Code 53C-1-103
  • 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.
  • Nominating committee: means the committee established under Section 53D-1-501. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • 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.
  • Office: means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Principal office: means :
    (a) the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including:
    (i) an annual report;
    (ii) an application for a certificate of authority; or
    (iii) a notice of change of principal office; or
    (b) if no principal office can be determined, a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation's registered office. See Utah Code 16-6a-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
  • 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.
  • Registered agent: means the registered agent of:
    (a) a domestic nonprofit corporation; or
    (b) a foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Registered office: means the office within this state designated by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation as its registered office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including:
    (a) articles of incorporation;
    (b) an application for a certificate of authority; or
    (c) a notice of change of registered office. See Utah Code 16-6a-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.
  • Shapefile: means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information. See Utah Code 20A-13-101.1
  • 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
  • Swear: includes "affirm. 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.
  • Trust fund: means money derived from:
    (a) the sale or use of land granted to the state under Sections 6, 8, and 12 of the enabling act;
    (b) proceeds referred to in Section 9 of the enabling act from the sale of public land; and
    (c) revenue and assets referred to in Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 5, Subsections Utah Code 53D-1-102
  • trust lands: means those properties granted by the United States in the Utah Enabling Act to the state in trust, and other lands transferred to the trust, which must be managed for the benefit of:
    (a) the state's public education system; or
    (b) the institutions of the state which are designated by the Utah Enabling Act as beneficiaries of trust lands. See Utah Code 53C-1-103
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Vacancy: means :
    (a) except as provided in Subsection (75)(b), the absence of an individual to serve in a position created by state constitution or state statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or other cause ; or
    (b) in relation to a candidate for a position created by state constitution or state statute, the removal of a candidate due to the candidate's death, resignation, or disqualification. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Vote: includes authorization by:
    (a) written ballot; and
    (b) written consent. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
  • Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under 3. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5