Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards

• Account: means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Account, created in Section 53D-1-203. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Advocacy committee: means the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Committee, created in Section 53D-2-202. See Utah Code 53D-2-102
• Advocacy director: means the director of the advocacy office, appointed as described in Section 53D-2-203. See Utah Code 53D-2-102
• Advocacy office: means the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office, created in Section 53D-2-201. See Utah Code 53D-2-102
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
• Board: means the board of trustees established in Section 53D-1-301. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• Board block equivalency file: means the electronic file designated as SB2005S07_BEF. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
• Board shapefile: means the electronic shapefile that:Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
• Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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.
• Distribution: means the payment of a dividend or any part of the income or profit of a nonprofit corporation to the nonprofit corporation's:

  (i)

  members;

  (ii)	directors; or

  (iii)

  officers. 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 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. 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. 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 LEA: means : (a)  a school district; (b)  a charter school; or (c)  the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 LEA governing board: means : (a)  for a school district, the local school board; (b)  for a charter school, the charter school governing board; or (c)  for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the state board. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Local school board: means a board elected under 2. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Member: includes : (i)  "voting member"; and (ii)  a shareholder in a water company. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Municipal legislative body: means : (a)  the council of the city or town in any form of municipal government; or (b)  the council of a metro township. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Nominating committee: means the committee established under Section 53D-1-501. See Utah Code 53D-1-102 Office: means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201. See Utah Code 53D-1-102 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Parent: means a parent or legal guardian. See Utah Code 53E-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. 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 Position: means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice. 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 Public education code: means : (a)  this title; (b)  Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding; and (c)  Title 53G, Public Education System -- Local Administration. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Receive: when used in reference to receipt of a writing or other document by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation, means the writing or other document is actually received: (a)  by the domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation at: (i)  its registered office in this state; or (ii)  its principal office; (b)  by the secretary of the domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation, wherever the secretary is found; or (c)  by another person authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors to receive the writing or other document, wherever that person is found. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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. Resident: means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Shapefile: means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1 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 State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 State superintendent: means the state superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 trust: includes : (a)  school and institutional trust lands, as defined in Section 53C-1-103, and related assets; and (b)  funds and investments of school and institutional trust land revenue, as described in Title 53D, Chapter 1, School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Act. See Utah Code 53D-2-102 Trust beneficiaries: means those for whose benefit the school and institutional trust is managed and preserved, as required by: (a)  the Utah Enabling Act; (b)  the Utah Constitution; and (c)  state law. See Utah Code 53D-2-102 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 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 Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed: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 Voter: means an individual who: (a)  meets the requirements for voting in an election; (b)  meets the requirements of election registration; (c)  is registered to vote; and (d)  is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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