Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 22 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• 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.
• basic school program: means public education programs for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school students that are operated and maintained for the amount derived by multiplying the number of weighted pupil units for each school district or charter school by the value established each year in the enacted public education budget, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 53F-2-102
• 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}
• Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
• 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.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Director: means the director of ULEAD appointed under this part. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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 public:

  (a)	school district;

  (b)	school; or

  (c)

  charter school. See Utah Code 53E-10-701 LEA governing board: means a local school board or charter school governing board. See Utah Code 53F-2-102 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 Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant). Local school board: means a board elected under 2. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship. Minimum School Program: means the state-supported public school programs for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools as described in this Subsection (4). See Utah Code 53F-2-102 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. Participating institution: means a public or private research institution that enters into an arrangement with the director to provide research and other services described in this part. See Utah Code 53E-10-701 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 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. 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. Research clearinghouse: means a collection of information maintained and distributed by ULEAD in accordance with Section 53E-10-706. See Utah Code 53E-10-701 selection committee: means the committee created in Section 53E-10-704 that appoints the director. See Utah Code 53E-10-701 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 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Steering committee: means the committee that: (a)  advises the director; (b)  sets research priorities as described in this part; and (c)  is created in Section 53E-10-707. See Utah Code 53E-10-701 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. ULEAD: means Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education through the efforts of the director, participating institutions, and the steering committee as described in this part. See Utah Code 53E-10-701 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