Part 1 General Provisions 31A-19a-101 – 31A-19a-103
Part 2 General Rate Regulation 31A-19a-201 – 31A-19a-218
Part 3 Rate Service Organizations 31A-19a-301 – 31A-19a-309
Part 4 Workers’ Compensation Rates 31A-19a-401 – 31A-19a-408

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 19a - Utah Rate Regulation Act

  • Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
  • Accident and health insurance: means insurance to provide protection against economic losses resulting from:
    (i) a medical condition including:
    (A) a medical care expense; or
    (B) the risk of disability;
    (ii) accident; or
    (iii) sickness. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Accounts receivable: includes :
    (i) unpaid fees, licenses, taxes, loans, overpayments, fines, forfeitures, surcharges, costs, contracts, interest, penalties, third-party claims, sale of goods, sale of services, claims, and damages;
    (ii) a civil accounts receivable; and
    (iii) a civil judgment of restitution. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Advisory council: means the Educational Interpretation and Translation Services Procurement Advisory Council established in Section 63A-2-502. See Utah Code 63A-2-501
  • Agency: includes the State Board of Education and each higher education institution described in Section 53B-1-102. See Utah Code 63A-9-101
  • Agency: means :
    (a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
    (b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Agency optional term: means an option that is exclusively exercisable by a leasing agency to extend the lease term. See Utah Code 63A-5b-801
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicant: means a person who submits a timely, qualified proposal to the division. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Application: means a document:
    (a) 
    (i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
    (ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
    (A) insure the risk under:
    (I) the coverage as originally offered; or
    (II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
    (B) decline to insure the risk; or
    (b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • authorized insurer: means an insurer:
    (i) holding a valid certificate of authority to do an insurance business in this state; and
    (ii) transacting business as authorized by a valid certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Borrower: means a person who borrows money from an infrastructure fund for an infrastructure project. See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • business of insurance: includes :
    (a) providing health care insurance by an organization that is or is required to be licensed under this title;
    (b) providing a benefit to an employee in the event of a contingency not within the control of the employee, in which the employee is entitled to the benefit as a right, which benefit may be provided either:
    (i) by a single employer or by multiple employer groups; or
    (ii) through one or more trusts, associations, or other entities;
    (c) providing an annuity:
    (i) including an annuity issued in return for a gift; and
    (ii) except an annuity provided by a person specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (d) providing the characteristic services of a motor club;
    (e) providing another person with insurance;
    (f) making as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor, or surety, a contract or policy offering title insurance;
    (g) transacting or proposing to transact any phase of title insurance, including:
    (i) solicitation;
    (ii) negotiation preliminary to execution;
    (iii) execution of a contract of title insurance;
    (iv) insuring; and
    (v) transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of the contract, including reinsurance;
    (h) transacting or proposing a life settlement; and
    (i) doing, or proposing to do, any business in substance equivalent to Subsections (95)(a) through (h) in a manner designed to evade this title. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Capital development project: means :
    (i) a remodeling or site or utility improvement project with a total cost of $3,500,000 or more;
    (ii) a new facility with a construction cost of $500,000 or more; or
    (iii) a purchase of real property if an appropriation is requested and made for the purchase. See Utah Code 63A-5b-401
  • Capital improvement project: means :
    (a) a remodeling, alteration, replacement, repair, or site or utility improvement project:
    (i) with a total cost of less than $3,500,000; or
    (ii) 
    (A) with a total cost of $3,500,000 or more; and
    (B) that will be paid for with funds that are not state funds;
    (b) a utility infrastructure improvement project that:
    (i) has a total cost of less than $7,000,000;
    (ii) consists of two or more projects that, if done separately, would each cost less than $3,500,000; and
    (iii) the division determines is more cost effective or feasible to be completed as a single project; or
    (c) a new facility with a total construction cost of less than $500,000. See Utah Code 63A-5b-401
  • Capitol hill facilities: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63C-9-102. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Capitol hill grounds: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63C-9-102. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Captive insurance company: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-37-102. See Utah Code 63A-4-101.1
  • Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
    (a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
    (b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Civil accounts receivable: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-32b-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Civil judgment of restitution: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-32b-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • classification: means the process of grouping risks with similar risk characteristics so that differences in anticipated costs may be recognized. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Committee: means the Motor Vehicle Review Committee created by this chapter. See Utah Code 63A-9-101
  • Compliance agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 15A-1-202. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Condemnee: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-520. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Contract: means a contract entered into by the division for interpretation or translation services in accordance with Section 63A-2-502. See Utah Code 63A-2-501
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • control shares: means shares that except for this chapter would have voting power with respect to shares of an issuing public corporation that, when added to all other shares of the issuing public corporation owned by a person or in respect to which that person may exercise or direct the exercise of voting power, would entitle that person, immediately after acquisition of the shares (directly or indirectly, alone or as a part of a group), to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power, including voting power pursuant to a revocable proxy, of the issuing public corporation in the election of directors within any of the following ranges of voting power:
    (a) 1/5 or more but less than 1/3 of all voting power;
    (b) 1/3 or more but less than a majority of all voting power; or
    (c) a majority or more of all voting power. See Utah Code 61-6-2
  • Covered entity: means a participating entity of:Utah Code 63A-4-101.1
  • Criminal accounts receivable: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-32b-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Debtor: means a party that owes, or is alleged to owe, an account receivable. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
  • Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • depository institution: means a depository institution or a depository institution holding company as defined in Section 7-1-103. See Utah Code 61-6-5
  • Director: means the division director, appointed under Section 63A-5b-302. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 63A-9-101
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dividend: means money paid to a policyholder from the remaining portion of the premium paid for a policy:
    (a) based on the participating class of business; and
    (b) after the insurer has made deductions for:
    (i) losses;
    (ii) expenses;
    (iii) additions to reserves; and
    (iv) profit and contingencies. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Division: means the Division of Purchasing and General Services created under Section 63A-2-101. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management created in Section 63A-5b-301. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Division: means the Division of Finance, created in Section 63A-3-101. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • Division: means the Division of Fleet Operations created by this chapter. See Utah Code 63A-9-101
  • Division-owned property: means real property, including an interest in real property, to which the division holds title, regardless of who occupies or uses the real property. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Employee: means :
    (a) an individual employed by an employer; or
    (b) an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (53)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Energy efficiency measure: means an action taken or initiated by an agency that:
    (a) reduces the agency's energy or fuel use or resource energy consumption, water or other resource consumption, operation and maintenance costs, or cost of energy, fuel, water, or other resource; or
    (b) increases the agency's energy or fuel efficiency or resource consumption efficiency. See Utah Code 63A-5b-1001
  • Energy efficiency program: means a program established under Section 63A-5b-1002 for the purpose of improving energy efficiency measures and reducing the energy costs for state facilities. See Utah Code 63A-5b-1001
  • Entity: means an individual, a corporation, partnership, or other organization that pays taxes to, or does business, with the state. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • 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
  • Escrow: means :
    (i) a transaction that effects the sale, transfer, encumbering, or leasing of real property, when a person not a party to the transaction, and neither having nor acquiring an interest in the title, performs, in accordance with the written instructions or terms of the written agreement between the parties to the transaction, any of the following actions:
    (A) the explanation, holding, or creation of a document; or
    (B) the receipt, deposit, and disbursement of money;
    (ii) a settlement or closing involving:
    (A) a mobile home;
    (B) a grazing right;
    (C) a water right; or
    (D) other personal property authorized by the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-9-101
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
  • Expenses: means that portion of a rate attributable to:
    (a) acquisition;
    (b) field supervision;
    (c) collection expenses;
    (d) general expenses;
    (e) taxes;
    (f) licenses; and
    (g) fees. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Experience rating: means a rating procedure that:
    (a) uses the past insurance experience of an individual policyholder to forecast the future losses of the policyholder by measuring the policyholder's loss experience against the loss experience of policyholders in the same classification; and
    (b) produces a prospective premium credit, debit, or unity modification. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Facility: means any building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed:
    (i) on property that the state or any of the state's departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies owns; or
    (ii) by the state or any of the state's departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies on property that the state does not own. See Utah Code 63A-5b-601
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Federal surplus property: means surplus property of the federal government of the United States. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Filed: means that a filing is:
    (i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
    (ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
    (iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
    (A) Section 31A-3-103; or
    (B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
    (a) a policy;
    (b) a rate;
    (c) a form;
    (d) a document;
    (e) a plan;
    (f) a manual;
    (g) an application;
    (h) a report;
    (i) a certificate;
    (j) an endorsement;
    (k) an actuarial certification;
    (l) a licensee annual statement;
    (m) a licensee renewal application;
    (n) an advertisement;
    (o) a binder; or
    (p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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.
  • Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
    (i) a policy;
    (ii) a certificate;
    (iii) an application;
    (iv) an outline of coverage; or
    (v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fund: means the State Facility Energy Efficiency Fund created in Section 63A-5b-1003. See Utah Code 63A-5b-1001
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • health insurance: means insurance providing:
    (i) a health care benefit; or
    (ii) payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • High-cost lease: means a real property lease that:
    (a) has an initial term including any agency optional term of 10 years or more; or
    (b) will require lease payments of more than $5,000,000 over the term of the lease, including any agency optional term. See Utah Code 63A-5b-801
  • Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Independent political subdivision: means :Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Information technology equipment: means equipment capable of downloading, accessing, manipulating, storing, or transferring electronic data, including:Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Infrastructure fund: means a fund created in Subsection 63A-3-402(1). See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Infrastructure loan: means a loan of infrastructure fund money to finance an infrastructure project. See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Infrastructure project: means a project to acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, equip, or improve public infrastructure and improvements:Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Inland port: means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-58-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Inland port fund: means the infrastructure fund created in Subsection 63A-3-402(1)(a). See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Institution of higher education: means an institution listed in Subsection 53B-2-101(1). See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Insurance: includes :
    (i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
    (ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
    (iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
    (i) a fraternal benefit society;
    (ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (iii) a motor club;
    (iv) an employee welfare plan;
    (v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
    (vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
    (i) a policyholder;
    (ii) a subscriber;
    (iii) a member; and
    (iv) a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • interested shares: means the shares of an issuing public corporation in respect of which any of the following persons may exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of the corporation, on or after the applicable record date, in the election of directors:
    (a) an acquiring person or member of a group with respect to a control share acquisition;
    (b) any officer of the issuing public corporation; or
    (c) any employee of the issuing public corporation who is also a director of the corporation. See Utah Code 61-6-4
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • issuing public corporation: means a corporation, other than a depository institution, that is organized under the laws of this state and that has:
    (a) 100 or more shareholders;
    (b) its principal place of business, its principal office, or substantial assets within the state; and
    (c) 
    (i) more than 10% of its shareholders resident in the state;
    (ii) more than 10% of its shares owned by Utah residents; or
    (iii) 10,000 shareholders resident in the state. See Utah Code 61-6-5
  • Joint underwriting: means a voluntary arrangement established to provide insurance coverage for a risk pursuant to which two or more insurers jointly contract with the insured at a price and under policy terms agreed upon between the insurers. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • 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.
  • LEA: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-1-102. See Utah Code 63A-2-501
  • Leasing agency: means a department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state. See Utah Code 63A-5b-801
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Liability insurance: includes :
    (i) vehicle liability insurance;
    (ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
    (iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life insurance: means :
    (i) insurance on a human life; and
    (ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Local agency: means a nonprofit entity organized by participating political subdivisions to act on behalf of the participating political subdivisions with respect to the office's efforts to collect accounts receivable of participating political subdivisions through administrative offsets. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • Local government: means the county, municipality, or local school district that would have jurisdiction to act as the compliance agency if the division did not have jurisdiction to act as the compliance agency. See Utah Code 63A-5b-601
  • Local government entity: means a county, city, town, metro township, special district, special service district, community development and renewal agency, conservation district, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Loss adjustment expense: means the expenses incurred by the insurer in the course of settling claims. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Mail: means United States Postal Service first class mail to the intended recipient's last known address. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • Market: means the interaction between buyers and sellers consisting of a:
    (i) product component; and
    (ii) geographic component. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Military development fund: means the infrastructure fund created in Subsection 63A-3-402(1)(c). See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Motor vehicle: includes vehicles used for construction and other nontransportation purposes. See Utah Code 63A-9-101
  • New facility: includes :
    (i) an addition to an existing building; and
    (ii) the enclosure of space that was not previously fully enclosed. See Utah Code 63A-5b-401
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • 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 Office of State Debt Collection created in Section 63A-3-502. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Participating: means a plan of insurance under which the insured is entitled to receive a dividend representing a share of the surplus of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Participating political subdivision: means a political subdivision that has entered into an agreement with a local agency authorizing the local agency to act on behalf of the political subdivision with respect to the office's efforts to collect accounts receivable of the political subdivision through administrative offsets. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • 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.
  • Past due: means any accounts receivable that the state has not received by the payment due date. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Performance efficiency agreement: means an agreement entered into by an agency whereby the agency implements one or more energy efficiency measures and finances the costs associated with implementation of performance efficiency measures using the stream of expected savings in costs resulting from implementation of the performance efficiency measures as a funding source for repayment. See Utah Code 63A-5b-1001
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Person: includes :
    (a) an individual;
    (b) a partnership;
    (c) a corporation;
    (d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
    (e) a joint stock company;
    (f) a trust;
    (g) a limited liability company;
    (h) a reciprocal;
    (i) a syndicate; or
    (j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Point of the mountain fund: means the infrastructure fund created in Subsection 63A-3-402(1)(b). See Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
    (i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
    (ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
    (iii) a corporation licensed under:
    (A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or
    (B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Political subdivision: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • Political subdivision: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Premium: includes , however designated:
    (i) an assessment;
    (ii) a membership fee;
    (iii) a required contribution; or
    (iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Primary state agency: means a state agency for which the division holds title to real property that the state agency occupies or uses, as provided in Subsection 63A-5b-303(1)(a)(iv). See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Private party: means a person who is not a state agency, local government entity, or public purpose nonprofit entity. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Project area: means :Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property act: means the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 40 U. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Property tax revenue: means :Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Prospective loss costs: means the same as pure premium rate. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Public purpose nonprofit entity: means a corporation, association, organization, or entity that:
    (a) is located within the state;
    (b) is not a state agency or local government entity;
    (c) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code; and
    (d) operates to fulfill a public purpose. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Purchasing director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 63A-2-102. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Pure premium rate: means that portion of a rate that:
    (a) does not include provisions for profit or expenses, other than loss adjustment expenses; and
    (b) is based on historical aggregate losses and loss adjustment expenses that are:
    (i) adjusted through development to their ultimate value; and
    (ii) projected through trending to a future point in time. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Qualified proposal: means a written proposal that:
    (a) meets the criteria established by the division by rule under Section 63A-5b-903;
    (b) if submitted by a local government entity or public purpose nonprofit entity, explains the public purpose for which the local government entity or public purpose nonprofit entity seeks a transfer of ownership or lease of the vacant division-owned property; and
    (c) the director determines will, if accepted and implemented, provide a material benefit to the state. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Rate: means that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
    (i) a single number; or
    (ii) as a pure premium rate, adjusted before any application of individual risk variations, based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
    (A) expenses;
    (B) profit; and
    (C) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Rate service organization: means a person who assists an insurer in rate making or filing by:
    (i) collecting, compiling, and furnishing loss or expense statistics;
    (ii) recommending, making, or filing rates or supplementary rate information; or
    (iii) advising about rate questions, except as an attorney giving legal advice. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Rating manual: means any of the following used to determine initial and renewal policy premiums:
    (a) a manual of rates;
    (b) a classification;
    (c) a rate-related underwriting rule; and
    (d) a rating formula that describes steps, policies, and procedures for determining initial and renewal policy premiums. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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.
  • receivable: means any amount due the state or any other governmental entity within the state as a result of a judgment, citation, tax, or administrative order, or for which materials or services have been provided but for which payment has not been received by the servicing unit. See Utah Code 63A-3-301
  • receivables: means any amount due to a state agency from an entity for which payment has not been received by the state agency that is servicing the debt. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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.
  • Replacement cost: means , as determined by the Division of Risk Management:
    (a) for state facilities, excluding auxiliary facilities as defined by the director, the cost to replace those facilities; and
    (b) for infrastructure, as defined by the director, the cost to replace the infrastructure. See Utah Code 63A-5b-401
  • Respective loan approval body: means :Utah Code 63A-3-401.5
  • Restitution: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-38b-102. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Riskiness: means the variability of results around the average expected result. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Secondary state agency: means a state agency:
    (a) that is authorized to hold title to real property that the state agency occupies or uses, as provided in Section 63A-5b-304; and
    (b) for which the division does not hold title to real property that the state agency occupies or uses. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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.
  • Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Significant lease terms: includes the duration of the lease, the frequency of the periodic payments, a renewal clause, a purchase option, a cancellation clause, a repair and maintenance clause, and a restriction on use of the property. See Utah Code 63A-5b-801
  • Smart phone: means an electronic device that combines a cell phone with a hand-held computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, and text and email capabilities. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • State agency: means any executive branch department, division, or other agency of the state. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • State agency: includes :
    (i) an executive branch agency;
    (ii) the legislative branch of state government; and
    (iii) the judicial branches of state government, including justice courts. See Utah Code 63A-3-501
  • State agency: means a department, division, office, entity, agency, or other unit of state government. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 63A-2-501
  • State facility: means any building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed on property that the state, any of the state's departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies, or a state institution of higher education owns or leases as a tenant. See Utah Code 63A-5b-1001
  • State funds: means public money appropriated by the Legislature. See Utah Code 63A-5b-401
  • State surplus property contractor: means a person in the private sector under contract with the state to provide one or more services related to the division's program for the management and disposition of state surplus property. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Supplementary rate information: includes one or more of the following needed to determine the applicable rate in effect or to be in effect:
    (a) a manual or plan of rates;
    (b) a statistical plan;
    (c) a classification;
    (d) a rating schedule;
    (e) a minimum premium;
    (f) a policy fee;
    (g) a rating rule;
    (h) a rate-related underwriting rule;
    (i) a rate modification plan; or
    (j) any other similar information prescribed by rule of the commissioner as supplementary rate information. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Supporting information: includes one or more of the following:
    (a) data demonstrating actuarial justification for the basic rate factors, classifications, expenses, and profit factors used by the filer;
    (b) the experience and judgment of the filer;
    (c) the experience or data of other insurers or rate service organizations relied upon by the filer;
    (d) the interpretation of any other data relied upon by the filer;
    (e) descriptions of methods used in making the rates; or
    (f) any other information defined by rule as supporting information that is required to be filed. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Surplus property program: means the program relating to state surplus property under 4. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Surplus property program administrator: means :Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
  • Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Transfer of ownership: includes a transfer of the ownership of vacant division-owned property that occurs as part of an exchange of the vacant division-owned property for another property. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Trending: means any procedure for projecting, for the period during which the policies are to be effective:
    (a) losses to the average date of loss; or
    (b) premiums or exposures to the average date of writing. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
  • Trust lands administration: means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration established in Section 53C-1-201. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • under common control: means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Underwrite: means the authority to accept or reject risk on behalf of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Uniform experience rating plan: means a plan that is consistent between all insurers for experience rating entities insured for workers' compensation insurance. See Utah Code 31A-19a-403
  • Uniform statistical plan: means a plan that is consistent between all insurers that is used for the reporting of workers' compensation insurance statistical data. See Utah Code 31A-19a-403
  • Utah Board of Higher Education: means the Utah Board of Higher Education established in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 63A-5b-102
  • Vacant division-owned property: means division-owned property that:
    (a) a primary state agency is not occupying or using; and
    (b) the director has determined should be made available for:
    (i) use or occupancy by a primary state agency; or
    (ii) a transfer of ownership or lease to a secondary state agency, local government entity, public purpose nonprofit entity, or private party. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Written proposal: means a brief statement in writing that explains:
    (a) the proposed use or occupancy, transfer of ownership, or lease of vacant division-owned property; and
    (b) how the state will benefit from the proposed use or occupancy, transfer of ownership, or lease. See Utah Code 63A-5b-901