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• Adjudicative proceeding: means an agency action or proceeding described in Section 63G-4-102. See Utah Code 63G-4-103
• Administrative record: means information an agency relies upon when making a rule under this chapter including:

  (a)	the proposed rule, change in the proposed rule, and the rule analysis form;

  (b)	the public comment received and recorded by the agency during the public comment period;

  (c)	the agency's response to the public comment;

  (d)	the agency's analysis of the public comment; and

  (e)

  the agency's report of its decision-making process. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 ADR: means a process other than litigation used to resolve disputes including mediation, arbitration, facilitation, regulatory negotiation, fact-finding, conciliation, early neutral evaluation, and policy dialogues. See Utah Code 63G-5-102 ADR provider: includes an arbitrator, mediator, and early neutral evaluator and may be an employee or an independent contractor. See Utah Code 63G-5-102 Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths. Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court. Agency: means each state board, authority, commission, institution, department, division, officer, or other state government entity other than the Legislature, its committees, the political subdivisions of the state, or the courts, which is authorized or required by law to make rules, adjudicate, grant or withhold licenses, grant or withhold relief from legal obligations, or perform other similar actions or duties delegated by law. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Agency: means a board, commission, department, division, officer, council, office, committee, bureau, or other administrative unit of this state, including the agency head, agency employees, or other persons acting on behalf of or under the authority of the agency head, but does not mean the Legislature, the courts, the governor, any political subdivision of the state, or any administrative unit of a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 Agency head: means an individual or body of individuals in whom the ultimate legal authority of the agency is vested by statute. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 Allegation: something that someone says happened. 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. 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. Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal. 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 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 vendor: means a person who has been approved for inclusion on an approved vendor list through the approved vendor list process. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Approved vendor list: means a list of approved vendors established under Section 63G-6a-507. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Approved vendor list process: means the procurement process described in Section 63G-6a-507. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Arbitration: means a private hearing before an ADR provider or panel of ADR providers who hear the evidence, consider the contentions of the parties, and enter a written award to resolve the issues presented. See Utah Code 63G-5-102 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Bidder: means a person who submits a bid or price quote in response to an invitation for bids. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Bidding process: means the procurement process described in 6. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Board: means the Utah State Procurement Policy Board, created in Section 63G-6a-202. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Bulletin: means the Utah State Bulletin. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 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 Chief procurement officer: means the individual appointed under Section 63A-2-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Code: means the body of all effective rules as compiled and organized by the office and entitled "Utah Administrative Code. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Conducting procurement unit: means a procurement unit that conducts all aspects of a procurement: (a)  except: (i)  reviewing a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form; and (ii)  causing the publication of a notice of a solicitation; and (b)  including: (i)  preparing any solicitation document; (ii)  appointing an evaluation committee; (iii)  conducting the evaluation process, except the process relating to scores calculated for costs of proposals; (iv)  selecting and recommending the person to be awarded a contract; (v)  negotiating the terms and conditions of a contract, subject to the issuing procurement unit's approval; and (vi)  contract administration. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Conservation district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-3-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Contract administration: means all functions, duties, and responsibilities associated with managing, overseeing, and carrying out a contract between a procurement unit and a contractor, including: (a)  implementing the contract; (b)  ensuring compliance with the contract terms and conditions by the conducting procurement unit and the contractor; (c)  executing change orders; (d)  processing contract amendments; (e)  resolving, to the extent practicable, contract disputes; (f)  curing contract errors and deficiencies; (g)  terminating a contract; (h)  measuring or evaluating completed work and contractor performance; (i)  computing payments under the contract; and (j)  closing out a contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Contractor: means a person who is awarded a contract with a procurement unit. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. Cooperative purchasing organization: means an organization, association, or alliance of purchasers established to combine purchasing power in order to obtain the best value for the purchasers by engaging in procurements in accordance with Section 63G-6a-2105. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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. Days: means calendar days, unless expressly provided otherwise. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Declaratory proceeding: means a proceeding authorized and governed by Section 63G-4-503. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Design professional: means : (a)  an individual licensed as an architect under Title 58, Chapter 3a, Architects Licensing Act; (b)  an individual licensed as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act; or (c)  an individual certified as a commercial interior designer under Title 58, Chapter 86, State Certification of Commercial Interior Designers Act. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Design professional procurement process: means the procurement process described in 15. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Design professional services: means : (a)  professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102; (b)  professional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102; (c)  master planning and programming services; or (d)  services within the scope of the practice of commercial interior design, as defined in Section 58-86-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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 Purchasing and General Services, created in Section 63A-2-101. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Donor: The person who makes a gift. Educational procurement unit: means : (a)  a school district; (b)  a public school, including a local school board or a charter school; (c)  the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; (d)  the Utah Education and Telehealth Network; (e)  an institution of higher education of the state described in Section 53B-1-102; or (f)  the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Effective: means operative and enforceable. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 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 Endorsement: means a written agreement attached to a policy or certificate to modify the policy or certificate coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Executive branch procurement unit: means a department, division, office, bureau, agency, or other organization within the state executive branch. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state. Facilities division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, created in Section 63A-5b-301. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 File: means to submit a document to the office as prescribed by the office. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 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. Fixed price contract: means a contract that provides a price, for each procurement item obtained under the contract, that is not subject to adjustment except to the extent that: (a)  the contract provides, under circumstances specified in the contract, for an adjustment in price that is not based on cost to the contractor; or (b)  an adjustment is required by law. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances: You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change. The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time). 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 Grant: means an expenditure of public funds or other assistance, or an agreement to expend public funds or other assistance, for a public purpose authorized by law, without acquiring a procurement item in exchange. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment: (a)  a professional service; (b)  a personal service; (c)  a facility; (d)  equipment; (e)  a device; (f)  supplies; or (g)  medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court. Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Independent procurement unit: means : (a)  (i)  a legislative procurement unit; (ii)  a judicial branch procurement unit; (iii)  an educational procurement unit; (iv)  a local government procurement unit; (v)  a conservation district; (vi)  a local building authority; (vii)  a special district; (viii)  a public corporation; (ix)  a special service district; or (x)  the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201; (b)  the facilities division, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 63A, Chapter 5b, Administration of State Facilities; (c)  the attorney general, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 67, Chapter 5, Attorney General; (d)  the Department of Transportation, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided under Title 72, Transportation Code; or (e)  any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, but only to the extent of that statutory procurement authority. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. 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 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 Interested person: means any person affected by or interested in a proposed rule, amendment to an existing rule, or a nonsubstantive change made under Section 63G-3-402. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Issuing procurement unit: means a procurement unit that: (a)  reviews a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form; (b)  causes the notice of a solicitation to be published; and (c)  negotiates and approves the terms and conditions of a contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Judicial procurement unit: means : (a)  the Utah Supreme Court; (b)  the Utah Court of Appeals; (c)  the Judicial Council; (d)  a state judicial district; or (e)  an office, committee, subcommittee, or other organization within the state judicial branch. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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 Legislative procurement unit: means : (a)  the Legislature; (b)  the Senate; (c)  the House of Representatives; (d)  a staff office of the Legislature, the Senate, or the House of Representatives; or (e)  a committee, subcommittee, commission, or other organization: (i)  within the state legislative branch; or (ii)  (A)  that is created by statute to advise or make recommendations to the Legislature; (B)  the membership of which includes legislators; and (C)  for which the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel provides staff support. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 License: means a franchise, permit, certification, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of authorization required by statute. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 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 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Local building authority: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-2-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Local government procurement unit: means : (a)  a county, municipality, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, or project entity, unless: (i)  the county or municipality adopts a procurement code by ordinance; or (ii)  the project entity adopts a procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316; (b)  (i)  a county or municipality that has adopted this entire chapter by ordinance, and each office or agency of that county or municipality; and (ii)  a project entity that has adopted this entire chapter through the process described in Subsection 11-13-316; or (c)  a county, municipality, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, or project entity that has adopted a portion of this chapter to the extent that: (i)  a term in the ordinance is used in the adopted chapter; or (ii)  a term in the ordinance is used in the language a project entity adopts in its procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Long-term care insurance: includes : (i)  any of the following that provide directly or supplement long-term care insurance: (A)  a group or individual annuity or rider; or (B)  a life insurance policy or rider; (ii)  a policy or rider that provides for payment of benefits on the basis of: (A)  cognitive impairment; or (B)  functional capacity; or (iii)  a qualified long-term care insurance contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Multiple award contracts: means the award of a contract for an indefinite quantity of a procurement item to more than one person. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Multiyear contract: means a contract that extends beyond a one-year period, including a contract that permits renewal of the contract, without competition, beyond the first year of the contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Neutral: means a person who holds himself out to the public as a qualified person trained to use alternative dispute resolution techniques to resolve conflicts. See Utah Code 63G-5-102 Nonadopting local government procurement unit: means : (a)  a county or municipality that has not adopted 16, 17, 18, and 19; and (b)  each office or agency of a county or municipality described in Subsection (50)(a). See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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. Offeror: means a person who submits a proposal in response to a request for proposals. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Office: means the Office of Administrative Rules created in Section 63G-3-401. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions. Order: means an agency action that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other interests of one or more specific persons, but not a class of persons. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Outline of coverage: means a summary that explains an accident and health insurance policy. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. 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. Party: means the agency or other person commencing an adjudicative proceeding, all respondents, all persons permitted by the presiding officer to intervene in the proceeding, and all persons authorized by statute or agency rule to participate as parties in an adjudicative proceeding. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 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 Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Person: means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, political subdivision or its units, governmental subdivision or its units, public or private organization or entity of any character, or another agency. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 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. Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer. 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 Policy summary: means a synopsis describing the elements of a life insurance policy. 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 Preferred bidder: means a bidder that is entitled to receive a reciprocal preference under the requirements of this chapter. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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 Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. Presiding officer: means an agency head, or an individual or body of individuals designated by the agency head, by the agency's rules, or by statute to conduct an adjudicative proceeding. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Procure: means to acquire a procurement item through a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Procurement: means the acquisition of a procurement item through an expenditure of public funds, or an agreement to expend public funds, including an acquisition through a public-private partnership. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Procurement item: means an item of personal property, a technology, a service, or a construction project. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Procurement official: means : (a)  for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief procurement officer; (b)  for a legislative procurement unit, the individual, individuals, or body designated in a policy adopted by the Legislative Management Committee; (c)  for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council or an individual or body designated by the Judicial Council by rule; (d)  for a local government procurement unit: (i)  the legislative body of the local government procurement unit; or (ii)  an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit; (e)  for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district or the board of trustees' designee; (f)  for a special service district, the governing body of the special service district or the governing body's designee; (g)  for a local building authority, the board of directors of the local building authority or the board of directors' designee; (h)  for a conservation district, the board of supervisors of the conservation district or the board of supervisors' designee; (i)  for a public corporation, the board of directors of the public corporation or the board of directors' designee; (j)  for a school district or any school or entity within a school district, the board of the school district or the board's designee; (k)  for a charter school, the individual or body with executive authority over the charter school or the designee of the individual or body; (l)  for an institution of higher education described in Section 53B-2-101, the president of the institution of higher education or the president's designee; (m)  for the State Board of Education, the State Board of Education or the State Board of Education's designee; (n)  for the Utah Board of Higher Education, the Commissioner of Higher Education or the designee of the Commissioner of Higher Education; (o)  for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the executive director of the Utah Communications Authority or the executive director's designee; or (p)  (i)  for the facilities division, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the facilities division as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under Title 63A, Chapter 5b, Administration of State Facilities, the director of the facilities division or the director's designee; (ii)  for the attorney general, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the attorney general as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under Title 67, Chapter 5, Attorney General, the attorney general or the attorney general's designee; (iii)  for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the Department of Transportation as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under Title 72, Transportation Code, the executive director of the Department of Transportation or the executive director's designee; or (iv)  for any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, and only to the extent of the procurement activities of the department, division, office, or entity as an independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided outside this chapter for the department, division, office, or entity, the chief executive officer of the department, division, office, or entity or the chief executive officer's designee. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Professional service: means labor, effort, or work that requires specialized knowledge, expertise, and discretion, including labor, effort, or work in the field of: (a)  accounting; (b)  administrative law judge service; (c)  architecture; (d)  construction design and management; (e)  engineering; (f)  financial services; (g)  information technology; (h)  the law; (i)  medicine; (j)  psychiatry; or (k)  underwriting. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Project entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-13-103. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Protest officer: means : (a)  for the division or an independent procurement unit: (i)  the procurement official; (ii)  the procurement official's designee who is an employee of the procurement unit; or (iii)  a person designated by rule made by the rulemaking authority; or (b)  for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief procurement officer or the chief procurement officer's designee who is an employee of the division . See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Public corporation: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63E-1-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Public entity: means the state or any other government entity within the state that expends public funds. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Public facility: means a building, structure, infrastructure, improvement, or other facility of a public entity. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Public funds: means money, regardless of its source, including from the federal government, that is owned or held by a procurement unit. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Public transit district: means a public transit district organized under 8. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Public-private partnership: means an arrangement or agreement, occurring on or after January 1, 2017, between a procurement unit and one or more contractors to provide for a public need through the development or operation of a project in which the contractor or contractors share with the procurement unit the responsibility or risk of developing, owning, maintaining, financing, or operating the project. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Qualified vendor: means a vendor who: (a)  is responsible; and (b)  submits a responsive statement of qualifications under Section 63G-6a-410 that meets the minimum mandatory requirements, evaluation criteria, and any applicable score thresholds set forth in the request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Rate: means : (i)  the cost of a given unit of insurance; or (ii)  for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as: (A)  a single number; or (B)  a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of: (I)  expenses; (II)  profit; and (III)  individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Real property: means land and any building, fixture, improvement, appurtenance, structure, or other development that is permanently affixed to land. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. 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. Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals). Request for information: means a nonbinding process through which a procurement unit requests information relating to a procurement item. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Request for proposals: means a document used to solicit proposals to provide a procurement item to a procurement unit, including all other documents that are attached to that document or incorporated in that document by reference. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Request for proposals process: means the procurement process described in 7. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Request for statement of qualifications: means a document used to solicit information about the qualifications of a person interested in responding to a potential procurement, including all other documents attached to that document or incorporated in that document by reference. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Requirements contract: means a contract: (a)  under which a contractor agrees to provide a procurement unit's entire requirements for certain procurement items at prices specified in the contract during the contract period; and (b)  that: (i)  does not require a minimum purchase amount; or (ii)  provides a maximum purchase limit. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation. Respondent: means a person against whom an adjudicative proceeding is initiated, whether by an agency or any other person. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 Responsible: means being capable, in all respects, of: (a)  meeting all the requirements of a solicitation; and (b)  fully performing all the requirements of the contract resulting from the solicitation, including being financially solvent with sufficient financial resources to perform the contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Responsive: means conforming in all material respects to the requirements of a solicitation. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Rider: means an endorsement to: (a)  an insurance policy; or (b)  an insurance certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Rule: includes the amendment or repeal of an existing rule. See Utah Code 63G-3-102 Rule: includes a policy or regulation adopted by the rulemaking authority, if adopting a policy or regulation is the method the rulemaking authority uses to adopt provisions that govern the applicable procurement unit. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Rulemaking authority: means : (a)  for a legislative procurement unit, the Legislative Management Committee; (b)  for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council; (c)  (i)  only to the extent of the procurement authority expressly granted to the procurement unit by statute: (A)  for the facilities division, the facilities division; (B)  for the Office of the Attorney General, the attorney general; (C)  for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, the executive director of the Department of Transportation; and (D)  for any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, the governing authority of the department, division, office, or entity; and (ii)  for each other executive branch procurement unit, the board; (d)  for a local government procurement unit: (i)  the governing body of the local government unit; or (ii)  an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit; (e)  for a school district or a public school, the board, except to the extent of a school district's own nonadministrative rules that do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter; (f)  for a state institution of higher education, the Utah Board of Higher Education; (g)  for the State Board of Education or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the State Board of Education; (h)  for a public transit district, the chief executive of the public transit district; (i)  for a special district other than a public transit district or for a special service district, the board, except to the extent that the board of trustees of the special district or the governing body of the special service district makes its own rules: (i)  with respect to a subject addressed by board rules; or (ii)  that are in addition to board rules; (j)  for the Utah Educational Savings Plan, created in Section 53B-8a-103, the Utah Board of Higher Education; (k)  for the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, created in Section 53C-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees; (l)  for the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Fund Board of Trustees; (m)  for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the Utah Communications Authority board, created in Section 63H-7a-203; or (n)  for any other procurement unit, the board. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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 Small purchase process: means the procurement process described in Section 63G-6a-506. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Sole source contract: means a contract resulting from a sole source procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Sole source procurement: means a procurement without competition pursuant to a determination under Subsection 63G-6a-802(1)(a) that there is only one source for the procurement item. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Solicitation: means an invitation for bids, request for proposals, or request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Solicitation response: means : (a)  a bid submitted in response to an invitation for bids; (b)  a proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals; or (c)  a statement of qualifications submitted in response to a request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Special district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Special service district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-1-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Specification: means any description of the physical or functional characteristics or of the nature of a procurement item included in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals, or otherwise specified or agreed to by a procurement unit, including a description of: (a)  a requirement for inspecting or testing a procurement item; or (b)  preparing a procurement item for delivery. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Standard procurement process: means : (a)  the bidding process; (b)  the request for proposals process; (c)  the approved vendor list process; (d)  the small purchase process; or (e)  the design professional procurement process. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 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 cooperative contract: means a contract awarded by the division for and in behalf of all public entities. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Statement of qualifications: means a written statement submitted to a procurement unit in response to a request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Superior agency: means an agency required or authorized by law to review the orders of another agency. See Utah Code 63G-4-103 Technology: means the same as "information technology" as defined in Section 63A-16-102. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Tie bid: means that the lowest responsive bids of responsible bidders are identical in price. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Time and materials contract: means a contract under which the contractor is paid: (a)  the actual cost of direct labor at specified hourly rates; (b)  the actual cost of materials and equipment usage; and (c)  an additional amount, expressly described in the contract, to cover overhead and profit, that is not based on a percentage of the cost to the contractor. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. 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. Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried. Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5