Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 35A > Chapter 3 > Part 2 - Office of Child Care

• 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.
• Child care: means the child care services defined in Section 35A-3-102 for:

  (a)	children age 12 or younger; and

  (b)

  children with disabilities age 18 or younger. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 Child care provider association: means an association: (a)  that has functioned as a child care provider association in the state for at least three years; and (b)  is affiliated with a national child care provider association. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 Child care services: means care of a child by a responsible person who is not the child's parent or legal guardian, for a portion of the day that is less than 24 hours in a qualified setting, as defined by rules made by the department in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 35A-3-102 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Committee: means the Child Care Advisory Committee created in Section 35A-3-205. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. 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. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102 Director: means the director of the Office of Child Care. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 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 Water Rights, Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3 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 Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 35A-1-201. See Utah Code 35A-1-102 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. Geothermal area: means the general land area which is underlain or reasonably appears to be underlain by geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Geothermal resource: means : (i)  the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade; and (ii)  the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created by, or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Geothermal system: means any strata, pool, reservoir, or other geologic formation containing geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Income: means gross income, whether earned or unearned, as defined by rule made in accordance with Section 35A-3-203. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 Income-eligible child: means a child whose: (a)  family income does not exceed 85% of state median income for a family of the same size; and (b)  family assets do not exceed the limit established by the office through rule created in accordance with Section 35A-3-203. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Material medium: means geothermal fluids, or water and other substances artificially introduced into a geothermal system to serve as a heat transfer medium. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Office: means the Office of Child Care created in Section 35A-3-202. See Utah Code 35A-3-201 Operator: means any person drilling, maintaining, operating, producing, or in control of any well. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Owner: means a person who has the right to drill into, produce, and make use of the geothermal resource. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Person: means any individual, business entity (corporate or otherwise), or political subdivision of this or any other state. See Utah Code 73-22-3 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. 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 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Waste: means any inefficient, excessive, or improper production, use, or dissipation of geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Well: means any well drilled, converted, or reactivated for the discovery, testing, production, or subsurface injection of geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5