Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 35A > Chapter 9 - Intergenerational Poverty Mitigation Act

• Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• 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.
• 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.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: means the individual designated:

  (a)	in a 529 savings account agreement between a person, an estate, or a trust and the plan; and

  (b)

  to benefit from the amount saved in a 529 savings account. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 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 Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Child sexual abuse material: means any visual depiction, including any live performance, photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where: (a)  the production of the visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; (b)  the visual depiction is of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or (c)  the visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Commission: means the State Tax Commission. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action. Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. 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. Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Dangerous weapon: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. 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 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Deposit: means the payment of money from a source other than a match. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 Distribute: means the selling, exhibiting, displaying, wholesaling, retailing, providing, giving, granting admission to, or otherwise transferring or presenting child sexual abuse material or vulnerable adult sexual abuse material with or without consideration. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Dwelling: means a building which is usually occupied by a person lodging in the building at night, whether or not a person is actually present. See Utah Code 76-6-201 Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC Enter: means : (a)  intrusion of any part of the body; or (b)  intrusion of any physical object under control of the actor. See Utah Code 76-6-201 Enter or remain unlawfully: means a person enters or remains in or on any premises when: (a)  at the time of the entry or remaining, the premises or any portion of the premises are not open to the public; and (b)  the actor is not otherwise licensed or privileged to enter or remain on the premises or any portion of the premises. See Utah Code 76-6-201 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 Etching: means defacing, damaging, or destroying hard surfaces by means of an abrasive object, a knife, or an engraving device, or a chemical action which uses any caustic cream, gel, liquid, or solution. See Utah Code 76-6-101 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. 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 earned income tax credit: means the federal earned income tax credit: (a)  described in Section 32, Internal Revenue Code; and (b)  that a qualifying individual claims and is eligible to claim on the federal income tax return for the taxable year. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 female genital mutilation: means any procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or any harmful procedure to the female genitalia, including: (a)  clitoridectomy; (b)  the partial or total removal of the clitoris or the prepuce; (c)  excision or the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora; (d)  infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia minora or the labia majora, with or without excision of the clitoris; (e)  pricking, piercing, incising, or scraping, and cauterizing the genital area; or (f)  any other actions intended to alter the structure or function of the female genitalia for non-medical reasons. See Utah Code 76-5-701 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Fire: means a flame, heat source capable of combustion, or material capable of combustion that is caused, set, or maintained by a person for any purpose. See Utah Code 76-6-101 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. Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Graffiti: means any form of unauthorized printing, writing, spraying, scratching, painting, affixing, etching, or inscribing on the property of another regardless of the content or the nature of the material used in the commission of the act. See Utah Code 76-6-101 Grievous sexual offense: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Guardian: includes a person who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Habitable structure: means a structure that has the apparent purpose of or is used for lodging or assembling persons or conducting business whether a person is actually present or not. See Utah Code 76-6-101 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 Identifiable minor: means a person: (a)  (i)  who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified; or (ii)  whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and (b)  who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a birthmark, or other recognizable feature. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Identifiable vulnerable adult: means a person: (a)  (i)  who was a vulnerable adult at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified; or (ii)  whose image as a vulnerable adult was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and (b)  who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a birthmark, or other recognizable feature. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes. Intergenerational poverty: means poverty in which two or more successive generations of a family continue in the cycle of poverty and government dependance. See Utah Code 35A-9-102 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. Juror: A person who is on the jury. Lacks capacity to consent: is a s defined in Section 76-5-111. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 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 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Live performance: means any act, play, dance, pantomime, song, or other activity performed by live actors in person. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Livestock guardian dog: means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-6-111. See Utah Code 76-6-401 Match: means the monetary amount described in Subsection 35A-9-603(2). See Utah Code 35A-9-601 Minor: means a person younger than 18 years old. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Nudity or partial nudity: means any state of dress or undress in which the human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or the female breast, at a point below the top of the areola, is less than completely and opaquely covered. See Utah Code 76-5b-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. Obtain: means , in relation to property, to bring about a transfer of possession or of some other legally recognized interest in property, whether to the obtainer or another; in relation to labor or services, to secure performance thereof; and in relation to a trade secret, to make any facsimile, replica, photograph, or other reproduction. See Utah Code 76-6-401 Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 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 an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. Plan: means the Utah Educational Savings Plan created in Section 53B-8a-103. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 Possess: means to have physical possession of or to exercise dominion or control over tangible property. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Poverty: means the state of a person who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions as demonstrated by the person's income level being at or below the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. See Utah Code 35A-9-102 Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. 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 Produce: means : (a)  the photographing, filming, taping, directing, producing, creating, designing, or composing of child sexual abuse material or vulnerable adult sexual abuse material; or (b)  the securing or hiring of persons to engage in the photographing, filming, taping, directing, producing, creating, designing, or composing of child sexual abuse material or vulnerable adult sexual abuse material. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Program: means the Education Savings Incentive Program created in Section 35A-9-603. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: means : (i)  any form of real property or tangible personal property which is capable of being damaged or destroyed and includes a habitable structure; and (ii)  the property of another, if anyone other than the actor has a possessory or proprietary interest in any portion of the property. See Utah Code 76-6-101 Property: means anything of value, including real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, captured or domestic animals and birds, written instruments or other writings representing or embodying rights concerning real or personal property, labor, services, or otherwise containing anything of value to the owner, commodities of a public utility nature such as telecommunications, gas, electricity, steam, or water, and trade secrets, meaning the whole or any portion of any scientific or technical information, design, process, procedure, formula, or invention which the owner intends to be available only to persons selected by the owner. See Utah Code 76-6-401 Public assistance: means : (a)  services or benefits provided under Chapter 3, Employment Support Act; (b)  medical assistance provided under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health Care - Administration and Assistance; (c)  foster care maintenance payments provided from the General Fund or under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act; (d)  SNAP benefits; and (e)  any other public funds expended for the benefit of a person in need of financial, medical, food, housing, or related assistance. See Utah Code 35A-1-102 Purpose to deprive: means to have the conscious object: (a)  to withhold property permanently or for so extended a period or to use under such circumstances that a substantial portion of its economic value, or of the use and benefit thereof, would be lost; (b)  to restore the property only upon payment of a reward or other compensation; or (c)  to dispose of the property under circumstances that make it unlikely that the owner will recover it. See Utah Code 76-6-401 Qualifying individual: means an individual who the department identifies as experiencing intergenerational poverty and who has not been disqualified from participating in the program for overclaiming a match in a previous year. See Utah Code 35A-9-601 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. Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Serious bodily injury: means bodily injury that creates or causes serious permanent disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or creates a substantial risk of death. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Sexually explicit conduct: means actual or simulated: (a)  sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; (b)  masturbation; (c)  bestiality; (d)  sadistic or masochistic activities; (e)  lascivious exhibition of the genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast of any person; (f)  the visual depiction of nudity or partial nudity for the purpose of causing sexual arousal of any person; (g)  the fondling or touching of the genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast; or (h)  the explicit representation of the defecation or urination functions. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Simulated sexually explicit conduct: means a feigned or pretended act of sexually explicit conduct which duplicates, within the perception of an average person, the appearance of an actual act of sexually explicit conduct. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Situational poverty: means temporary poverty that: (a)  is generally traceable to a specific incident or time period within the lifetime of a person; and (b)  is not continued to the next generation. See Utah Code 35A-9-102 Special district: means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in Section 17B-1-103, that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers described in: (a)  this chapter; or (b)  (i)  this chapter; and (ii)  (A)  1; (B)  2; (C)  3; (D)  4; (E)  5; (F)  6; (G)  7; (H)  8; (I)  9; (J)  10; or (K)  11. See Utah Code 17B-1-102 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Substantial bodily injury: means bodily injury, not amounting to serious bodily injury, that creates or causes protracted physical pain, temporary disfigurement, or temporary loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 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 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC Value: means : (i)  the market value of the property, if totally destroyed, at the time and place of the offense, or where cost of replacement exceeds the market value; or (ii)  where the market value cannot be ascertained, the cost of repairing or replacing the property within a reasonable time following the offense. See Utah Code 76-6-101 Vulnerable adult: is a s defined in Subsection 76-5-111(1). See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Vulnerable adult sexual abuse material: means any visual depiction, including any live performance, photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where: (a)  the production of the visual depiction involves the use of a vulnerable adult engaging in sexually explicit conduct; (b)  the visual depiction is of a vulnerable adult engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or (c)  the visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable vulnerable adult is engaging in sexually explicit conduct. See Utah Code 76-5b-103 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 written: includes any handwriting, typewriting, printing, electronic storage or transmission, or any other method of recording information or fixing information in a form capable of being preserved. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5