Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 39A > Chapter 1 - Administration

• Adjutant general: means the commanding general of the Utah National Guard as appointed by the governor under Section 39A-1-201. See Utah Code 39A-1-102
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Board of Pardons and Parole established under Section 77-27-2. See Utah Code 77-16a-101
• Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Correctional facility: means :

  (a)	a county jail;

  (b)	a secure correctional facility as defined by Section 64-13-1; or

  (c)

  a secure care facility as defined in Section 80-1-102. See Utah Code 77-16b-102 Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Utah Code 77-16a-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. Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 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. Forensic evaluator: means a licensed mental health professional who is: (a)  not involved in the defendant's treatment; and (b)  trained and qualified to conduct a guilty with a mental condition evaluation. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Mental condition: means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 Mental health facility: means the Utah State Hospital or other facility that provides mental health services under contract with the division, a local mental health authority, or organization that contracts with a local mental health authority. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 Mental health supervision: includes regular and periodic activities including: (a)  the review of a defendant's assessment, diagnostic formulation, individual service plan development, and progress toward completion of care; and (b)  identification of barriers to a defendant's care, assistance in removing barriers to a defendant's care, continuation of services to a defendant, authorization of care for a defendant, and the observation of the delivery of clinical care to a defendant. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 National Guard: means the Utah National Guard created in Section 39A-3-101 and in accordance with Utah Constitution Article XV. See Utah Code 39A-1-102 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. Offender with a mental condition: means an individual who has been adjudicated guilty with a mental condition. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court. Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Project area: means the geographic area described in a project area plan within which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Project area development: means activity within a project area that, as determined by the board, encourages, promotes, or provides development or redevelopment for the purpose of implementing a project area plan, including: (a)  promoting, creating, or retaining public or private jobs within the state or a community; (b)  providing office, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, parking, or other facilities or improvements; (c)  planning, designing, demolishing, clearing, constructing, rehabilitating, or remediating environmental issues; (d)  providing residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or spaces, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant to the structures or spaces; (e)  altering, improving, modernizing, demolishing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating existing structures; (f)  providing open space, including streets or other public grounds or space around buildings; (g)  providing public or private buildings, infrastructure, structures, or improvements; (h)  relocating a business; (i)  improving public or private recreation areas or other public grounds; (j)  eliminating a development impediment or the causes of a development impediment; (k)  redevelopment as defined under the law in effect before May 1, 2006; or (l)  any activity described in this Subsection (48) outside of a project area that the board determines to be a benefit to the project area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Project area plan: means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and controls the project area development. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Public entity: means : (a)  the United States, including an agency of the United States; (b)  the state, including any of the state's departments or agencies; or (c)  a political subdivision of the state, including a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, community reinvestment agency, or interlocal cooperation entity. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Secure setting: means a jail, prison, or locked inpatient medical facility approved by the department. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 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 Tax increment: means the difference between: (i)  the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and (ii)  the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. UDC: means the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 77-16a-101 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge. Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5