Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 40 > Chapter 1 - Mining Claims

• 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.
• Affordable housing: means housing owned or occupied by a low or moderate income family, as determined by resolution of the agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Agency-wide project development: means activity within the agency's boundaries that, as determined by the board, encourages, promotes, or provides development or redevelopment for the purpose of achieving the results described in an implementation plan, including affordable housing. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
• 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.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Budget hearing: means the public hearing on a proposed project area budget required under Subsection 17C-2-201(2)(d) for an urban renewal project area budget, Subsection 17C-3-201(2)(d) for an economic development project area budget, or Subsection 17C-5-302(2)(e) for a community reinvestment project area budget. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Certified tax rate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001
• Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Community reinvestment project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• 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.
• Development impediment: means a condition of an area that meets the requirements described in Section 17C-2-303 for an urban renewal project area or Section 17C-5-405 for a community reinvestment project area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Development impediment hearing: means a public hearing regarding whether a development impediment exists within a proposed:

  (a)	urban renewal project area under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(i)(C) and Section 17C-2-302; or

  (b)

  community reinvestment project area under Section 17C-5-404. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. 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. Family: means the same as that term is defined in regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24 C. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Implementation plan: means a plan adopted in accordance with Section 17C-1-1004 that: (a)  describes how the agency uses property tax revenue; and (b)  guides and controls agency-wide project development. See Utah Code 17C-1-1001 Incremental value: means a figure derived by multiplying the marginal value of the property located within a project area on which tax increment is collected by a number that represents the adjusted tax increment from that project area that is paid to the agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township as defined in Section 10-2a-403. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Participant: means one or more persons that enter into a participation agreement with an agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Participation agreement: means a written agreement between a person and an agency that: (a)  includes a description of: (i)  the project area development that the person will undertake; (ii)  the amount of project area funds the person may receive; and (iii)  the terms and conditions under which the person may receive project area funds; and (b)  is approved by resolution of the board. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 hearing: means the public hearing on a proposed project area plan required under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(vi) for an urban renewal project area plan, Subsection 17C-3-102(1)(d) for an economic development project area plan, Subsection 17C-4-102(1)(d) for a community development project area plan, or Subsection 17C-5-104(3)(e) for a community reinvestment project area plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 budget: means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a project area prepared in accordance with: (a)  for an urban renewal project area, Section 17C-2-201; (b)  for an economic development project area, Section 17C-3-201; (c)  for a community development project area, Section 17C-4-204; or (d)  for a community reinvestment project area, Section 17C-5-302. 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 funds: means tax increment or sales and use tax revenue that an agency receives under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal agreement. 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 Property tax: includes a privilege tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege Tax. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 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 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. record owner of property: means the owner of real property, as shown on the records of the county in which the property is located, to whom the property's tax notice is sent. See Utah Code 17C-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 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 Taxable value: means : (a)  the taxable value of all real property a county assessor assesses in accordance with 3, for the current year; (b)  the taxable value of all real and personal property the commission assesses in accordance with 2, for the current year; and (c)  the year end taxable value of all personal property a county assessor assesses in accordance with 3, contained on the prior year's tax rolls of the taxing entity. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Taxing entity: means a public entity that: (a)  levies a tax on property located within a project area; or (b)  imposes a sales and use tax under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 Taxing entity committee: means a committee representing the interests of taxing entities, created in accordance with Section 17C-1-402. See Utah Code 17C-1-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5