Utah Code > Title 41 > Chapter 6a > Part 17 – Miscellaneous Rules
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- Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Administrative costs: means the costs of administering the initiative, including costs for staffing, rent, data processing, legal, finance, accounting, travel, maintenance, and office supplies. See Utah Code 79-2-601
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Agency: means a department, division, office, bureau, board, commission, or other administrative unit of the state. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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
- Authorized emergency vehicle: includes :
(a) fire department vehicles; (b) police vehicles; (c) ambulances; and (d) other publicly or privately owned vehicles as designated by the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 - Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Bicycle: includes an electric assisted bicycle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Board: means the Board of the Utah Geological Survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Compensatory mitigation: means avoiding, minimizing, rectifying, reducing, or eliminating impacts on sage grouse habitat by providing substitute sage grouse habitat through conservation projects or conservation banks. See Utah Code 79-2-502
- Conservation officer: is a s defined in Section 23-13-2. See Utah Code 79-2-102
- Conservation plan: means the current version of the "Conservation Plan for Greater Sage-grouse in Utah" developed by the state and approved by the governor. See Utah Code 79-2-502
- 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.
- County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Critical paleontological resources: means vertebrate fossils and other exceptional fossils that are designated state paleontological landmarks as provided for in Section 79-3-505. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Crosswalk: means :
(b) any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 - Curation: means :
(a) management and care of collections according to standard professional museum practice, which may include inventorying, accessioning, labeling, cataloging, identifying, evaluating, documenting, storing, maintaining, periodically inspecting, cleaning, stabilizing, conserving, exhibiting, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of original collections or reproductions; and (b) providing access to and facilities for studying collections. See Utah Code 79-3-102 - Curation facility: is a s defined in Section 53B-17-603. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Department: means the Department of Natural Resources created in Section 79-2-201. See Utah Code 79-1-102
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Director: means the director of the survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Director: means the director of the initiative who is appointed under Section 79-2-602. See Utah Code 79-2-601
- 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 Wildlife Resources created in Section 23-14-1. See Utah Code 79-2-601
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- 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.
- Excavate: means the recovery of critical paleontological resources. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Executive director: means the executive director of the department who is appointed under Section 79-2-202. See Utah Code 79-1-102
- 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.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Initiative: means the Watershed Restoration Initiative created in Section 79-2-602. See Utah Code 79-2-601
- Intersection: means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two or more highways that join one another. See Utah Code 41-6a-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.
- Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Law enforcement agency: means the same as that term is as defined in Section 53-1-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- 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
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Motor assisted scooter: means a self-propelled device with:
(i) at least two wheels in contact with the ground; (ii) a braking system capable of stopping the unit under typical operating conditions; (iii) an electric motor not exceeding 2,000 watts; (iv) either: (A) handlebars and a deck design for a person to stand while operating the device; or (B) handlebars and a seat designed for a person to sit, straddle, or stand while operating the device; (v) a design for the ability to be propelled by human power alone; and (vi) a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour on a paved level surface. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 - Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Museum: means the Utah Museum of Natural History. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Operate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Operator: means :
(a) a human driver, as defined in Section 41-26-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 - Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Paleontological resources: means remains of prehistoric life pertaining to the natural history of the state. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- 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.
- Peace officer: means a peace officer authorized under Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications, to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic laws. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Permanently disturb: means an action that disrupts the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years and includes all areas where the effects of the action could be expected to disrupt the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years. See Utah Code 79-2-502
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Person: means :
(a) an individual; (b) a corporation; (c) a limited liability company; (d) a partnership; (e) an association; (f) a trust; or (g) a voluntary organization. See Utah Code 79-2-502 - Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Program: means the Sage Grouse Compensatory Mitigation Program created under Section 79-2-504. See Utah Code 79-2-502
- 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.
- Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated on stationary rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-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.
- Restoration: means to assist the recovery of ecosystems and ecosystem services that have been mismanaged, degraded, or destroyed. See Utah Code 79-2-601
- Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Roadway: means that portion of highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Sage grouse: means the greater sage-grouse, or the species centrocercus urophasianus. See Utah Code 79-2-502
- School and institutional land grants: means the transfer of properties pursuant to Sections 6 and 8 of the Utah Enabling Act and Utah Constitution Article XX. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Semitrailer: means a vehicle with or without motive power:
(i) designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle; and (ii) constructed so that some part of its weight and that of its load rests on or is carried by another vehicle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 - Sidewalk: means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Site: means any paleontological deposit or other location that is the source of a specimen. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Species protection: means an action to protect a plant or animal species identified as:
(a) sensitive by the state; or (b) threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U. See Utah Code 79-2-102 - Specimen: means remains of a critical paleontological nature found on or below the surface of the earth. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- 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
- State Paleontological Register: means a register of paleontological sites and localities. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Survey: means the Utah Geological Survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic-control signal: means a device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Trailer: means a vehicle with or without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Truck: means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Volunteer: means a person who donates a service to the department or a division of the department without pay or other compensation. See Utah Code 79-2-102
- Watershed: means the geographical surface area that drains water into a stream, river, or other body of water. See Utah Code 79-2-601
- Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5