§ 4-23-101 Title
§ 4-23-102 Purpose declaration
§ 4-23-103 Definitions
§ 4-23-104 Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created — Composition — Appointment — Terms — Vacancies — Compensation
§ 4-23-105 Board responsibilities — Damage prevention policy — Rules — Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals
§ 4-23-106 Department to issue licenses and permits — Department to issue aircraft use permits — Aerial hunting
§ 4-23-106 v2 Department to issue licenses and permits — Department to issue aircraft use permits — Aerial hunting
§ 4-23-107 Annual fees on sheep, goats, cattle, and turkeys — Determination by board — Collection methods
§ 4-23-108 Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account
§ 4-23-109 Proceeds of sheep fee — Refund of sheep fees — Annual audit of books, records, and accounts
§ 4-23-110 Applicability of chapter
§ 4-23-111 Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited — Penalty

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act

  • Account holder: means a person who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a social media company's platform. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Addiction: means use of a social media platform that:
    (a) indicates the user's substantial preoccupation or obsession with, or the user's substantial difficulty to cease or reduce use of, the social media platform; and
    (b) causes physical, mental, emotional, developmental, or material harms to the user. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Administrative functions: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-6b-102. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Advertiser: means a person who advertises the person's product, service, or website through the use of commercial email. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • 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.
  • Agent: means a person who is authorized to act on behalf of an owner with respect to a digital asset. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • Agreement: means an agreement between:
    (a) a motorboat dealer; and
    (b) 
    (i) a manufacturer; or
    (ii) a distributor. See Utah Code 13-58-102
  • Agreement administrator: means a person who provides administrative functions related to a vehicle value protection agreement. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Agricultural crops: means any product of cultivation;
  • (2) "Board" means the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board;
    (3) "Bounty" means the monetary compensation paid to persons for the harvest of predatory or depredating animals;
    (4) "Damage" means any injury or loss to livestock, poultry, agricultural crops, or wildlife inflicted by predatory or depredating animals or depredating birds;
    (5) "Depredating animal" means a field mouse, gopher, ground squirrel, jack rabbit, raccoon, or prairie dog;
    (6) "Depredating bird" means a Brewer's blackbird or starling;
    (7) "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, and swine;
    (8) "Predatory animal" means any coyote; and
    (9) "Wildlife" means any form of animal life generally living in a state of nature, except a predatory animal or a depredating animal or bird. See Utah Code 4-23-103
  • Agricultural use: means a use that relates to the tilling of soil and raising of crops, or keeping or raising domestic animals. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Agriculture: means the science and art of the production of plants and animals useful to man, including the preparation of plants and animals for human use and disposal by marketing or otherwise. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Appropriation: means an allocation of money for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Approved code: means a code, including the standards and specifications contained in the code, approved by the division under Section 15A-1-204 for use by a compliance agency. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • 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.
  • Automatic renewal provision: means a provision under which a service contract is renewed for one or more specified periods if:
    (a) the renewal causes the service contract to be in effect more than six months after the day of the initiation of the service contract; and
    (b) the renewal is effective unless the consumer gives notice to the seller of the consumer's intention to terminate the service contract. See Utah Code 15-10-102
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Biological sample: means any human material known to contain DNA, including tissue, blood, urine, or saliva. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Board: means the Utah Fire Prevention Board created in Section 53-7-203. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
  • Budget: means a plan for financial operations for a fiscal period, embodying estimates for proposed expenditures for given purposes and the means of financing the expenditures. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Budget period: means the fiscal period for which a budget is prepared. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Budgetary fund: means a fund for which a budget is required, such as those described in Section 17-36-8. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Building: means a structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy and any improvements attached to it. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Business entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity or association used to carry on a business for profit. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Career service position: means any position in the county service except those exempted under Section 17-33-8. See Utah Code 17-33-2
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Client: means a person who receives services from or enters into an agreement to receive services from an immigration consultant. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Code: means :
    (a) the State Construction Code; or
    (b) an approved code. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Commercial email: means an email used primarily to:
    (a) advertise or promote a commercial website, product, or service; or
    (b) solicit money, property, or personal information. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Commission: means the Uniform Building Code Commission created in Section 15A-1-203. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • company: means an entity that:
    (a) offers consumer genetic testing products or services directly to consumers; or
    (b) collects, uses, or analyzes genetic data that a consumer provides to the entity. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Compensation: means anything of economic value that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a person for or in consideration of:
    (a) services;
    (b) personal or real property; or
    (c) another thing of value. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Compliance agency: means :
    (a) an agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions which issues permits for construction regulated under the codes;
    (b) any other agency of the state or its political subdivisions specifically empowered to enforce compliance with the codes; or
    (c) any other state agency which chooses to enforce codes adopted under this chapter by authority given the agency under a title other than this part and 3. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Construction code: means standards and specifications published by a nationally recognized code authority for use in circumstances described in Subsection 15A-1-204(1), including:
    (a) a building code;
    (b) an electrical code;
    (c) a residential one and two family dwelling code;
    (d) a plumbing code;
    (e) a mechanical code;
    (f) a fuel gas code;
    (g) an energy conservation code;
    (h) a swimming pool and spa code; and
    (i) a manufactured housing installation standard code. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Consumer: includes a representative of an association subject to:
    (i) Title 57, Chapter 8, Condominium Ownership Act; or
    (ii) Title 57, Chapter 8a, Community Association Act. See Utah Code 15-10-102
  • Consumer: means an individual who is a resident of the state. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Consumer: means an individual who is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Consumer reporting agency: means a person who, for fees, dues, or on a cooperative basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or other information for the purpose of furnishing a credit report to another person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Consumer who is subject to a protected consumer security freeze: means an individual:
    (a) for whom a credit reporting agency placed a security freeze under Section 13-45-503; and
    (b) who, on the day on which a request for the removal of the security freeze is submitted under Section 13-45-504, is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Control: means :
    (a) an owner or an agent has the exclusive legal authority to conduct a transaction relating to the digital asset, including by means of a private key or the use of a multi-signature arrangement the owner or agent authorizes; or
    (b) a secured party has created a smart contract which gives the secured party exclusive legal authority to conduct a transaction relating to a digital security. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • 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.
  • Council: means the career service council, a three-member appeals and personnel advisory board. See Utah Code 17-33-2
  • County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County general fund: means the general fund used by a county. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Countywide service: means a service provided in both incorporated and unincorporated areas of a county. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Covered vehicle: means a vehicle that is covered under a vehicle value protection agreement. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • 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
  • Credit report: means a consumer report, as defined in 15 U. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Current period: means the fiscal period in which a budget is prepared and adopted. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Customer: means a person who, for primarily personal, family, or household purposes:
    (a) purchases a residential solar energy system under a system purchase agreement;
    (b) leases a residential solar energy system under a system lease agreement; or
    (c) purchases electricity under a power purchase agreement. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • 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.
  • Deidentified data: means data that:
    (a) cannot reasonably be linked to an identifiable individual; and
    (b) possessed by a company that:
    (i) takes administrative and technical measures to ensure that the data cannot be associated with a particular consumer;
    (ii) makes a public commitment to maintain and use data in deidentified form and not attempt to reidentify data; and
    (iii) enters into legally enforceable contractual obligation that prohibits a recipient of the data from attempting to reidentify the data. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-47-102
  • Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Department: means any functional unit within a fund which carries on a specific activity. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Digital asset: includes :
    (i) a digital user asset; or
    (ii) a digital security. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • Digital security: means a digital asset which constitutes a security, as that term is defined in Section 70A-8-101. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • Digital user asset: includes an open blockchain token. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • Director: means the director of the Division of Consumer Protection created in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Director: means the director of personnel management. See Utah Code 17-33-2
  • Director: means the director of the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distributor: means a person who:
    (a) has an agreement with a manufacturer of motorboats to distribute motorboats within this state; and
    (b) in whole or in part sells or distributes motorboats to motorboat dealers. See Utah Code 13-58-102
  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection created in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection established in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103, except as provided in:
    (a) 4; and
    (b) Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection in the department. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection, established in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce established in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • DNA: means deoxyribonucleic acid. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • DNA: means :
    (a) deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid, and chromosomes, which may be analyzed to detect heritable diseases or conditions, including the identification of carriers, predicting risk of disease, or establishing a clinical diagnosis; or
    (b) proteins, enzymes, or other molecules associated with a genetic process, which may be modified, replaced in part or whole, superseded, or bypassed in function by a health or medical procedure. See Utah Code 13-60-203
  • Domain name: means any alphanumeric designation that is registered with or assigned by any domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority as part of an electronic address on the Internet. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Domesticated elk: means elk of the genus and species cervus elaphus, held in captivity and domestically raised for commercial purposes. See Utah Code 4-39-102
  • Domesticated elk facility: includes an elk ranch. See Utah Code 4-39-102
  • Educational entity: means a public school, an LEA, a charter school, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, a private school, a denominational school, a parochial school, a community college, a state college, a state university, or a nonprofit private postsecondary educational institution. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Electronic mail service provider: means a company or a service that provides routing, relaying, handling, storage, or support for email addresses and email inboxes. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Elk ranch: means a facility where domesticated elk are harvested through typical hunting methods. See Utah Code 4-39-102
  • Employee: means an individual:
    (a) who is hired to perform services in Utah; and
    (b) to whom a private employer provides a federal form required for federal taxation purposes to report income paid to the individual for the services performed. See Utah Code 13-47-102
  • Employer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 34A-2-103. See Utah Code 13-60-203
  • Encumbrance system: means a method of budgetary control where part of an appropriation is reserved to cover a specific expenditure by charging obligations, such as purchase orders, contracts, or salary commitments to an appropriation account. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Enrollee: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 13-59-102
  • 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
  • Estimated revenue: means any revenue estimated to be received during the budget period in any fund for which a budget is prepared. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • 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: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:
    (a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; and
    (b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Express consent: means a consumer's affirmative response to a clear, meaningful, and prominent notice regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of genetic data for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Factory built housing: means a manufactured home or mobile home. See Utah Code 15A-1-302
  • 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.
  • File: is a s defined in 15 U. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Finance agreement: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-6b-102. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Finance officer: means :
    (a) the county auditor or the person selected to provide accounting services for the county in accordance with Section 17-19a-205; or
    (b) notwithstanding Subsection (13)(a), for the purposes of preparing a tentative budget in a county operating under a county executive-council form of county government, the county executive. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Fiscal period: means the annual or biennial period for recording county fiscal operations. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fund: means the Transportation Network Vehicle Recovery Fund created in Subsection (2). See Utah Code 13-51-201
  • Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity comprised of a sum of money or other resources segregated for a specific purpose or objective. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Fund balance: means the excess of the assets over liabilities, reserves, and contributions, as reflected by its books of account. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Genetic data: includes :
    (i) raw sequence data that result from sequencing all or a portion of a consumer's extracted DNA;
    (ii) genotypic and phenotypic information obtained from analyzing a consumer's raw sequence data; and
    (iii) self-reported health information regarding a consumer's health conditions that the consumer provides to a company that the company:
    (A) uses for scientific research or product development; and
    (B) analyzes in connection with the consumer's raw sequence data. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Genetic procedure: means any therapy, treatment, or medical procedure that is intended to:
    (a) add, remove, alter, activate, change, or cause mutation in an individual's inherited DNA; or
    (b) replace, supersede, or bypass a normal DNA function. See Utah Code 13-60-203
  • genetic test: means the testing, detection, or analysis of an identifiable individual's DNA that results in information that is derived from the presence, absence, alteration, or mutation of an inherited gene or genes, or the presence or absence of a specific DNA marker or markers. See Utah Code 13-60-203
  • Genetic testing: means :
    (a) a laboratory test of a consumer's complete DNA, regions of DNA, chromosomes, genes, or gene products to determine the presence of genetic characteristics of the consumer; or
    (b) an interpretation of a consumer's genetic data. See Utah Code 13-60-102
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
  • Header information: means information attached to an email, including:
    (a) the originating domain name;
    (b) the originating email address;
    (c) the destination;
    (d) the routing information; and
    (e) any other information that appears in the header line identifying, or purporting to identify, a person initiating the message. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Health benefit plan: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 13-59-102
  • Health care insurance: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 13-60-203
  • Health care provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Health care provider: means a person licensed to provide health care under:
    (a) 2; or
    (b) Title 58, Occupations and Professions. See Utah Code 13-59-102
  • HUD Code: means the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, 42 U. See Utah Code 15A-1-302
  • Immigration consultant: means an individual who provides nonlegal assistance or advice on an immigration matter including:
    (a) completing a document provided by a federal or state agency, but not advising a person as to the person's answers on the document;
    (b) translating a person's answer to a question posed in a document provided by a federal or state agency;
    (c) securing for a person supporting documents, such as a birth certificate, that may be necessary to complete a document provided by a federal or state agency;
    (d) submitting a completed document on a person's behalf and at the person's request to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; or
    (e) for valuable consideration, referring a person to a person who could undertake legal representation activities in an immigration matter. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Immigration matter: means a proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or citizenship status of a person that arises under:
    (a) immigration and naturalization law;
    (b) executive order or presidential proclamation; or
    (c) action of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of State, or the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Individual: means a person who:
    (a) resides in this state; and
    (b) has or may have a pending legal action in this state. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Initiate: means an act of:
    (a) originating, transmitting, or sending commercial email; or
    (b) promising, paying, or providing other consideration for another person to originate, transmit, or send a commercial email. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Initiator: means a person who:
    (i) originates, transmits, or sends commercial email; or
    (ii) promises, pays, or provides other consideration for another person to originate, transmit, or send a commercial email. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insurer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Interactive computer service: includes :
    (i) a web service;
    (ii) a web system;
    (iii) a website;
    (iv) a web application; or
    (v) a web portal. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interfund loan: means a loan of cash from one fund to another, subject to future repayment. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • 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
  • Last completed fiscal period: means the fiscal period next preceding the current period. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • 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
  • Legal funding: means a payment of $500,000 or less to an individual in exchange for the right to receive an amount out of the potential proceeds of any realized settlement, judgment, award, or verdict the individual may receive in a civil legal action. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
    (a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
    (b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Legislative action: includes legislation that:
    (a) adopts a new State Construction Code;
    (b) amends the State Construction Code; or
    (c) repeals one or more provisions of the State Construction Code. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Local regulator: means a political subdivision of the state that is empowered to engage in the regulation of construction, alteration, remodeling, building, repair, and other activities subject to the codes. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Local regulator: is a s defined in Section 15A-1-202. See Utah Code 15A-1-302
  • Maintenance funding agreement: means an agreement between an individual and a maintenance funding provider under which the maintenance funding provider provides legal funding to the individual. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Maintenance funding provider: means a business entity that engages in the business of legal funding. See Utah Code 13-57-102
  • Manufactured home: means a transportable factory built housing unit constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the HUD Code, in one or more sections, that:
    (a) in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 400 or more square feet; and
    (b) is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems. See Utah Code 15A-1-302
  • Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of constructing, manufacturing, assembling, producing, or importing new motorboats for the purpose of sale or trade. See Utah Code 13-58-102
  • Membrane-covered frame structure: means a nonpressurized building with a structure composed of a rigid framework to support a tensioned membrane that provides a weather barrier. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Merit system: means a system of personnel administration based on the principles set forth in Section 17-33-3. See Utah Code 17-33-2
  • Minor: means an individual who is under the age of 18 and:
    (a) has not been emancipated as that term is defined in Section 80-7-102; or
    (b) has not been married. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Mobile home: means a transportable factory built housing unit built before June 15, 1976, in accordance with a state mobile home code which existed prior to the HUD Code. See Utah Code 15A-1-302
  • Modular unit: means a structure:
    (a) built from sections that are manufactured in accordance with the State Construction Code and transported to a building site; and
    (b) the purpose of which is for human habitation, occupancy, or use. See Utah Code 15A-1-302
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Motorboat: means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2. See Utah Code 13-58-102
  • Motorboat dealer: means a person who:
    (a) is engaged in the business of buying, selling, offering for sale, or exchanging new motorboats either outright or on conditional sale, bailment, lease, chattel mortgage, or otherwise; and
    (b) has established in this state a place of business for the sale, lease, trade, or display of new motorboats. See Utah Code 13-58-102
  • Multi-signature arrangement: means a system of access control relating to a digital asset for the purposes of preventing unauthorized transactions relating to the asset, in which two or more private keys are required to conduct a transaction. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • Municipal service: means a service not provided on a countywide basis and not accounted for in an enterprise fund, and includes police patrol, fire protection, culinary or irrigation water retail service, water conservation, local parks, sewers, sewage treatment and disposal, cemeteries, garbage and refuse collection, street lighting, airports, planning and zoning, local streets and roads, curb, gutter, and sidewalk maintenance, and ambulance service. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Not for human occupancy: means use of a structure for purposes other than protection or comfort of human beings, but allows people to enter the structure for:
    (a) maintenance and repair; and
    (b) the care of livestock, crops, or equipment intended for agricultural use which are kept there. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • 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.
  • Organization: means a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • 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 a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • 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.
  • Position classification: means a grouping of positions under the same title which are sufficiently similar to be compensated at the same salary range and to which the same tests of ability can be applied. See Utah Code 17-33-2
  • Post: means content that an account holder makes available on a social media platform for other account holders or users to view. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Power purchase agreement: means an agreement:
    (a) between a customer and a solar retailer;
    (b) for the customer's purchase of electricity generated by a residential solar energy system owned by the solar retailer; and
    (c) that provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five years. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • Preliminary period: means a time period that:
    (a) begins the day on which the vehicle value protection agreement becomes effective; and
    (b) ends the last day on which the purchaser may cancel the vehicle value protection agreement with a full refund. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • private employer: means a person who for federal taxation purposes is required to provide a federal form:
    (i) to an individual who performs services for the person in Utah; and
    (ii) to report income paid to the individual who performs the services. See Utah Code 13-47-102
  • Private genetic information: means any information about an identifiable individual that:
    (i) is derived from:
    (A) the presence, absence, alteration, or mutation of an inherited gene or genes; or
    (B) the presence or absence of a specific DNA marker or markers; and
    (ii) has been obtained:
    (A) from a genetic test or analysis of the individual's DNA;
    (B) from a genetic test or analysis of the DNA of a blood relative of the individual; or
    (C) from a genetic procedure. See Utah Code 13-60-203
  • Private key: means a unique element of cryptographic data, which is:
    (a) held by a person;
    (b) paired with a unique, publicly available element of cryptographic data; and
    (c) associated with an algorithm that is necessary to carry out an encryption or decryption required to execute a transaction. See Utah Code 13-62-101
  • 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
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Protected consumer: means an individual who, at the time a request for a security freeze is made, is:
    (a) less than 16 years of age;
    (b) an incapacitated person; or
    (c) a protected person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Provider: means a person who is obligated to provide a benefit to another person under a vehicle value protection agreement. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Purchaser: means a person who purchases a benefit from another person under a vehicle value protection agreement. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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.
  • Rebate: means :
    (a) any allowance or discount against charged fees; or
    (b) payment of any form of compensation, except for an item of nominal value, to:
    (i) an insured; or
    (ii) a person directly or indirectly associated with a residential building. See Utah Code 13-50-102
  • Recipient: means an addressee of an unsolicited email. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Record: means a compilation of information that:
    (a) identifies a protected consumer;
    (b) is created by a consumer reporting agency solely for the purpose of complying with this section; and
    (c) may not be created or used to consider the protected consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remote yurt: means a membrane-covered frame structure that:
    (a) is no larger than 710 square feet;
    (b) is not used as a permanent residence;
    (c) is located in an unincorporated county area that is not zoned for residential, commercial, industrial, or agricultural use;
    (d) does not have plumbing or electricity;
    (e) is set back at least 300 feet from any river, stream, lake, or other body of water; and
    (f) is registered with the local health department. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Repair work: means any work done to siding, gutters, a roof system, or a window system to repair damage caused by wind or hail. See Utah Code 13-50-102
  • Representative: means a person who provides to a consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Residential building: means a single or multiple family dwelling of up to four units. See Utah Code 13-50-102
  • Residential contractor: means a person that, for compensation, other than wages as an employee, contracts or offers to contract to:
    (a) perform repair work on a residential building;
    (b) arrange for, manage, or process repair work on a residential building; or
    (c) serve as a representative, agent, or assignee of the owner or possessor of a residential building for purposes of repair work on the residential building. See Utah Code 13-50-102
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Retained earnings: means that part of the net earnings retained by an enterprise or internal service fund which is not segregated or reserved for any specific purpose. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Source: OCC
  • Roof system: includes roof coverings, roof sheathing, roof weatherproofing, roof framing, roof ventilation, and roof insulation. See Utah Code 13-50-102
  • Routine conveyance: means an Internet service provider's or email provider's automatic electronic mail message processes, including routing, relaying, handling, or storing through an automatic technical process, for which a person other than the Internet service provider or email provider has identified the electronic mail message recipients and provided the recipients' addresses. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Security: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • security freeze: means :
    (1) if a consumer reporting agency does not have a file that pertains to a protected consumer, a restriction that:
    (a) is placed on the protected consumer's record in accordance with this part; and
    (b) except as otherwise provided in this part, prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing the protected consumer's record; or
    (2) if a consumer reporting agency has a file that pertains to the protected consumer, a restriction that:
    (a) is placed on the protected consumer's credit report in accordance with this part; and
    (b) except as otherwise provided in this part, prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing the protected consumer's credit report or any information derived from the protected consumer's credit report. See Utah Code 13-45-502
  • Seller: means a person providing service, maintenance, or repair under a service contract. See Utah Code 15-10-102
  • Service contract: means a contract for service, maintenance, or repair:
    (i) in connection with real property; or
    (ii) that provides a benefit to the real property. See Utah Code 15-10-102
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Social media company: means a person or entity that:
    (a) provides a social media platform that has at least 5,000,000 account holders worldwide; and
    (b) is an interactive computer service. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Social media platform: means an online forum that a social media company makes available for an account holder to:
    (i) create a profile;
    (ii) upload posts;
    (iii) view the posts of other account holders; and
    (iv) interact with other account holders or users. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Solar agreement: means a system purchase agreement, a system lease agreement, or a power purchase agreement. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • Solar energy system: means a system or configuration of solar energy devices that collects and uses solar energy to generate electricity. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • Solar retailer: means a person who:
    (a) sells or proposes to sell a residential solar energy system to a customer under a system purchase agreement;
    (b) owns the residential solar energy system that is the subject of a system lease agreement or proposed system lease agreement; or
    (c) sells or proposes to sell electricity to a customer under a power purchase agreement. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • Special fund: means any fund other than the county general fund, such as those described in Section 17-36-6. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • 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 Construction Code: means the State Construction Code adopted by:
    (a) Chapter 2, Adoption of State Construction Code;
    (b) Chapter 2a, Tall Wood Buildings of Mass Timber Construction Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code;
    (c) Chapter 3, Statewide Amendments Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code;
    (d) Chapter 4, Local Amendments Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code; and
    (e) Chapter 6, Additional Construction Requirements. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
  • State Fire Code: means the State Fire Code adopted by Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
  • State regulator: means an agency of the state which is empowered to engage in the regulation of construction, alteration, remodeling, building, repair, and other activities subject to the codes adopted pursuant to this chapter. See Utah Code 15A-1-202
  • Status verification system: includes :
    (i) the electronic verification of the work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 8 U. See Utah Code 13-47-102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • System lease agreement: means an agreement:
    (a) under which a customer leases a residential solar energy system from a solar retailer; and
    (b) that provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five years for the lease of the residential solar energy system. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • System purchase agreement: means an agreement under which a customer purchases a residential solar energy system from a solar retailer. See Utah Code 13-52-102
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Unappropriated surplus: means that part of a fund which is not appropriated for an ensuing budget period. See Utah Code 17-36-3
  • 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
  • Unsolicited commercial email: means a commercial email sent by an advertiser to a recipient that:
    (a) has not provided direct consent to the advertiser to receive the commercial email; and
    (b) does not have a preexisting or current relationship with the advertiser. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • User: means a person who has access to view all, or some of, the posts on a social media platform, but is not an account holder. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Utah account holder: includes a Utah minor account holder. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Utah email address: means an email address that is:
    (a) provided by an electronic mail service provider that sends bills for providing and maintaining that email address to a mailing address in this state;
    (b) ordinarily accessed from a computer located in this state; or
    (c) provided to an individual who is currently a resident of this state. See Utah Code 13-65-101
  • Utah minor account holder: means a Utah account holder who is a minor. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Utah resident: means an individual who currently resides in Utah. See Utah Code 13-63-101
  • Vehicle: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-6b-102. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Vehicle value protection agreement: includes :
    (i) a vehicle trade-in agreement;
    (ii) a vehicle diminished value agreement;
    (iii) a vehicle cash down payment protection agreement; and
    (iv) a vehicle depreciation benefit agreement. See Utah Code 13-64-101
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Veteran: means an individual who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5