Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 32a > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Beneficial substances or compounds: means a substance or compound other than primary, secondary, and micro plant nutrients that can be demonstrated by scientific research to be beneficial to one or more species of plants when applied exogenously. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Blender: means a person engaged in the business of blending or mixing fertilizer, soil amendments, or both. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Custom blend: means a fertilizer blended according to specification provided to a blender in a soil test nutrient recommendation or to meet the specific consumer request before blending. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Distribute: means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix, blend, or to offer for sale, sell, barter, or supply fertilizer or soil amendments in the state. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• 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.
• Fertilizer: means a substance that contains one or more recognized plant nutrients that is used for the substance's plant nutrient content and is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, exclusive of unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes, gypsum, and other products exempted by rule. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Fertilizer material: means a fertilizer that contains:

  (a)	quantities of no more than one of the primary plant nutrients, nitrogen (N), phosphate (P2O5), Potash (K2O);

  (b)	85% plant nutrients in the form of a single chemical compound; or

  (c)

  plant or animal residues or by-products, or a natural material deposit that is processed so that its primary plant nutrients have not been materially changed, except through purification and concentration. See Utah Code 4-13-102 Grade: means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphate and soluble potash stated in the same terms, order, and percentages as in the guaranteed analysis. See Utah Code 4-13-102 Guaranteed analysis: means the minimum percentage by weight of plant nutrients claimed in the following order and form: Total Nitrogen (N) ____ percent. See Utah Code 4-13-102 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. 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