Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 38 > Part 4 - Finances

• 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
• 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
• Commission: means the Conservation Commission created in Section 4-18-104. See Utah Code 4-18-302
• Commission: means the Utah Horse Racing Commission created by this chapter. See Utah Code 4-38-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food or the commissioner's designee. See Utah Code 4-18-302
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Eligible entities: means public, governmental, and private entities, including:

  (a)	conservation districts;

  (b)	producers;

  (c)	groups of producers;

  (d)	producer groups;

  (e)	producer cooperatives;

  (f)	water conservancy districts;

  (g)	American Indian Tribes;

  (h)	nonprofit entities;

  (i)	academic or research institutions and subdivisions of these institutions;

  (j)	the United States or any corporation or agency created or designed by the United States; or

  (k)

  the state or any of the state's agencies or political subdivisions. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Environmental benefits: means benefits to natural and agricultural resources and human health, including: (a)  improved air quality; (b)  surface or ground water quality and quantity; (c)  improved soil health, including nutrient cycling, soil fertility, or drought resilience; (d)  reductions in agricultural inputs; (e)  carbon sequestration or climate resilience; (f)  increased biodiversity; or (g)  improved nutritional quality of agricultural products. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. 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. Farm: means the land, buildings, support facilities, and other equipment that are wholly or partially used for the commercial production of animals or animal products used for food. See Utah Code 4-4a-102 Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it. Incentives: means monetary incentives, including grants and loans, or non-monetary incentives, including equipment, technical assistance, educational materials, outreach, and market development assistance for market premiums or ecosystem services markets. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Land manager: means a manager of land where agricultural activities occur, including: (a)  a federal land manager; (b)  a lessee of federal, tribal, state, county, municipal, or private land where agricultural activities occur; or (c)  others as the department may determine. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Landowner: means an owner of record of federal, tribal, state, county, municipal, or private land where agricultural activities occur. See Utah Code 4-18-302 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 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 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 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Program: means the Utah Soil Health Program created in Section 4-18-303. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Research project: includes projects at experiment stations, on: (i)  lands owned by the United States or any corporation or agency created or designed by the United States; (ii)  lands owned by the state or any of the state's agencies or political subdivisions; or (iii)  private lands. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Soil health: means the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Soil health activities: means implementation of soil health practices, research projects, demonstration projects, or educational projects, or other activities the department finds necessary or appropriate to promote soil health. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Soil Health Advisory Committee: means the committee created in Section 4-18-306. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Soil health grant program: means the grant program authorized in Section 4-18-304. See Utah Code 4-18-302 Soil health practices: means those practices that may contribute to soil health, including: (a)  no-tillage; (b)  conservation tillage; (c)  crop rotations; (d)  intercropping; (e)  cover cropping; (f)  planned grazing; (g)  the application of soil amendments that add carbon or organic matter, including biosolids, manure, compost, or biochar; (h)  revegetation; or (i)  other practices the department determines contribute or have the potential to contribute to soil health. See Utah Code 4-18-302 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 Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held. United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Veteran: means an individual who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5