Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53B > Chapter 8c - Police Officer's and Firefighter's Survivor Tuition Act

• Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Board of canvassers: means the entities established by Sections 20A-4-301 and 20A-4-306 to canvass election returns. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Child: means an individual who:

  (a)	is a natural or adopted child of a deceased peace officer or deceased firefighter; and

  (b)

  was under the age of 25 at the time of the peace officer's or firefighter's death. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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. Fees: means general course fees, in addition to tuition, that are: (i)  imposed by a state institution of higher education; and (ii)  required to be paid by a student to engage in a course of study at the state institution of higher education. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 firefighter: means a member, including volunteer members and members paid on call, of a fire department or other organization that provides fire suppression and other fire-related services, of a political subdivision who is responsible for or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for the extinguishment of fires. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Initiative: means a new law proposed for adoption by the public as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-7-101 Initiative packet: means a copy of the initiative petition, a copy of the proposed law, and the signature sheets, all of which have been bound together as a unit. See Utah Code 20A-7-101 Killed: means that the peace officer's or firefighter's death is the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Line of duty: means an action that a peace officer or firefighter is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law, including a social, ceremonial, or athletic function that the peace officer or firefighter is assigned to or compensated for by the public agency being served. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Local clerk: means the county clerk, city recorder, or town clerk in whose jurisdiction a local initiative or referendum petition is circulated. See Utah Code 20A-7-101 Local legislative body: means the legislative body of a county, city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 20A-7-101 Occupational disease: means a disease that routinely constitutes a special hazard in, or is commonly regarded as concomitant of, the peace officer's or firefighter's occupation. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Official ballot: means the ballots distributed by the election officer for voters to record their votes. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 peace officer: means an employee of a law enforcement agency that is part of or administered by the state or any of its political subdivisions, and whose duties consist primarily of the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances of this state or any of its political subdivisions. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 qualified: means to take the oath of office and begin performing the duties of the position for which the individual was elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 institution of higher education: means those institutions designated in Section 53B-1-102. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Traumatic injury: means a wound or the condition of the body caused by external force, including an injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt object, or other physical blow, fire, smoke, chemical, electricity, climatic condition, infectious disease, radiation, or bacteria, but excluding an occupational disease. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Tuition: means tuition and fees at the rate charged for residents of the state. See Utah Code 53B-8c-102 Voter: means an individual who: (a)  meets the requirements for voting in an election; (b)  meets the requirements of election registration; (c)  is registered to vote; and (d)  is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102