Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53G > Chapter 6 > Part 10 - Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Activities

• 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.
• Athletic association: means an association, as that term is defined in Section 53G-7-1101. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Birth certificate: means an official record of an individual's date of birth, place of birth, sex, and parentage, including a supplementary certificate of birth or birth certificate amendment and amendment history as provided in Sections 26-2-10 and 26-2-11. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• Commission: means the School Activity Eligibility Commission created in Section 53G-6-1003. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Does not correspond with the sex designation: means that a student's sex designation for an interscholastic activity in which a student seeks participation does not correspond with the sex designation on the student's birth certificate or an amendment, including the amendment history, to the student's birth certificate that the Division of Vital Records and Statistics provides. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• 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.
• Gender identity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 34A-5-102. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• Gender-designated: means that an interscholastic activity or facility is designated specifically for female or male students. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• Interscholastic activity: means an activity in which a student represents the student's school in the activity in competition against another school. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• 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.
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• 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
• Student: means a student who is enrolled in a public school that participates in interscholastic activities. See Utah Code 53G-6-1001
• Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5