Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 59 > Chapter 22 - Model Tobacco Settlement Act

• Affiliate: means a person who directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person. See Utah Code 59-22-202
• Allocable share: means Allocable Share as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement. See Utah Code 59-22-202
• 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.
• Amendment: means an endorsement to an insurance policy or certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• board of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:

  (a)	an insured under a group insurance policy; or

  (b)

  a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 cigarette: includes "roll-your-own" (i. See Utah Code 59-22-202 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. Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to: (i)  a corporation doing business: (A)  as: (I)  an insurance producer; (II)  a surplus lines producer; (III)  a limited line producer; (IV)  a consultant; (V)  a managing general agent; (VI)  a reinsurance intermediary; (VII)  a third party administrator; or (VIII)  an adjuster; and (B)  under: (I)  Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries; (II)  Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or (III)  Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or (ii)  a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. 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. Filed: means that a filing is: (i)  submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order; (ii)  received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and (iii)  accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with: (A)  Section 31A-3-103; or (B)  rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including: (a)  a policy; (b)  a rate; (c)  a form; (d)  a document; (e)  a plan; (f)  a manual; (g)  an application; (h)  a report; (i)  a certificate; (j)  an endorsement; (k)  an actuarial certification; (l)  a licensee annual statement; (m)  a licensee renewal application; (n)  an advertisement; (o)  a binder; or (p)  an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insurance: includes : (i)  a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind; (ii)  a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and (iii)  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Liability insurance: includes : (i)  vehicle liability insurance; (ii)  residential dwelling liability insurance; and (iii)  making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Master Settlement Agreement: means the settlement agreement (and related documents) entered into on November 23, 1998, by the State and leading United States tobacco product manufacturers. See Utah Code 59-22-202 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. 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 an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other organization or group of persons. See Utah Code 59-22-202 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Released claims: means Released Claims as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement. See Utah Code 59-22-202 Releasing parties: means Releasing Parties as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement. See Utah Code 59-22-202 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. 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 Tobacco product manufacturer: means an entity that after the date of enactment of this Act directly (and not exclusively through any affiliate): (i)  manufactures cigarettes anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in the United States, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer (except where such importer is an original participating manufacturer (as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement) that will be responsible for the payments under the Master Settlement Agreement with respect to such cigarettes as a result of the provisions of Subsection II(mm) of the Master Settlement Agreement and that pays the taxes specified in Subsection II(z) of the Master Settlement Agreement, and provided that the manufacturer of such cigarettes does not market or advertise such cigarettes in the United States); (ii)  is the first purchaser anywhere for resale in the United States of cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the manufacturer does not intend to be sold in the United States; or (iii)  becomes a successor of an entity described in Subsection (9)(a)(i) or (ii). See Utah Code 59-22-202 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Units sold: means the number of individual cigarettes sold in the State by the applicable tobacco product manufacturer (whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar intermediary or intermediaries) during the year in question, as measured by excise taxes collected by the State on packs (or "roll-your-own" tobacco containers). See Utah Code 59-22-202 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5