Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63A > Chapter 1 - Department of Government Operations

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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
• 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 Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
• 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 Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Rate: means that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as: (i)  a single number; or (ii)  as a pure premium rate, adjusted before any application of individual risk variations, based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of: (A)  expenses; (B)  profit; and (C)  individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102 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 Supplementary rate information: includes one or more of the following needed to determine the applicable rate in effect or to be in effect: (a)  a manual or plan of rates; (b)  a statistical plan; (c)  a classification; (d)  a rating schedule; (e)  a minimum premium; (f)  a policy fee; (g)  a rating rule; (h)  a rate-related underwriting rule; (i)  a rate modification plan; or (j)  any other similar information prescribed by rule of the commissioner as supplementary rate information. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102