Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63A > Chapter 17 > Part 7 - Administrative Law Judges

• Administrative law judge: means an individual who is employed or contracted by a state agency who:

  (i)	presides over or conducts formal administrative hearings on behalf of an agency;

  (ii)	has the power to administer oaths, rule on the admissibility of evidence, take testimony, evaluate evidence, and make determinations of fact; and

  (iii)

  issues written orders, rulings, or final decisions on behalf of an agency. See Utah Code 63A-17-701 Agency: means any department or unit of Utah state government with authority to employ personnel. See Utah Code 63A-17-102 Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant. Committee: means the Administrative Law Judge Conduct Committee created in Section 63A-17-708. See Utah Code 63A-17-701 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Department: means the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103 Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 63A-17-102 Division: means the Division of Human Resource Management, created in Section 63A-17-105. See Utah Code 63A-17-102 Employee: means any individual in a paid status covered by the career service or classified service provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 63A-17-102 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. Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. 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 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.