Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 2 > Part 6 - Collection of Information and Accuracy of Records

• 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.
• Controlled record: means a record containing data on individuals that is controlled as provided by Section 63G-2-304. See Utah Code 63G-2-103
• Governmental entity: means :

  (i)

  executive department agencies of the state, the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, attorney general, and state treasurer, the Board of Pardons and Parole, the Board of Examiners, the National Guard, the Career Service Review Office, the State Board of Education, the Utah Board of Higher Education, and the State Archives;

  (ii)	the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, the Legislature, and legislative committees, except any political party, group, caucus, or rules or sifting committee of the Legislature;

  (iii)

  courts, the Judicial Council, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and similar administrative units in the judicial branch;

  (iv)	any state-funded institution of higher education or public education; or

  (v)

  any political subdivision of the state, but, if a political subdivision has adopted an ordinance or a policy relating to information practices pursuant to Section 63G-2-701, this chapter shall apply to the political subdivision to the extent specified in Section 63G-2-701 or as specified in any other section of this chapter that specifically refers to political subdivisions. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Individual: means a human being. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Person: means : (a)  an individual; (b)  a nonprofit or profit corporation; (c)  a partnership; (d)  a sole proprietorship; (e)  other type of business organization; or (f)  any combination acting in concert with one another. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Personal identifying information: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-12-100. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Protected record: means a record that is classified protected as provided by Section 63G-2-305. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Public record: means a record that is not private, controlled, or protected and that is not exempt from disclosure as provided in Subsection 63G-2-201(3)(b). See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Record: means a book, letter, document, paper, map, plan, photograph, film, card, tape, recording, electronic data, or other documentary material regardless of physical form or characteristics: (i)  that is prepared, owned, received, or retained by a governmental entity or political subdivision; and (ii)  where all of the information in the original is reproducible by photocopy or other mechanical or electronic means. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Record series: means a group of records that may be treated as a unit for purposes of designation, description, management, or disposition. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 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 archivist: means the director of the state archives. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5