Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 2 > Part 7 - Applicability to Political Subdivisions, the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor

• 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.
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• 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 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. Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff. 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 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 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 archives: means the Division of Archives and Records Service created in Section 63A-12-101. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 State archivist: means the director of the state archives. See Utah Code 63G-2-103 State Records Committee: means the State Records Committee created in Section 63G-2-501. See Utah Code 63G-2-103