Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63L > Chapter 11 - Public Lands Planning

• 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.
• Affected guaranty association: means a guaranty association that is or may become liable for payment of a covered claim. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Agency: means :

  (a)	a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and

  (b)

  an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. Application: means a document: (a)  (i)  completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and (ii)  that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to: (A)  insure the risk under: (I)  the coverage as originally offered; or (II)  a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or (B)  decline to insure the risk; or (b)  used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court. Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels. City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Commissioner: is a s defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Coordinating committee: means the committee created in Section 63L-11-401. See Utah Code 63L-11-102 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 Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff. Delinquency proceeding: means a: (a)  proceeding instituted against an insurer for the purpose of rehabilitating or liquidating the insurer; and (b)  summary proceeding under Section 31A-27a-201. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Director: means a member of the board of directors of a corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. 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. Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Executive director: means the public lands policy executive director appointed under Section 63L-11-201. See Utah Code 63L-11-102 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. 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 Form: means one of the following prepared for general use: (i)  a policy; (ii)  a certificate; (iii)  an application; (iv)  an outline of coverage; or (v)  an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Guaranty association: means : (a)  a mechanism mandated by Chapter 28, Guaranty Associations; or (b)  a similar mechanism in another state that is created for the payment of claims or continuation of policy obligations of a financially impaired or insolvent insurer. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. 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 insurer: means a person who: (a)  is doing, has done, purports to do, or is licensed to do the business of insurance; (b)  is or has been subject to the authority of, or to rehabilitation, liquidation, reorganization, supervision, or conservation by an insurance commissioner; or (c)  is included under Section 31A-27a-104. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Interinsurance exchange: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection (163). See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. 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. Office: means the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office created in Section 63L-11-201. See Utah Code 63L-11-102 Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Party in interest: means : (a)  the commissioner; (b)  a nondomiciliary commissioner in whose state the insurer has outstanding claims liabilities; (c)  an affected guaranty association; and (d)  the following parties if the party files a request with the receivership court for inclusion as a party in interest and to be on the service list: (i)  an insurer that ceded to or assumed business from the insurer; (ii)  a policyholder; (iii)  a third party claimant; (iv)  a creditor; (v)  a 10% or greater equity security holder in the insolvent insurer; and (vi)  a person, including an indenture trustee, with a financial or regulatory interest in the delinquency proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Policy: includes all clauses, riders, endorsements, and papers that are a part of a policy. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Political subdivision: means : (a)  a county, municipality, special district, special service district, school district, or interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103; or (b)  an administrative subunit of an entity listed in Subsection (4)(a). See Utah Code 63L-11-102 Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 receiver: means the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, including a rehabilitator, liquidator, or ancillary receiver. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 receivership: means a rehabilitation, liquidation, or ancillary receivership. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 receivership court: refers to the court in which a delinquency proceeding is pending. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Reinsurance: means a transaction or contract under which an assuming insurer agrees to indemnify a ceding insurer against all, or a part, of a loss that the ceding insurer may sustain under the one or more policies that the ceding insurer issues or will issue. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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: means a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Transfer: includes the sale and every other and different mode of disposing of or parting with property or with an interest in property, whether: (i)  directly or indirectly; (ii)  absolutely or conditionally; (iii)  voluntarily or involuntarily; or (iv)  by or without judicial proceedings. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision. Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried. Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5