Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63N > Chapter 17 - Utah Broadband Center and Access Act

• 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
• 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. Broadband center: means the Utah Broadband Center created in Section 63N-17-201. See Utah Code 63N-17-102 Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to: (a)  an insured under a group insurance policy; or (b)  a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Commission: means the Unified Economic Opportunity Commission created in Section 63N-1a-201. See Utah Code 63N-1a-102 Commissioner: is a s defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 Control: is a s defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 creditor: means a person having a claim against an insurer whether the claim is: (a)  matured or not matured; (b)  liquidated or unliquidated; (c)  secured or unsecured; (d)  absolute; or (e)  fixed or contingent. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 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 Eligible applicant: means : (a)  a telecommunications provider or an Internet service provider; (b)  a local government entity and one or more private entities, collectively, who are parties to a public-private partnership established for the purpose of expanding affordable broadband access in the state; or (c)  a tribal government. See Utah Code 63N-17-102 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Executive director: means the executive director of the office. See Utah Code 63N-1a-102 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 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. General assets: includes the property of the estate or its proceeds in excess of the amount necessary to discharge a claim described in Subsection (18)(a). See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 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 insolvent: means that an insurer: (a)  is unable to pay its obligations when they are due; (b)  does not have admitted assets at least equal to all of its liabilities; or (c)  has a total adjusted capital that is less than its mandatory control level RBC, as defined in Section 31A-17-601. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 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 License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 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 Special deposit: means a deposit established pursuant to statute for the security or benefit of a limited class or classes of persons. See Utah Code 31A-27a-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 State: means a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102 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 Underserved area: means an area of the state that is underserved in terms of the area's access to broadband service, as further defined by rule made by the broadband center. See Utah Code 63N-17-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Unserved area: means an area of the state that is rural and unserved in terms of the area's access to broadband service, as further defined by rule made by the broadband center. See Utah Code 63N-17-102