Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 65A > Chapter 14 - Utah Bioprospecting Act

• Bioprospecting: means the removal from a natural environment for research or commercial use of:

  (i)	a naturally occurring microorganism, plant, or fungus; or

  (ii)

  information concerning a naturally occurring microorganism's, plant's, or fungus' physical or genetic properties. See Utah Code 65A-14-102 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Commission: means the Title and Escrow Commission created in Section 31A-2-403. See Utah Code 31A-41-102 Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Division: means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 Fund: means the Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund created in Section 31A-41-201. See Utah Code 31A-41-102 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 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Rate: means : (i)  the cost of a given unit of insurance; or (ii)  for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as: (A)  a single number; or (B)  a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of: (I)  expenses; (II)  profit; and (III)  individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. 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 Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Title insurance licensee: means : (a)  an agency title insurance producer; or (b)  an individual title insurance producer. See Utah Code 31A-41-102 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5