Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 16 – Amusement Ride Safety Act
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- Account: means the Amusement Ride Safety Restricted Account created in Section 72-16-204. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Agency: means :
(i) a department, division, agency, office, authority, commission, board, institution, or hospital of the state; (ii) a county, municipality, school district, local district, or special service district; (iii) a state college or university; or (iv) any other participating employer. See Utah Code 49-11-102 - Amusement park: means a permanent indoor or outdoor facility or park where one or more amusement rides are available for use by the general public. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Amusement ride: means a device or combination of devices or elements that carries or conveys one or more riders along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course or allows the riders to steer or guide the device within an established area for the purpose of giving the riders amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- 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
- 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.
- Beneficiary: means any person entitled to receive a payment under this title through a relationship with or designated by a member, participant, covered individual, or alternate payee of a defined contribution plan. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Board: means the Utah State Retirement Board established under Section 49-11-202. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Certified contribution rate: means the board certified percent of salary paid on behalf of an active member to the office to maintain the system on a financially and actuarially sound basis. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Committee: means the Utah Amusement Ride Safety Committee created in Section 72-16-201. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Contributions: means the total amount paid by the participating employer and the member into a system or to the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- defined contribution plan: means any defined contribution plan or deferred compensation plan authorized under the Internal Revenue Code and administered by the board. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Director: means the director of the committee, hired under Section 72-16-202. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- 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 department appointed under Section 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Fund: means any fund created under this title for the purpose of paying benefits or costs of administering a system, plan, or program. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- 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
- Member: means a person, except a retiree, with contributions on deposit with a system, the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, or with a terminated system. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Mobile amusement ride: means an amusement ride that is:
(a) designed or adapted to be moved from one location to another; (b) not fixed at a single location; and (c) relocated at least once each calendar year. See Utah Code 72-16-102 - Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Operator: means the individual who controls the starting, stopping, or speed of an amusement ride. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Owner-operator: means the person who has control over and responsibility for the maintenance, setup, and operation of an amusement ride. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Participant: means an individual with voluntary deferrals or nonelective contributions on deposit with the defined contribution plans administered under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Permanent amusement ride: means an amusement ride that is not a mobile amusement ride. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Program: means the Public Employees' Insurance Program created under Chapter 20, Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act, or the Public Employees' Long-Term Disability program created under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Qualified safety inspector: means an individual who holds a valid qualified safety inspector certification. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Qualified safety inspector certification: means a certification issued by the director under Section 72-16-303. See Utah Code 72-16-102
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Reportable serious injury: means an injury to a rider that:
(a) occurs when there is a failure or malfunction of an amusement ride; and (b) results in death, dismemberment, permanent disfigurement, permanent loss of the use of a body organ, member, function, or system, or a compound fracture. See Utah Code 72-16-102 - Retirement: means the status of an individual who has become eligible, applies for, and is entitled to receive an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Safety inspection certification: means a written document that:
(a) is signed by a qualified safety inspector certifying that: (i) the qualified safety inspector performed an in-person inspection of an amusement ride to check compliance with the safety standards described in Section 72-16-304 and established by rule; and (ii) at the time the qualified safety inspector performed the in-person inspection, the amusement ride: (A) was set up for use by the general public; and (B) satisfied the safety standards described in Section 72-16-304 and established by rule; and (b) includes the date on which the qualified safety inspector performed the in-person inspection. See Utah Code 72-16-102 - Serious injury: means an injury to a rider that:
(a) occurs when there is a failure or malfunction of an amusement ride; and