§ 72-1-301 Transportation Commission created — Members, appointment, terms — Qualifications — Pay and expenses — Chair — Quorum
§ 72-1-302 Commission offices and meetings
§ 72-1-303 Duties of commission
§ 72-1-304 Written project prioritization process for new transportation capacity projects — Rulemaking
§ 72-1-305 Project selection using the written prioritization process — Public comment — Report

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 1 > Part 3 - Transportation Commission

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • 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.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • 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.
  • Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Housing and transit reinvestment zone: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63N-3-602. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Large public transit district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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 highway: means those highways designated as state highways in Title 72, Chapter 4, Designation of State Highways Act. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • State transportation systems: means all streets, alleys, roads, highways, pathways, and thoroughfares of any kind, including connected structures, airports, aerial corridor infrastructure, spaceports, public transit facilities, and all other modes and forms of conveyance used by the public. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Transportation reinvestment zone: means a transportation reinvestment zone created pursuant to Section 11-13-227. See Utah Code 72-1-102