Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 2 > Part 1 - Transportation Fund and Highway Finances

• 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.
• 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
• Circulator alley: means a publicly owned passageway:

  (a)	with a right-of-way width of 20 feet or greater;

  (b)	located within a master planned community;

  (c)	established by the city having jurisdictional authority as part of the street network for traffic circulation that may also be used for: (i)  garbage collection; (ii)  access to residential garages; or (iii)  access rear entrances to a commercial establishment; and

  (d)

  constructed with a bituminous or concrete pavement surface. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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 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 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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. Fixed guideway: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-12-102. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Fixed guideway capital development: includes : (i)  a project to strategically double track commuter rail lines; and (ii)  a project to develop and construct public transit facilities and related infrastructure pertaining to the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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 Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. 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 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 Large public transit district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Limited-access facility: means a highway especially designated for through traffic, and over, from, or to which neither owners nor occupants of abutting lands nor other persons have any right or easement, or have only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view. See Utah Code 72-1-102 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. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. 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 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102 real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5