Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 73 > Chapter 10d - Utah Privatization Act

• Agreement: means a short-term agreement or a long-term agreement. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Average weekly wages: means the average weekly wages as determined under Section 34A-2-409. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Award: means a final order of the commission as to the amount of compensation due:

  (i)	an injured employee; or

  (ii)

  a dependent of a deceased employee. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 Bonds: means obligations issued by a municipality or a county under Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act, and the provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Child: includes : (i)  a posthumous child; or (ii)  a child legally adopted prior to an injury. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Compensation: means the payments and benefits provided for in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Cost: means , with respect to any privatization project or facility related thereto, without limitation: (a)  all costs of designing, planning, acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, modifying, improving, maintaining, equipping, extending, furnishing, and placing in service any privatization project, including architectural, planning, engineering, legal, and fiscal advisors' fees or costs, and any costs incident to the acquisition of any necessary property, easement, or right-of-way; (b)  any costs incurred for preliminary planning to determine the economic or engineering feasibility of a proposed privatization project, including, without limitation, costs of economic investigations and studies, surveys, preparation of designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, and inspection and supervision of the construction of any facility; (c)  all costs incident to the purchase, installation, or financing of equipment, machinery, and other personal property required by a privatization project; (d)  all costs incident to the authorization and issuance of bonds, including accountants' fees, attorneys' fees, financial advisors' fees, underwriting fees, including bond discount, and other professional services and printing costs; (e)  all costs incident to the establishment and funding of appropriate reserve funds; and (f)  interest estimated to accrue on any bonds issued to finance a privatization project for a reasonable period of time prior to construction, during construction, and for a reasonable period of time after construction. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Decedent: A deceased person. Decision: includes : (A)  an award or denial of a medical, disability, death, or other related benefit under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act; or (B)  another adjudicative ruling in accordance with this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Disability: means an administrative determination that may result in an entitlement to compensation as a consequence of becoming medically impaired as to function. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Division: means the Division of Industrial Accidents. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. 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. Facility: means any structure, building, machinery, system, land, water right, or other property necessary or desirable to provide the services contemplated by a privatization project, including, without limitation, all related and appurtenant easements and rights-of-way, improvements, utilities, landscaping, sidewalks, roads, curbs and gutters, and equipment and furnishings. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Governing authority: means the persons, board, body, or entity in which the legislative powers of a political subdivision are vested. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Governing body: means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality or county are vested. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Guardian: includes a person who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Impairment: is a purely medical condition reflecting an anatomical or functional abnormality or loss. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 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 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Long-term agreement: means an agreement or contract having a term of more than five years and less than 50 years. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Municipality: means any incorporated city or town in the state, including cities or towns operating under home rule charters. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 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 action of the commission that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other interests of one or more specific persons, but not a class of persons. See Utah Code 34A-2-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Political subdivision: means the state or any municipality, county improvement district, water conservancy district, special service district, drainage district, metropolitan water district, irrigation district, separate legal or administrative entity created under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, or any other entity constituting a political subdivision under the laws of the state. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Privatization project: means all or part of any drinking water, water, or wastewater project which is owned or operated by a private owner/operator, and provides the related services to political subdivisions. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 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 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. Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See 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 Supervising agency: means the Water Development Coordinating Council created in Section 73-10c-3. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 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 Wastewater project: means any sewer, sewage system, sewage treatment facility, lagoon, sewage collection facility and system and related pipelines, and all similar systems, works, and facilities necessary or desirable to collect, hold, cleanse, or purify any sewage or other polluted waters of this state, and related structures and facilities. See Utah Code 73-10d-3 Waters of this state: means any stream, lake, pond, marsh, watercourse, waterway, well, spring, irrigation system, drainage system, or other body or accumulation of water, whether surface, underground, natural, artificial, public or private, or other water resource of the state, which is contained within or flows in or through the state. See Utah Code 73-10d-3