Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 9 > Chapter 8 > Part 5 - Historical Preservation Act

• Act: means the National Community and Service Trust Act of 1993, 42 U. See Utah Code 9-20-102
• 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: means an allocation of money by the governing body for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• 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
• Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal period which embodies estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Budget period: means the fiscal period for which a budget is prepared. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• City general fund: means the general fund used by a city. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Commission: means the Utah Commission on Service and Volunteerism created in Section 9-20-201. See Utah Code 9-20-102
• Commission: means the Utah Multicultural Commission created in Section 9-21-301. See Utah Code 9-21-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Current period: means the fiscal period in which a budget is prepared and adopted, i. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means any functional unit within a fund that carries on a specific activity, such as a fire or police department within a city general fund. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Department: means the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. See Utah Code 9-1-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Multicultural Affairs. See Utah Code 9-21-102
• Division: means the Division of Multicultural Affairs created in Section 9-21-201. See Utah Code 9-21-102
• 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}
• 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 of Cultural and Community Engagement. See Utah Code 9-1-102
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiscal period: means the annual or biennial period for accounting for fiscal operations in each city. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• 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.
• Fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 10-5-102.5
• Fund: is a s defined by generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 10-5-102.5
• General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Governing body: means a city council, or city commission, as the case may be, but the authority to make any appointment to any position created by this chapter is vested in the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Human rights commission: means the Utah Martin Luther King, Jr. See Utah Code 9-21-102
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Interfund loan: means a loan of cash from one fund to another, subject to future repayment. See Utah Code 10-5-102.5
• 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}
• Municipality: means :

  (a)	a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;

  (b)	a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or

  (c)

  a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. 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. 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 Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Town general fund: means the general fund used by a town. See Utah Code 10-5-102.5 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Utility: means a utility owned by a city, in whole or in part, that provides electricity, gas, water, or sewer, or any combination of them. See Utah Code 10-6-106 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5