Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53B > Chapter 30 - Multi-university Programs

• Affected populations: include :
       (1)(a) employees;
       (1)(b) employers;
       (1)(c) insurers;
       (1)(d) professionals or professional organizations related to occupational and environmental health;
       (1)(e) government agencies; and
       (1)(f) outside academic institutions. See Utah Code 53B-30-202
• Board: means the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Advisory Board created in Section 53B-30-204. See Utah Code 53B-30-202
• Candidate: means any person who:
       (4)(a) files a declaration of candidacy for a public office; or
       (4)(b) receives contributions, makes expenditures, or gives consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures to bring about the person's nomination or election to a public office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Center: means the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health established in Section 53B-30-203. See Utah Code 53B-30-202
• Conflict of interest: means an action that is taken by a regulated officeholder that the officeholder reasonably believes may cause direct financial benefit or detriment to the officeholder, a member of the officeholder's immediate family, or an individual or entity that the officeholder is required to disclose under the provisions of this section, if that benefit or detriment is distinguishable from the effects of that action on the public or on the officeholder's profession, occupation, or association generally. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• Conflict of interest disclosure: means a disclosure, on the website, of all information required under Section 20A-11-1604. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County officers: means those county officers that are required by law to be elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the director of the center. See Utah Code 53B-30-202
• Entity: means a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship, an association, a cooperative, a trust, an organization, a joint venture, a governmental entity, an unincorporated organization, or any other legal entity, regardless of whether it is established primarily for the purpose of gain or economic profit. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• 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.
• Immediate family: means the regulated officeholder's spouse, a child living in the regulated officeholder's immediate household, or an individual claimed as a dependent for state or federal income tax purposes by the regulated officeholder. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• Income: means earnings, compensation, or any other payment made to an individual for gain, regardless of source, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, pay, bonus, severance pay, incentive pay, contract payment, interest, per diem, expenses, reimbursement, dividends, or otherwise. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Legislative office: means the office of state senator, state representative, speaker of the House of Representatives, president of the Senate, and the leader, whip, and assistant whip of any party caucus in either house of the Legislature. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Local official: means :
       (4)(a) an elected officer of:

            (4)(a)(i) a municipality under Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act; or

            (4)(a)(ii) a county under Title 17, Chapter 16a, County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act;
       (4)(b) a special public officer under Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act; or
       (4)(c) another individual:

            (4)(c)(i) who is not a regulated officeholder; and

            (4)(c)(ii) who is required to annually make a conflict of interest disclosure in accordance with Subsection 20A-11-1604(6). See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• Municipal officers: means those municipal officers that are required by law to be elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Officeholder: means a person who holds a public office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means both natural and legal persons, including individuals, business organizations, personal campaign committees, party committees, political action committees, political issues committees, and labor organizations, as defined in Section 20A-11-1501. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Position: means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Regulated officeholder: means an individual who is required to make a conflict of interest disclosure under the provisions of this part. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• Source: means the person or entity that is the legal owner of the tangible or intangible asset that comprises the contribution. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• 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 constitutional officer: means the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state auditor, the state treasurer, or the attorney general. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Website: means the Candidate and Officeholder Conflict of Interest Disclosure Website described in Section Utah Code 20A-11-1602