Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10a > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Activity regulated under this title: means an act, attempted act, or activity prohibited or regulated under this title or the rules and proclamations promulgated under this title pertaining to protected wildlife including:
       (1)(a) fishing;
       (1)(b) hunting;
       (1)(c) trapping;
       (1)(d) taking;
       (1)(e) permitting a dog, falcon, or other domesticated animal to take;
       (1)(f) transporting;
       (1)(g) possessing;
       (1)(h) selling;
       (1)(i) wasting;
       (1)(j) importing;
       (1)(k) exporting;
       (1)(l) rearing;
       (1)(m) keeping;
       (1)(n) using as a commercial venture; and
       (1)(o) releasing to the wild. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Address: includes :
            (1)(b)(i) a post office box number;
            (1)(b)(ii) a rural free delivery route number; and
            (1)(b)(iii) a street name and number. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Aquatic wildlife: means species of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, or amphibians. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Articles of incorporation: include :
       (4)(a) amended and restated articles of incorporation;
       (4)(b) articles of merger; and
       (4)(c) a document of a similar import to those described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b). See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Big game: means species of hoofed protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Bylaws: includes amended bylaws and restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Carcass: means the dead body of an animal or the animal's parts. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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 Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Commissioner: means a member of the commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conservation officer: means a full-time, permanent employee of the division who is POST certified as a peace or a special function officer. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporate name: means :
       (10)(a) the name of a domestic corporation or a domestic nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation; or
       (10)(b) the name of a foreign corporation or a foreign nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation or document of similar import. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-10a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Distribution: means the following by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of the corporation's shares:
            (13)(a)(i) a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, other than a corporation's own shares; or
            (13)(a)(ii) incurrence of indebtedness by the corporation. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Distribution electrical cooperative: includes an electrical corporation that:
       (8)(a) is a cooperative;
       (8)(b) conducts a business that includes the retail distribution of electricity the cooperative purchases or generates for the cooperative's members; and
       (8)(c) is required to allocate or distribute savings in excess of additions to reserves and surplus on the basis of patronage to the cooperative's:

            (8)(c)(i) members; or

            (8)(c)(ii) patrons. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Division of Law Enforcement: means the division within the Department of Natural Resources created under Title 79, Chapter 2, Part 7, Division of Law Enforcement. See Utah Code 23A-1-101 v2
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit that:
       (11)(a) is not a foreign corporation; and
       (11)(b) is incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• electronically transmitted: means a process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the receipt, retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient, whether by e-mail, facsimile, or otherwise. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Eligible customer: means a person who:
       (11)(a) on December 31, 2013:

            (11)(a)(i) was a customer of a public utility that, on December 31, 2013, had more than 200,000 retail customers in this state; and

            (11)(a)(ii) owned an electric plant that is an electric generation plant that, on December 31, 2013, had a generation name plate capacity of greater than 150 megawatts; and
       (11)(b) produces electricity:

            (11)(b)(i) from a qualifying power production facility for sale to a public utility in this state;

            (11)(b)(ii) primarily for the eligible customer's own use; or

            (11)(b)(iii) for the use of the eligible customer's tenant or affiliate. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Employee: includes an officer but not a director, unless the director accepts a duty that makes that director also an employee. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Endangered: means wildlife designated as endangered according to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Entity: includes :
       (19)(a) a domestic and foreign corporation;
       (19)(b) a nonprofit corporation;
       (19)(c) a limited liability company;
       (19)(d) a profit or nonprofit unincorporated association;
       (19)(e) a business trust;
       (19)(f) an estate;
       (19)(g) a partnership;
       (19)(h) a trust;
       (19)(i) two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest;
       (19)(j) a state;
       (19)(k) the United States; and
       (19)(l) a foreign government. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fishing: means to take fish or crayfish by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
  • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
  • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
  • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Furbearer: means species of the Bassariscidae, Canidae, Felidae, Mustelidae, and Castoridae families, except coyote and cougar. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Game: means wildlife normally pursued, caught, or taken by sporting means for human use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Gas corporation: includes every corporation and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any gas plant for public service within this state or for the selling or furnishing of natural gas to any consumer or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use, except in the situation that:
       (13)(a) gas is made or produced on, and distributed by the maker or producer through, private property:

            (13)(a)(i) solely for the maker's or producer's own use or the use of the maker's or producer's tenants; and

            (13)(a)(ii) not for sale to others;
       (13)(b) gas is compressed on private property solely for the owner's own use or the use of the owner's employees as a motor vehicle fuel; or
       (13)(c) gas is compressed by a retailer of motor vehicle fuel on the retailer's property solely for sale as a motor vehicle fuel. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Governmental subdivision: means :
       (21)(a) county;
       (21)(b) municipality; or
       (21)(c) another type of governmental subdivision authorized by the laws of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Heat corporation: includes every corporation and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any heating plant for public service within this state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Individual: means :
       (22)(a) a natural person;
       (22)(b) the estate of an incompetent individual; or
       (22)(c) the estate of a deceased individual. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:
       (16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
       (16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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 :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Large-scale electric utility: means a public utility that provides retail electric service to more than 200,000 retail customers in the state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Large-scale natural gas utility: means a public utility that provides retail natural gas service to more than 200,000 retail customers in the state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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}
• Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Natural resources officer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 79-2-701. See Utah Code 23A-1-101 v2
• Nonresident: means a person who does not qualify as a resident. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Nonutility energy supplier: means a person that:
       (21)(a) has received market-based rate authority from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in accordance with Utah Code 54-2-1
• Notice: is a s provided in Section 16-10a-103. See Utah Code 16-10a-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.
• Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
• 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.
• Pecuniary gain: means the acquisition of money or something of monetary value. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Possession: means actual or constructive possession. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Principal office: means the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing the information, including:
       (25)(a) an annual report;
       (25)(b) an application for a certificate of authority; or
       (25)(c) a notice of change of principal office. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Private fish pond: means a pond, reservoir, or other body of water, including a fish culture system, located on privately owned land where privately owned fish:
            (38)(a)(i) are propagated or kept for a private noncommercial purpose; and
            (38)(a)(ii) may be taken without a fishing license. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Proceeding: includes :
       (26)(a) a civil suit;
       (26)(b) arbitration or mediation; and
       (26)(c) a criminal, administrative, or investigatory action. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Proclamation: means the publication that is:
       (41)(a) used to convey a statute, rule, policy, or pertinent information related to wildlife; and
       (41)(b) issued in accordance with a rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Protected wildlife: means wildlife, except as provided in Subsection (43)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Receive: when used in reference to receipt of a writing or other document by a domestic or foreign corporation, means the writing or other document is actually received by:
       (28)(a) the corporation at its:

            (28)(a)(i) registered office in this state; or

            (28)(a)(ii) principal office;
       (28)(b) the secretary of the corporation, wherever the secretary is found; or
       (28)(c) another person authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors to receive the writing or other document, wherever that person is found. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Record date: means the date established under Part 6, Shares and Distributions, or Part 7, Shareholders, on which a corporation determines the identity of its shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Registered office: means the office within this state designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its registered office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including:
       (30)(a) articles of incorporation;
       (30)(b) an application for a certificate of authority; or
       (30)(c) a notice of change of registered office. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• resident: means a person who:
       (47)(a) has been domiciled in the state for six consecutive months immediately preceding the purchase of a license; and
       (47)(b) does not claim residency for hunting, fishing, or trapping in another state or country. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors delegates responsibility under Subsection 16-10a-830(3) for:
       (32)(a) the preparation and maintenance of:

            (32)(a)(i) minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and of the shareholders; and

            (32)(a)(ii) the other records and information required to be kept by the corporation by Section 16-10a-830; and
       (32)(b) authenticating records of the corporation. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Sell: means to offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange, or trade, or the act of selling, bartering, exchanging, or trading. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Sewerage corporation: includes every corporation and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any sewerage system for public service within this state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Share: means the unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Shareholder: means :
            (34)(a)(i) the person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation; or
            (34)(a)(ii) the beneficial owner of a share to the extent recognized pursuant to Section 16-10a-723. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Short-term fishing event: means an event when:
       (49)(a) privately acquired fish are held or confined for a period not to exceed 10 days for the purpose of providing fishing or recreational opportunity; and
       (49)(b) no fee is charged as a requirement to fish. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Small game: means species of protected wildlife:
       (50)(a) commonly pursued for sporting purposes;
       (50)(b) not classified as big game, aquatic wildlife, or furbearers; and
       (50)(c) excluding turkey, cougar, and bear. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Spotlighting: means throwing or casting the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway or in a field, woodland, or forest while having in possession a weapon by which protected wildlife may be killed. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Tag: means a card, label, or other paper-based or electronic means of identification used to document harvest of protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Telegraph corporation: includes every corporation and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telegraph line for public service within this state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Telephone cooperative: means a telephone corporation that:
       (32)(a) is a cooperative; and
       (32)(b) is organized for the purpose of providing telecommunications service to the telephone corporation's members and the public at cost plus a reasonable rate of return. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Telephone corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, who owns, controls, operates, manages, or resells a public telecommunications service as defined in Section 54-8b-2. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Threatened: means wildlife designated as threatened pursuant to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Tribe: means a tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native village, that is legally recognized as eligible for and is consistent with a special program, service, or entitlement provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Trophy animal: means an animal described as follows:
       (57)(a) deer - a buck with an outside antler measurement of 24 inches or greater;
       (57)(b) elk - a bull with six points on at least one side;
       (57)(c) bighorn, desert, or rocky mountain sheep - a ram with a curl exceeding half curl;
       (57)(d) moose - a bull with at least one antler exceeding five inches in length;
       (57)(e) mountain goat - a male or female;
       (57)(f) pronghorn antelope - a buck with horns exceeding 14 inches; or
       (57)(g) bison - a bull. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Upland game: means pheasant, quail, partridge, grouse, ptarmigan, mourning dove, band-tailed pigeon, turkey, cottontail rabbit, or snowshoe hare. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Utility vehicle charging service: means the furnishing of electricity:
       (38)(a) to an electric vehicle battery charging station;
       (38)(b) by a public utility in whose service area the charging station is located; and
       (38)(c) pursuant to a duly established tariff for rates, charges, and conditions of service for the electricity. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Utility-owned vehicle charging infrastructure: means all facilities, equipment, and electrical systems owned and installed by a large-scale electric utility:
       (37)(a) on the customer's side or the large-scale electric utility's side of the electricity metering equipment; and
       (37)(b) to facilitate utility vehicle charging service or other electric vehicle battery charging service. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
• Veteran: means an individual who:
            (44)(a)(i) has served in the United States Armed Forces for at least 180 days:

                 (44)(a)(i)(A) on active duty; or

                 (44)(a)(i)(B) in a reserve component, to include the National Guard; or
            (44)(a)(ii) has incurred an actual service-related injury or disability while in the United States Armed Forces regardless of whether the individual completed 180 days; and
            (44)(a)(iii) was separated or retired under conditions characterized as honorable or general. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Waste: means to:
       (59)(a) abandon protected wildlife; or
       (59)(b) allow protected wildlife to spoil or to be used in a manner not normally associated with the protected wildlife's beneficial use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Water corporation: includes every corporation and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system for public service within this state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Wholesale electrical cooperative: includes every electrical corporation that is:
       (41)(a) in the business of the wholesale distribution of electricity it has purchased or generated to its members and the public; and
       (41)(b) required to distribute or allocate savings in excess of additions to reserves and surplus to members or patrons on the basis of patronage. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Wild: means the natural environment, including a private pond or private property. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife parts: means biological material derived from the body or anatomy of wildlife, including:
       (63)(a) an antler or horn;
       (63)(b) a hide;
       (63)(c) a bone; or
       (63)(d) meat. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5