Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17B > Chapter 1 > Part 8 - Special District Personnel Management

• Accessible housing: means housing which has been constructed or modified to be accessible, as described in the State Construction Code or an approved code under Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act. See Utah Code 35A-8-101
• 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.
• Allocated volume cap: means a volume cap for which:
       (1)(a) a certificate of allocation is in effect; or
       (1)(b) bonds have been issued. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• Allotment accounts: means the various accounts created in Section 35A-8-2106. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• 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.
• Board: means the Navajo Revitalization Fund Board. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• Board: means the Uintah Basin Revitalization Fund Board. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• Board of review: means the Private Activity Bond Review Board created in Section 35A-8-2103. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• Bond: means any obligation for which an allocation of volume cap is required by the code. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• Capital project: means an expenditure for land, improvements on the land, or equipment intended to have long-term beneficial use. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• Capital projects: means expenditures for land, improvements on the land, and equipment intended to have long-term beneficial use. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Code: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any related Internal Revenue Service regulations. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• Commission: means the Commission on Housing Affordability created in Section 35A-8-2202. See Utah Code 35A-8-2201
• 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.
• County: means :
       (3)(a) Duchesne County; or
       (3)(b) Uintah County. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
• Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 35A-8-101
• Division: means the Housing and Community Development Division. See Utah Code 35A-8-101
• Division: means the Housing and Community Development Division. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• Division: means the Housing and Community Development Division. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• Eligible entity: means :
       (4)(a) the Navajo Nation;
       (4)(b) a department or division of the Navajo Nation;
       (4)(c) a Utah Navajo Chapter;
       (4)(d) the Navajo Utah Commission;
       (4)(e) an agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state; or
       (4)(f) a nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• 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 appointed under Section 35A-1-201. See Utah Code 35A-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.
• Housing affordability: means the ability of a household to occupy a housing unit paying no more than 30% of the household's income for gross housing costs, including utilities. See Utah Code 35A-8-2201
• Issuing authority: means :
       (7)(a) any county, city, or town in the state;
       (7)(b) any not-for-profit corporation or joint agency, or other entity acting on behalf of one or more counties, cities, towns, or any combination of these;
       (7)(c) the state; or
       (7)(d) any other entity authorized to issue bonds under state law. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• 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
• Moderate income housing: means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located. See Utah Code 35A-8-101
• Moderate income housing unit: means a housing unit where a household whose income is no more than 80% of the area median income is able to occupy the housing unit paying no more than 30% of the household's income for gross housing costs, including utilities. See Utah Code 35A-8-2201
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Navajo Utah Commission: means the commission created by Resolution IGRJN-134-92 of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the Navajo Nation Council. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
• 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
• 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
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Revitalization fund: means the Navajo Revitalization Fund. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• Revitalization Fund: means the Uintah Basin Revitalization Fund. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• 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
• Special district: means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in Section 17B-1-103, that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers described in:
       (31)(a) this chapter; or
       (31)(b)

            (31)(b)(i) this chapter; and

            (31)(b)(ii)

                 (31)(b)(ii)(A) Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(B) Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(C) Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(D) Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(E) Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(F) Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(G) Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(H) Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(I) Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(J) Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District Act;

                 (31)(b)(ii)(K) Chapter 2a, Part 11, Municipal Services District Act; or

                 (31)(b)(ii)(L) Chapter 2a, Part 13, Infrastructure Financing Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
• State: means the state of Utah and any of its agencies, institutions, and divisions authorized to issue bonds or certificates under state law. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• 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.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Tribe: means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah Navajo Chapter: means any of the following chapters of the Navajo Nation:
       (7)(a) Aneth Chapter;
       (7)(b) Dennehotso Chapter;
       (7)(c) Mexican Water Chapter;
       (7)(d) Navajo Mountain Chapter;
       (7)(e) Oljato Chapter;
       (7)(f) Red Mesa Chapter; and
       (7)(g) Teec Nos Pos Chapter. See Utah Code 35A-8-1702
• Volume cap: means the private activity bond volume cap for the state as computed under Section 146 of the code. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
• 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
• Year: means each calendar year. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102