Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17C > Chapter 3 > Part 2 - Economic Development Project Area Budget

• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Approved notice of intention: means a formally filed notice of intention to commence mining operations, including revisions or amendments to the notice of intention that is approved under Section 40-8-13. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Base taxable value: means , unless otherwise adjusted in accordance with provisions of this title, a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last equalized during the base year. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Budget hearing: means the public hearing on a proposed project area budget required under Subsection 17C-2-201(2)(d) for an urban renewal project area budget, Subsection 17C-3-201(2)(d) for an economic development project area budget, or Subsection 17C-5-302(2)(e) for a community reinvestment project area budget. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Contest: means to file a written complaint in a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, and in a county in which the agency is located if the action is filed in the district court. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Economic development project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under Chapter 3, Part 1, Economic Development Project Area Plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• 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.
• Exploration: includes :
            (13)(b)(i) sinking shafts;
            (13)(b)(ii) tunneling;
            (13)(b)(iii) drilling holes and digging pits or cuts;
            (13)(b)(iv) building of roads, and other access ways; and
            (13)(b)(v) constructing and operating other facilities related to the activities described in this Subsection (13)(b). See Utah Code 40-8-4
• 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.
• Hearing: means a formal adjudicative proceeding conducted by the board under the board's procedural rules. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Income targeted housing: means housing that is:
       (32)(a) owned and occupied by a family whose annual income is at or below 120% of the median annual income for a family within the county in which the housing is located; or
       (32)(b) occupied by a family whose annual income is at or below 80% of the median annual income for a family within the county in which the housing is located. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• 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 :
       (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
• Land affected: means the surface and subsurface of an area within the state where mining operations are being or will be conducted, including:
            (17)(a)(i) on-site private ways, roads, and railroads;
            (17)(a)(ii) land excavations;
            (17)(a)(iii) exploration sites;
            (17)(a)(iv) drill sites or workings;
            (17)(a)(v) refuse banks or spoil piles;
            (17)(a)(vi) evaporation or settling ponds;
            (17)(a)(vii) stockpiles;
            (17)(a)(viii) leaching dumps;
            (17)(a)(ix) placer areas;
            (17)(a)(x) tailings ponds or dumps; and
            (17)(a)(xi) work, parking, storage, or waste discharge areas, structures, and facilities. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Large mining operation: means a mining operation that is not a small mining operation and, for purposes of filing a notice of intention, does not include an exploration mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Loan fund board: means the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Board, established under Title 35A, Chapter 8, Part 5, Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• mineral deposit: means an accumulation of mineral matter in the form of consolidated rock, unconsolidated material, solutions, or occurring on the surface, beneath the surface, or in the waters of the land from which any product useful to man may be produced, extracted, or obtained or which is extracted by underground mining methods for underground storage. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Mining operation: means activities conducted on the surface of the land for the exploration for, development of, or extraction of a mineral deposit, including surface mining and the surface effects of underground and in situ mining, on-site transportation, concentrating, milling, evaporation, and other primary processing. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Notice: means :
       (20)(a) notice of intention, as defined in this chapter; or
       (20)(b) written information given to an operator by the division describing compliance conditions at a mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Notice of intention: means a notice to commence mining operations, including revisions to the notice. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Off-site: means the land areas that are outside of or beyond the on-site land. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• On-site: means the surface lands on or under which surface or underground mining operations are conducted. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, owning, controlling, or managing a mining operation or proposed mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Order: means written information provided by the division or board to an operator or other parties, describing the compliance status of a permit or mining operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Owner: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, owning, controlling, or managing a mineral deposit or the surface of lands employed in mining operations. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Permit: means a permit order. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Permit order: means an action by the division that:
       (29)(a)

            (29)(a)(i) approves a notice of intention to commence a large mining operation or revise or amend a large mining operation; or

            (29)(a)(ii) declares a notice of intention for a large mining operation deficient;
       (29)(b)

            (29)(b)(i) accepts as complete a notice of intention to commence a small mining operation or revise or amend a small mining operation; and

            (29)(b)(ii) approves the amount and form of surety for a notice of intention; or
       (29)(c) approves a notice of intention to conduct an exploration operation or revise or amend an exploration operation. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Person: means an individual, partnership, association, society, joint stock company, firm, company, corporation, or other governmental or business organization. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• 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
• Project area: means the geographic area described in a project area plan within which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Project area budget: means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a project area prepared in accordance with:
       (47)(a) for an urban renewal project area, Section 17C-2-201;
       (47)(b) for an economic development project area, Section 17C-3-201;
       (47)(c) for a community development project area, Section 17C-4-204; or
       (47)(d) for a community reinvestment project area, Section 17C-5-302. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Project area funds: means tax increment or sales and use tax revenue that an agency receives under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal agreement. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Project area plan: means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and controls the project area development. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Reclamation: means actions performed during or after mining operations to shape, stabilize, revegetate, or treat the land affected in order to achieve a safe, stable ecological condition and use that is consistent with local environmental conditions. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Review proceeding: means a proceeding under this chapter to address a challenge to a permit order. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Small mining operations: means mining operations that disturb or will disturb 20 or less surface acres at any given time in an unincorporated area of a county or 10 or less surface acres at any given time in an incorporated area of a county. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• 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
• Substantive public comment: means a public comment that:
       (38)(a) is specific to a proposed action;
       (38)(b) has a direct relationship to the proposed action;
       (38)(c) includes supporting reasons for the division to consider; and
       (38)(d) addresses issues that are within the scope of the division's jurisdiction. See Utah Code 40-8-4
• Tax increment: means the difference between:
            (61)(a)(i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and
            (61)(a)(ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Taxable value: means :
       (60)(a) the taxable value of all real property a county assessor assesses in accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, for the current year;
       (60)(b) the taxable value of all real and personal property the commission assesses in accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 2, Assessment of Property, for the current year; and
       (60)(c) the year end taxable value of all personal property a county assessor assesses in accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, contained on the prior year's tax rolls of the taxing entity. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Taxing entity: means a public entity that:
       (62)(a) levies a tax on property located within a project area; or
       (62)(b) imposes a sales and use tax under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Taxing entity committee: means a committee representing the interests of taxing entities, created in accordance with Section 17C-1-402. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• 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