Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 22 > Part 11 - Legal Expense Insurance

• Accident and health insurance: means insurance to provide protection against economic losses resulting from:
            (1)(a)(i) a medical condition including:

                 (1)(a)(i)(A) a medical care expense; or

                 (1)(a)(i)(B) the risk of disability;
            (1)(a)(ii) accident; or
            (1)(a)(iii) sickness. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Agency: means a unit of accounting, typically associated with a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government, that includes line items and programs. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• 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 execution plan: means a proposal submitted by an administrative unit of state government to the Division of Finance enumerating expected revenues and authorized expenditures within line items and among programs. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Casualty insurance: means liability insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
       (23)(a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
       (23)(b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Dedicated credits: includes :
            (4)(b)(i) assessments;
            (4)(b)(ii) sales of goods and materials;
            (4)(b)(iii) sales of services;
            (4)(b)(iv) permits, licenses, and other fees;
            (4)(b)(v) fines, penalties, and forfeitures; and
            (4)(b)(vi) rental revenue. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Expendable receipts: includes :
            (5)(b)(i) grants;
            (5)(b)(ii) state matches for federal revenues paid by a nonstate entity; and
            (5)(b)(iii) rebates, including pharmacy rebates, that have similar restrictions on expenditures as the original program. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Federal revenues: means collections by an agency from a federal source that are deposited into an account for expenditure by the agency. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
       (70)(a) a policy;
       (70)(b) a rate;
       (70)(c) a form;
       (70)(d) a document;
       (70)(e) a plan;
       (70)(f) a manual;
       (70)(g) an application;
       (70)(h) a report;
       (70)(i) a certificate;
       (70)(j) an endorsement;
       (70)(k) an actuarial certification;
       (70)(l) a licensee annual statement;
       (70)(m) a licensee renewal application;
       (70)(n) an advertisement;
       (70)(o) a binder; or
       (70)(p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
            (74)(a)(i) a policy;
            (74)(a)(ii) a certificate;
            (74)(a)(iii) an application;
            (74)(a)(iv) an outline of coverage; or
            (74)(a)(v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Formula: means a description of or directions for a computation in the Utah Code. See Utah Code 63I-6-102
• Franchise insurance: means an individual insurance policy provided through a mass marketing arrangement involving a defined class of persons related in some way other than through the purchase of insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Free revenue: includes :
       (7)(a) collections that are required by law to be deposited in:

            (7)(a)(i) the General Fund;

            (7)(a)(ii) the Income Tax Fund;

            (7)(a)(iii) the Uniform School Fund; or

            (7)(a)(iv) the Transportation Fund;
       (7)(b) collections that are not otherwise designated by law;
       (7)(c) collections that are not externally restricted; and
       (7)(d) collections that are not included in an approved budget execution plan. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Insurance: includes :
            (96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
            (96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
            (96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
            (104)(a)(i) a fraternal benefit society;
            (104)(a)(ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
            (104)(a)(iii) a motor club;
            (104)(a)(iv) an employee welfare plan;
            (104)(a)(v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
            (104)(a)(vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
            (103)(a)(i) a policyholder;
            (103)(a)(ii) a subscriber;
            (103)(a)(iii) a member; and
            (103)(a)(iv) a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Item of appropriation: means an authorization of expenditure contained in legislation that appropriates funds and includes the following:
            (9)(a)(i) the name of the agency and line item to which authorization is granted; and
            (9)(a)(ii) sources of finance from which authorization is granted and associated amounts authorized. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Legal expense insurance: includes an arrangement that creates a reasonable expectation of an enforceable right. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Liability insurance: includes :
            (112)(b)(i) vehicle liability insurance;
            (112)(b)(ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
            (112)(b)(iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Life insurance: means :
            (114)(a)(i) insurance on a human life; and
            (114)(a)(ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Line item: means a unit of accounting, typically representing an administrative unit of state government within an agency, that contains one or more programs. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Major revenue types: means :
       (11)(a) free revenue;
       (11)(b) federal revenue;
       (11)(c) restricted revenue;
       (11)(d) dedicated credits; and
       (11)(e) expendable receipts. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Mathematical equation: means a symbolic expression of a formula that is created by the legislative fiscal analyst under Subsection 63I-6-103(1). See Utah Code 63I-6-102
• Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• Participating: means a plan of insurance under which the insured is entitled to receive a dividend representing a share of the surplus of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Person: includes :
       (146)(a) an individual;
       (146)(b) a partnership;
       (146)(c) a corporation;
       (146)(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
       (146)(e) a joint stock company;
       (146)(f) a trust;
       (146)(g) a limited liability company;
       (146)(h) a reciprocal;
       (146)(i) a syndicate; or
       (146)(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
            (150)(b)(i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
            (150)(b)(ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
            (150)(b)(iii) a corporation licensed under:

                 (150)(b)(iii)(A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or

                 (150)(b)(iii)(B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Program: means a unit of accounting included on a schedule of programs within a line item used to track budget authorizations, collections, and expenditures on specific purposes or functions. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Restricted revenue: means collections that are:
       (13)(a) deposited, by law, into a separate fund, subfund, or account; and
       (13)(b) designated for a specific program or purpose. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• Schedule of programs: means a list of programs and associated authorization amounts within an item of appropriation. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
• 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.