Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 22 > Part 17 - Property and Casualty Certificate of Insurance Act

• 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
• BLM: means the United States Bureau of Land Management. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• BLM recommended wilderness: means a wilderness study area recommended for wilderness designation in the final report of the president of the United States to the United States Congress in 1993. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• 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
• Certificate holder: means a person who:
       (1)(a) requests, obtains, or possesses a certificate of insurance; and
       (1)(b) is not a policyholder. See Utah Code 31A-22-1702
• Certificate of insurance: means a document that is prepared for or issued to a person who is not a policyholder as evidence of insurance, regardless of how it is titled or described. See Utah Code 31A-22-1702
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Endorsement: means a written agreement attached to a policy or certificate to modify the policy or certificate coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• Federal land use designation: means one or a combination of the following congressional or federal actions included in proposed congressional land use legislation:
       (5)(a) designation of wilderness within the National Wilderness Preservation System;
       (5)(b) designation of a national conservation area;
       (5)(c) designation of a watercourse within the National Wild and Scenic River System;
       (5)(d) designation of an ACEC;
       (5)(e) designation of a national monument in accordance with the Antiquities Act or by Congress;
       (5)(f) designation of a national park within the National Park System;
       (5)(g) designation of a national recreational area; or
       (5)(h) any other designation, classification, categorization, reservation, withdrawal, or similar action that has the purpose or effect of eliminating, restricting, or reducing energy and mineral development, motorized travel, grazing, active vegetation management, or any other traditional multiple use on public land. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• Filed: means that a filing is:
            (69)(a)(i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
            (69)(a)(ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
            (69)(a)(iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:

                 (69)(a)(iii)(A) Section 31A-3-103; or

                 (69)(a)(iii)(B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Forest Service: means the United States Forest Service within the United States Department of Agriculture. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• 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
• 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
• Insurer: means :
       (3)(a) an insurer as defined in Section 31A-1-301; and
       (3)(b) any other person engaged in the business of making insurance or a surety contract. See Utah Code 31A-22-1702
• 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
• 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}
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Multiple use: means proper stewardship of the subject lands pursuant to Section 103(c) of FLPMA, Utah Code 63J-8-102
• National conservation area: means an area designated by Congress and managed by the BLM. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• Office: means the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office created in Section 63L-11-201. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• OHV: means off-highway vehicle as defined in Section 41-22-2. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• 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
• Policyholder: means a person who contracts with a property and casualty insurer for insurance coverage. See Utah Code 31A-22-1702
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Proposed congressional land use legislation: means a draft or a working document of congressional legislation prepared by a person that includes a federal land use designation. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• RARE II: means the second United States Forest Service Roadless Area Review and Evaluation report of 1984. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• Rider: means an endorsement to:
       (173)(a) an insurance policy; or
       (173)(b) an insurance certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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
• SITLA: means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration as created in Section 53C-1-201. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
• 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Wilderness: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 63J-8-102