Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 32B > Chapter 8 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Amusement ride: means a device or combination of devices or elements that carries or conveys one or more riders along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course or allows the riders to steer or guide the device within an established area for the purpose of giving the riders amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Banquet: means an event:
       (8)(a) that is a private event or a privately sponsored event;
       (8)(b) that is held at one or more designated locations approved by the commission in or on the premises of:

            (8)(b)(i) a hotel;

            (8)(b)(ii) a resort facility;

            (8)(b)(iii) a sports center;

            (8)(b)(iv) a convention center;

            (8)(b)(v) a performing arts facility;

            (8)(b)(vi) an arena; or

            (8)(b)(vii) a restaurant venue;
       (8)(c) for which there is a contract:

            (8)(c)(i) between a person operating a facility listed in Subsection (8)(b) and another person that has common ownership of less than 20% with the person operating the facility; and

            (8)(c)(ii) under which the person operating a facility listed in Subsection (8)(b) is required to provide an alcoholic product at the event; and
       (8)(d) at which food and alcoholic products may be sold, offered for sale, or furnished. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Commission: means the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission created in Section 32B-2-201. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Committee: means the Utah Amusement Ride Safety Committee created in Section 72-16-201. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Commuter rail: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63N-3-602. See Utah Code 72-17-102 v2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Director: means the director of the committee, hired under Section 72-16-202. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Dwelling: means a portion of a resort building:
       (3)(a) owned by one or more individuals;
       (3)(b) that is used or designated for use as a residence by one or more persons; and
       (3)(c) that may be rented, loaned, leased, or hired out for a period of no longer than 30 consecutive days by a person who uses it for a residence. See Utah Code 32B-8-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Federal Railroad Administration: means the Federal Railroad Administration created in Utah Code 72-17-102 v2
• Guest: means an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection 32B-6-407(9). See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Hotel: includes a commercial lodging establishment that:
            (53)(b)(i) meets the requirements under Subsection (53)(a); and
            (53)(b)(ii) has one or more privately owned dwelling units. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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
• License: means :
       (62)(a) a retail license;
       (62)(b) a sublicense;
       (62)(c) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 7, Part 4, Off-premise Beer Retailer State License;
       (62)(d) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 11, Manufacturing and Related Licenses Act;
       (62)(e) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 12, Liquor Warehousing License Act;
       (62)(f) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 13, Beer Wholesaling License Act; or
       (62)(g) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 17, Liquor Transport License Act. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Licensee: means a person who holds a license. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Office: means the Office of Rail Safety created in accordance with Section 72-17-101. See Utah Code 72-17-102 v2
• Operator: means the individual who controls the starting, stopping, or speed of an amusement ride. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Owner-operator: means the person who has control over and responsibility for the maintenance, setup, and operation of an amusement ride. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• 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
• Premises: means a building, enclosure, or room used in connection with the storage, sale, furnishing, consumption, manufacture, or distribution, of an alcoholic product, unless otherwise defined in this title or rules made by the commission. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Railroad: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 72-17-102 v2
• Residence: means a person's principal place of abode within Utah. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
• Resort: means a location:
       (6)(a) on which is located one resort building; and
       (6)(b) that is affiliated with a ski area that physically touches the boundary of the resort building. See Utah Code 32B-8-102
• Resort building: means a building:
       (7)(a) that is primarily operated to provide dwellings or lodging accommodations;
       (7)(b) that has at least 150 units that consist of a dwelling or lodging accommodations;
       (7)(c) that consists of at least 400,000 square feet:

            (7)(c)(i) including only the building itself; and

            (7)(c)(ii) not including areas such as above ground surface parking; and
       (7)(d) of which at least 50% of the units described in Subsection (7)(b) consist of dwellings owned by a person other than the resort licensee. See Utah Code 32B-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