Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63A > Chapter 12 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Agency: means a board, commission, institution, department, division, officer, council, office, committee, bureau, or other administrative unit of the state, including the agency head, agency employees, or other persons acting on behalf of or under the authority of the agency head, the Legislature, the courts, or the governor, but does not mean a political subdivision of the state, or any administrative unit of a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
• Division: means the Division of Archives and Records Service. See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• Enrolled bill: The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form. It is printed on parchment paper, signed by appropriate officials, and submitted to the President/Governor for signature.
• Executive branch agency: includes a state agency, as defined in Subsection 67-1-17(1)(d). See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• 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
• Personal identifying information: includes information identified as personal identifying information in accordance with the rules described in Section 63A-12-104. See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• Privacy annotation: means a summary, described in Subsection 63A-12-115(2) and rules made by the executive director under Subsection 63A-12-104(2), that, for each record series that an executive branch agency collects, maintains, or uses:
            (2)(d)(i) discloses whether the record series contains personal identifying information; and
            (2)(d)(ii) if the record series contains personal identifying information, includes the information described in Subsection 63A-12-115(2)(b). See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• 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.
• Record: means :
            (2)(e)(i) the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-2-103; or
            (2)(e)(ii) a video or audio recording of an interview, or a transcript of the video or audio recording, that is conducted at a Children's Justice Center established under Section 67-5b-102, the release of which is governed by Section 77-37-4. See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• 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
• State archives: means the Division of Archives and Records Service. See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testify: means to make an oral statement under oath or affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• 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
• Vulnerable adult: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-6-201. See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• Vulnerable record: means a record or data relating to:
            (2)(h)(i) national security interests;
            (2)(h)(ii) the care, custody, or control of a child;
            (2)(h)(iii) a fiduciary trust over money;
            (2)(h)(iv) health care of a child; or
            (2)(h)(v) the following, in relation to a vulnerable adult:

                 (2)(h)(v)(A) protection, health care, or other care; or

                 (2)(h)(v)(B) the provision of food, shelter, clothing, assistance with an activity of daily living, or assistance with financial resource management. See Utah Code 63A-12-100.5
• 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