Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 3 > Part 6 - Judicial Review

• Administrative record: means information an agency relies upon when making a rule under this chapter including:
       (1)(a) the proposed rule, change in the proposed rule, and the rule analysis form;
       (1)(b) the public comment received and recorded by the agency during the public comment period;
       (1)(c) the agency's response to the public comment;
       (1)(d) the agency's analysis of the public comment; and
       (1)(e) the agency's report of its decision-making process. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• Agency: means each state board, authority, commission, institution, department, division, officer, or other state government entity other than the Legislature, its committees, the political subdivisions of the state, or the courts, which is authorized or required by law to make rules, adjudicate, grant or withhold licenses, grant or withhold relief from legal obligations, or perform other similar actions or duties delegated by law. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• 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.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Effective: means operative and enforceable. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• 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.
• File: means to submit a document to the office as prescribed by the office. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interested person: means any person affected by or interested in a proposed rule, amendment to an existing rule, or a nonsubstantive change made under Section 63G-3-402. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• 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.
• Office: means the Office of Administrative Rules created in Section 63G-3-401. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Rule: includes the amendment or repeal of an existing rule. See Utah Code 63G-3-102
• 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.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• 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