Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 17 > Part 1 - Office of Rail Safety

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• Office: means the Office of Rail Safety created in accordance with Section 72-17-101. See Utah Code 72-17-102 v2
• 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
• 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
• 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