Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 73 > Chapter 31 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Application: means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• 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
• Approved change application: means a change application that the state engineer approves to authorize a water right holder to deposit a water right in a water bank pursuant to this chapter and Section 73-3-3 or Utah Code 73-31-102
• Banked water right: means a water right, or a portion of a water right, deposited in a water bank that the state engineer has authorized for use in a water bank through an approved change application. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Board: means the Board of Water Resources. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Borrower: means a person seeking to use a banked water right within a water bank's service area. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract water bank: means a water bank created pursuant to Part 3, Contract Water Banks. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Delivery request: means a request to use a banked water right made by a borrower in accordance with a water bank's policies approved under the water bank's application. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Deposit: means depositing a banked water right for use within the service area of a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Perfected water right: means a water right evidenced by:
       (14)(a) a decree;
       (14)(b) a certificate of appropriation; or
       (14)(c) a proposed determination or court order issued in a general adjudication. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• 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
• Public entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-1-4 except for the United States or an agency of the United States. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Service area: means the geographic area where a water bank is approved to operate and operates. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• 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
• State engineer: means the state engineer appointed under Section 73-2-1. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Statutory water bank: means a water bank created pursuant to Part 2, Statutory Water Banks. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Water bank: means a contract water bank or a statutory water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102