Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 73 > Chapter 31 > Part 2 - Statutory Water Banks

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Applicant: means :
       (1)(a) a record holder of a perfected water right or a valid diligence claim applying for board approval of a statutory water bank under Part 2, Statutory Water Banks; or
       (1)(b) a public entity applying for board approval of a contract water bank under Part 3, Contract Water Banks. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Application: means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank. See 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
• 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
• Depositor: means a person seeking to deposit a water right in a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Loaned water rights: means a banked water right that is used pursuant to an approved delivery request. 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
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Reporting year: means November 1 through October 31. 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
• Water banking website: means a website overseen by the board in accordance with Section 73-31-103. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• 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