Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 79 > Chapter 3 > Part 5 - Paleontology

• Agency: means a department, division, office, bureau, board, commission, or other administrative unit of the state. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Board: means the Board of the Utah Geological Survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• Critical paleontological resources: means vertebrate fossils and other exceptional fossils that are designated state paleontological landmarks as provided for in Section 79-3-505. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Curation: means :
       (5)(a) management and care of collections according to standard professional museum practice, which may include inventorying, accessioning, labeling, cataloging, identifying, evaluating, documenting, storing, maintaining, periodically inspecting, cleaning, stabilizing, conserving, exhibiting, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of original collections or reproductions; and
       (5)(b) providing access to and facilities for studying collections. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Curation facility: is a s defined in Section 53B-17-603. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Director: means the director of the survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Excavate: means the recovery of critical paleontological resources. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Museum: means the Utah Museum of Natural History. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Paleontological resources: means remains of prehistoric life pertaining to the natural history of the state. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• School and institutional land grants: means the transfer of properties pursuant to Sections 6 and 8 of the Utah Enabling Act and Utah Constitution Article XX. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Site: means any paleontological deposit or other location that is the source of a specimen. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Specimen: means remains of a critical paleontological nature found on or below the surface of the earth. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• 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
• State Paleontological Register: means a register of paleontological sites and localities. See Utah Code 79-3-102
• Survey: means the Utah Geological Survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102