Terms Used In Utah Code 4-13-106

• 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.
• Deficiency: means the amount of nutrient found by analysis to be less than that guaranteed. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Distribute: means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix, blend, or to offer for sale, sell, barter, or supply fertilizer or soil amendments in the state. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Fertilizer: means a substance that contains one or more recognized plant nutrients that is used for the substance's plant nutrient content and is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, exclusive of unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes, gypsum, and other products exempted by rule. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Fertilizer material: means a fertilizer that contains:
       (13)(a) quantities of no more than one of the primary plant nutrients, nitrogen (N), phosphate (P2O5), Potash (K2O);
       (13)(b) 85% plant nutrients in the form of a single chemical compound; or
       (13)(c) plant or animal residues or by-products, or a natural material deposit that is processed so that its primary plant nutrients have not been materially changed, except through purification and concentration. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• 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.
• Label: means the display of the written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a fertilizer or soil amendment. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Official sample: means a sample of fertilizer or soil amendment taken by the department and designated as "official. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Registrant: means a person who registers a fertilizer or a soil amendment under this chapter. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Soil amendment: means a substance or a mixture of substances that is intended to improve the physical, chemical, biochemical, biological, or other characteristics of the soil, except fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, unmanipulated animal manures, unmanipulated vegetable manures, or pesticides. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• Specialty fertilizer: means fertilizer distributed primarily for non-farm use, such as home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, golf courses, municipal parks, cemeteries, greenhouses, and nurseries. See Utah Code 4-13-102
• 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