Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 10 > Chapter 3 > Part 11 - Personnel Rules and Benefits

• 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 a person who seeks employment with a public water utility, either as an employee or as an independent contractor, and who, after employment, would, in the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of patrons of the public water utility. See Utah Code 11-40-101
• Bid limit: means :
       (1)(a) for a building improvement:

            (1)(a)(i) for the year 2003, $40,000; and

            (1)(a)(ii) for each year after 2003, the amount of the bid limit for the previous year, plus an amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the bid limit for the previous year by the lesser of 3% or the actual percent change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar year; and
       (1)(b) for a public works project:

            (1)(b)(i) for the year 2003, $125,000; and

            (1)(b)(ii) for each year after 2003, the amount of the bid limit for the previous year, plus an amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the bid limit for the previous year by the lesser of 3% or the actual percent change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar year. See Utah Code 11-39-101
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Criminal Investigation and Technical Services Division of the Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 11-40-101
• Emergency repairs: means a building improvement or public works project undertaken on an expedited basis to:
       (6)(a) eliminate an imminent risk of damage to or loss of public or private property;
       (6)(b) remedy a condition that poses an immediate physical danger; or
       (6)(c) reduce a substantial, imminent risk of interruption of an essential public service. See Utah Code 11-39-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Governing body: means :
       (7)(a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
       (7)(b) for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district; and
       (7)(c) for a special service district:

            (7)(c)(i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301; or

            (7)(c)(ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301. See Utah Code 11-39-101
• Governing body: means collectively the legislative body and the executive of any municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
• 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
• Local entity: means a county, city, town, special district, or special service district. See Utah Code 11-39-101
• Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Municipality: means :
       (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
       (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
       (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• 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
• Person seeking access: means a person who seeks access to a public water utility's public water system or publicly owned treatment works and who, after obtaining access, would, in the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of patrons of the public water utility. See Utah Code 11-40-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Procurement code: means the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code. See Utah Code 11-39-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public water utility: means a county, city, town, special district under Title 17B, Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, or other political subdivision of the state that operates publicly owned treatment works or a public water system. See Utah Code 11-40-101
• Special district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. See Utah Code 11-39-101
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
• 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