Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 45 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Affordable housing: means housing offered for sale at 80% or less of the median county home price for housing of that type. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Base taxable value: means a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last equalized during the base year. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Base year: means , for a proposed home ownership promotion zone area, a year beginning the first day of the calendar quarter determined by the last equalized tax roll before the adoption of the home ownership promotion zone. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Consumer: means an individual who is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Consumer reporting agency: means a person who, for fees, dues, or on a cooperative basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or other information for the purpose of furnishing a credit report to another person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• County executive: means :
       (7)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; or
       (7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Executive: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:
       (2)(a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; and
       (2)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
• Home ownership promotion zone: means a home ownership promotion zone created pursuant to this part. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Incapacitated person: means an individual who is incapacitated, as defined in Section 75-1-201. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• 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
• Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
       (3)(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
       (3)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
• Legislative body: means the county legislative body, or for a county that has adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Participant: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Participation agreement: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• 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: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• personal information: includes any list, description, or other grouping of consumers, and publicly available information pertaining to the consumers, that is derived using any nonpublic personal information other than publicly available information. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Plat: means an instrument subdividing property into lots as depicted on a map or other graphical representation of lands that a licensed professional land surveyor makes and prepares in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 or 57-8-13. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Protected consumer: means an individual who, at the time a request for a security freeze is made, is:
       (10)(a) less than 16 years of age;
       (10)(b) an incapacitated person; or
       (10)(c) a protected person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Protected person: means the same as that term is defined in Section 75-5b-102. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Public meeting: means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Representative: means a person who provides to a consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• 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: includes any department, division, or agency of the state. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Sufficient proof of authority: includes :
            (14)(b)(i) a court order;
            (14)(b)(ii) a lawfully executed power of attorney; or
            (14)(b)(iii) a written, notarized statement signed by the person that expressly describes the person's authority to act on behalf of the protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Tax commission: means the State Tax Commission created in Section 59-1-201. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Tax increment: means the difference between:
            (11)(a)(i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a home ownership promotion zone, using the current assessed value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and
            (11)(a)(ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Taxing entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 17-27a-1201
• Unincorporated: means the area outside of the incorporated area of a municipality. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5