Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 57 > Part 4 - Division Duties

• Budget: means a plan for financial operations for a fiscal period, embodying estimates for proposed expenditures for given purposes and the means of financing the expenditures. See Utah Code 17-36-3
• Business entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity or association used to carry on a business for profit. See Utah Code 13-57-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• County general fund: means the general fund used by a county. See Utah Code 17-36-3
• Director: means the director of the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-57-102
• Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce established in Section 13-2-1. See Utah Code 13-57-102
• Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity comprised of a sum of money or other resources segregated for a specific purpose or objective. See Utah Code 17-36-3
• Fund balance: means the excess of the assets over liabilities, reserves, and contributions, as reflected by its books of account. See Utah Code 17-36-3
• General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 17-36-3
• Legal funding: means a payment of $500,000 or less to an individual in exchange for the right to receive an amount out of the potential proceeds of any realized settlement, judgment, award, or verdict the individual may receive in a civil legal action. See Utah Code 13-57-102
• 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
• Maintenance funding agreement: means an agreement between an individual and a maintenance funding provider under which the maintenance funding provider provides legal funding to the individual. See Utah Code 13-57-102
• Maintenance funding provider: means a business entity that engages in the business of legal funding. See Utah Code 13-57-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Special fund: means any fund other than the county general fund, such as those described in Section 17-36-6. See Utah Code 17-36-3
• 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
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5