Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 15A > Chapter 3 > Part 2 - Statewide Amendments to International Residential Code

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Board: means the Drinking Water Board appointed under Section 19-4-103. See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Board: means the Utah Fire Prevention Board created in Section 53-7-203. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
• Community water system: means a public water system that serves residents year-round. See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Contaminant: means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Director: means the director of the Division of Drinking Water. See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Division: means the Division of Drinking Water, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(b). See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103, except as provided in:
       (2)(a) Part 4, State Fire Code Administration Act; and
       (2)(b) Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act. See Utah Code 15A-1-102
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 19-1-104. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public water system: includes :
            (8)(b)(i) a collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility under the control of the operator and used primarily in connection with the system; and
            (8)(b)(ii) a collection, pretreatment, or storage facility used primarily in connection with the system but not under the operator's control. See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Retail water supplier: means a person that:
       (9)(a) supplies water for human consumption and other domestic uses to an end user; and
       (9)(b) has more than 500 service connections. See Utah Code 19-4-102
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• 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
• Utah Code: means the Utah Code Annotated (1953), as amended. See Utah Code 15A-1-102