§ 17-27a-101 Title
§ 17-27a-102 Purposes — General land use authority — Limitations
§ 17-27a-103 Definitions
§ 17-27a-104 County standards
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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 27a > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Actuarial certification: means a written statement by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries or other individual approved by the commissioner that a covered carrier is in compliance with this chapter, based upon the examination of the covered carrier, including review of the appropriate records and of the actuarial assumptions and methods used by the covered carrier in establishing premium rates for applicable health benefit plans. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Administrator: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection (187). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. 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.
  • Affected entity: means a county, municipality, special district, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified property owner, property owner's association, public utility, or the Department of Transportation, if:
         (3)(a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant modification because of an intended use of land;
         (3)(b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan; or
         (3)(c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a requirement imposed under this chapter. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Affiliate: is a s defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • affiliated: means a person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Agency: means :
         (6)(a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
         (6)(b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Appeal authority: means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a variance. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Application: means a document:
         (10)(a)
              (10)(a)(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
              (10)(a)(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
                   (10)(a)(ii)(A) insure the risk under:
                        (10)(a)(ii)(A)(I) the coverage as originally offered; or
                        (10)(a)(ii)(A)(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
                   (10)(a)(ii)(B) decline to insure the risk; or
         (10)(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association account: means the Utah Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Account created by Section 31A-28-205. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Base premium rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period, the lowest premium rate charged or that could have been charged under a rating system for that class of business by the covered carrier to covered insureds with similar case characteristics for health benefit plans with the same or similar coverage. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • board of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Bona fide employer association: means an association of employers:
              (4)(a)(i) that meets the requirements of Section 31A-22-505;
              (4)(a)(ii) in which the employers of the association, either directly or indirectly, exercise control over the plan;
              (4)(a)(iii) that is organized:
                   (4)(a)(iii)(A) based on a commonality of interest between the employers and their employees that participate in the plan by some common economic or representation interest or genuine organizational relationship unrelated to the provision of benefits; and
                   (4)(a)(iii)(B) to act in the best interests of its employers to provide benefits for the employer's employees and their spouses and dependents, and other benefits relating to employment; and
              (4)(a)(iv) whose association sponsored health plan complies with Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • business of insurance: includes :
         (98)(a) providing health care insurance by an organization that is or is required to be licensed under this title;
         (98)(b) providing a benefit to an employee in the event of a contingency not within the control of the employee, in which the employee is entitled to the benefit as a right, which benefit may be provided either:
              (98)(b)(i) by a single employer or by multiple employer groups; or
              (98)(b)(ii) through one or more trusts, associations, or other entities;
         (98)(c) providing an annuity:
              (98)(c)(i) including an annuity issued in return for a gift; and
              (98)(c)(ii) except an annuity provided by a person specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
         (98)(d) providing the characteristic services of a motor club;
         (98)(e) providing another person with insurance;
         (98)(f) making as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor, or surety, a contract or policy offering title insurance;
         (98)(g) transacting or proposing to transact any phase of title insurance, including:
              (98)(g)(i) solicitation;
              (98)(g)(ii) negotiation preliminary to execution;
              (98)(g)(iii) execution of a contract of title insurance;
              (98)(g)(iv) insuring; and
              (98)(g)(v) transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of the contract, including reinsurance;
         (98)(h) transacting or proposing a life settlement; and
         (98)(i) doing, or proposing to do, any business in substance equivalent to Subsections (98)(a) through (h) in a manner designed to evade this title. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Carrier: means a person that provides health insurance in this state including:
         (5)(a) an insurance company;
         (5)(b) a prepaid hospital or medical care plan;
         (5)(c) a health maintenance organization;
         (5)(d) a multiple employer welfare arrangement; and
         (5)(e) another person providing a health insurance plan under this title. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • case characteristics: means demographic or other objective characteristics of a covered insured that are considered by the carrier in determining premium rates for the covered insured. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Casualty insurance: means liability insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
         (23)(a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
         (23)(b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Charter school: means :
              (7)(a)(i) an operating charter school;
              (7)(a)(ii) a charter school applicant that a charter school authorizer approves in accordance with Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School Authorization; or
              (7)(a)(iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant to develop or construct a charter school building. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Claimant: means :
              (3)(a)(i) an insured making a first-party claim; or
              (3)(a)(ii) a person instituting a liability claim. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Class of business: means all or a separate grouping of covered insureds that is permitted by the commissioner in accordance with Section 31A-30-105. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • consultant: means a person who:
         (99)(a) advises another person about insurance needs and coverages;
         (99)(b) is compensated by the person advised on a basis not directly related to the insurance placed; and
         (99)(c) except as provided in Section 31A-23a-501, is not compensated directly or indirectly by an insurer or producer for advice given. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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.
  • Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
              (34)(a)(i) a corporation doing business:
                   (34)(a)(i)(A) as:
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(I) an insurance producer;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(II) a surplus lines producer;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(III) a limited line producer;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(IV) a consultant;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(V) a managing general agent;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(VII) a third party administrator; or
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(VIII) an adjuster; and
                   (34)(a)(i)(B) under:
                        (34)(a)(i)(B)(I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
                        (34)(a)(i)(B)(II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
                        (34)(a)(i)(B)(III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
              (34)(a)(ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • County legislative body: means :
         (8)(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;
         (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
         (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County utility easement: means an easement that:
         (11)(a) a plat recorded in a county recorder's office described as a county utility easement or otherwise as a utility easement;
         (11)(b) is not a protected utility easement or a public utility easement as defined in Section 54-3-27;
         (11)(c) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity owns or creates; and
         (11)(d)
              (11)(d)(i) either:
                   (11)(d)(i)(A) no person uses or occupies; or
                   (11)(d)(i)(B) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity uses and occupies to provide a utility service, including sanitary sewer, culinary water, electrical, storm water, or communications or data lines; or
              (11)(d)(ii) a person uses or occupies with or without an authorized franchise or other agreement with the county. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Covered carrier: means an individual carrier or small employer carrier subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Covered claim: means an unpaid claim, including an unpaid claim under a personal lines policy for unearned premiums submitted by a claimant, if:
              (4)(a)(i) the claim arises out of the coverage;
              (4)(a)(ii) the claim is within the coverage;
              (4)(a)(iii) the claim is not in excess of the applicable limits of an insurance policy to which this part applies;
              (4)(a)(iv) the insurer who issued the policy becomes an insolvent insurer; and
              (4)(a)(v)
                   (4)(a)(v)(A) the claimant or insured is a resident of this state at the time of the insured event; or
                   (4)(a)(v)(B) the claim is a first-party claim for damage to property that is permanently located in this state. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Covered individual: means an individual who is covered under a health benefit plan subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Covered insureds: means small employers and individuals who are issued a health benefit plan that is subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Credit insurance: includes :
              (37)(b)(i) credit accident and health insurance;
              (37)(b)(ii) credit life insurance;
              (37)(b)(iii) credit property insurance;
              (37)(b)(iv) credit unemployment insurance;
              (37)(b)(v) guaranteed automobile protection insurance;
              (37)(b)(vi) involuntary unemployment insurance;
              (37)(b)(vii) mortgage accident and health insurance;
              (37)(b)(viii) mortgage guaranty insurance; and
              (37)(b)(ix) mortgage life insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Creditor: means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
         (39)(a) matured;
         (39)(b) unmatured;
         (39)(c) liquidated;
         (39)(d) unliquidated;
         (39)(e) secured;
         (39)(f) unsecured;
         (39)(g) absolute;
         (39)(h) fixed; or
         (39)(i) contingent. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Development activity: means :
         (13)(a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional demand and need for public facilities;
         (13)(b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need for public facilities; or
         (13)(c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public facilities. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Development agreement: means a written agreement or amendment to a written agreement between a county and one or more parties that regulates or controls the use or development of a specific area of land. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Disability: means a physiological or psychological condition that partially or totally limits an individual's ability to:
         (51)(a) perform the duties of:
              (51)(a)(i) that individual's occupation; or
              (51)(a)(ii) an occupation for which the individual is reasonably suited by education, training, or experience; or
         (51)(b) perform two or more of the following basic activities of daily living:
              (51)(b)(i) eating;
              (51)(b)(ii) toileting;
              (51)(b)(iii) transferring;
              (51)(b)(iv) bathing; or
              (51)(b)(v) dressing. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Disability: means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Division: means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
  • Employee: means :
         (57)(a) an individual employed by an employer; or
         (57)(b) an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (55)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Exclusion: means for the purposes of accident and health insurance that an insurer does not provide insurance coverage, for whatever reason, for one of the following:
         (67)(a) a specific physical condition;
         (67)(b) a specific medical procedure;
         (67)(c) a specific disease or disorder; or
         (67)(d) a specific prescription drug or class of prescription drugs. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Filed: means that a filing is:
              (69)(a)(i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
              (69)(a)(ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
              (69)(a)(iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
                   (69)(a)(iii)(A) Section 31A-3-103; or
                   (69)(a)(iii)(B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
         (70)(a) a policy;
         (70)(b) a rate;
         (70)(c) a form;
         (70)(d) a document;
         (70)(e) a plan;
         (70)(f) a manual;
         (70)(g) an application;
         (70)(h) a report;
         (70)(i) a certificate;
         (70)(j) an endorsement;
         (70)(k) an actuarial certification;
         (70)(l) a licensee annual statement;
         (70)(m) a licensee renewal application;
         (70)(n) an advertisement;
         (70)(o) a binder; or
         (70)(p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Flood plain: means land that:
         (18)(a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; or
         (18)(b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
              (74)(a)(i) a policy;
              (74)(a)(ii) a certificate;
              (74)(a)(iii) an application;
              (74)(a)(iv) an outline of coverage; or
              (74)(a)(v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • General plan: means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general guidelines for proposed future development of:
         (20)(a) the unincorporated land within the county; or
         (20)(b) for a mountainous planning district, the land within the mountainous planning district. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Geologic hazard: means :
         (21)(a) a surface fault rupture;
         (21)(b) shallow groundwater;
         (21)(c) liquefaction;
         (21)(d) a landslide;
         (21)(e) a debris flow;
         (21)(f) unstable soil;
         (21)(g) a rock fall; or
         (21)(h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
              (21)(h)(i) to life;
              (21)(h)(ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
              (21)(h)(iii) of substantial damage to real property. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Health benefit plan: means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered or issued by an insurer to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care, including major medical expense coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment:
         (83)(a) a professional service;
         (83)(b) a personal service;
         (83)(c) a facility;
         (83)(d) equipment;
         (83)(e) a device;
         (83)(f) supplies; or
         (83)(g) medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • health insurance: means insurance providing:
              (84)(a)(i) a health care benefit; or
              (84)(a)(ii) payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Highway: includes :
         (15)(a) a public bridge;
         (15)(b) a county way;
         (15)(c) a county road;
         (15)(d) a common road; and
         (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Identical plans: means building plans submitted to a county that:
         (24)(a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
         (24)(b) are substantially identical building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the county; and
         (24)(c) describe a building that:
              (24)(c)(i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the previously approved plans is located;
              (24)(c)(ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as the building described in the previously approved plans;
              (24)(c)(iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the county; and
              (24)(c)(iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Improvement completion assurance: means a surety bond, letter of credit, financial institution bond, cash, assignment of rights, lien, or other equivalent security required by a county to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or an infrastructure improvement required as a condition precedent to:
         (26)(a) recording a subdivision plat; or
         (26)(b) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, or multifamily project. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Improvement warranty: means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the applicant's installed and accepted landscaping or infrastructure improvement:
         (27)(a) complies with the county's written standards for design, materials, and workmanship; and
         (27)(b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials, within the improvement warranty period. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Index rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period for covered insureds with similar case characteristics, the arithmetic average of the applicable base premium rate and the corresponding highest premium rate. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Individual carrier: means a carrier that provides coverage on an individual basis through a health benefit plan regardless of whether:
         (14)(a) coverage is offered through:
              (14)(a)(i) an association;
              (14)(a)(ii) a trust;
              (14)(a)(iii) a discretionary group; or
              (14)(a)(iv) other similar groups; or
         (14)(b) the policy or contract is situated out-of-state. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Infrastructure improvement: means permanent infrastructure that is essential for the public health and safety or that:
         (29)(a) is required for human consumption; and
         (29)(b) an applicant must install:
              (29)(b)(i) in accordance with published installation and inspection specifications for public improvements; and
              (29)(b)(ii) as a condition of:
                   (29)(b)(ii)(A) recording a subdivision plat;
                   (29)(b)(ii)(B) obtaining a building permit; or
                   (29)(b)(ii)(C) developing a commercial, industrial, mixed use, condominium, or multifamily project. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • insolvent: means that:
         (95)(a) an insurer is unable to pay the insurer's obligations as the obligations are due;
         (95)(b) an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601(8)(c); or
         (95)(c) an insurer's admitted assets are less than the insurer's liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insolvent insurer: means a member insurer that is placed under an order of liquidation by a court of competent jurisdiction with a finding of insolvency. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Insurance: includes :
              (96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
              (96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
              (96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
              (104)(a)(i) a fraternal benefit society;
              (104)(a)(ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
              (104)(a)(iii) a motor club;
              (104)(a)(iv) an employee welfare plan;
              (104)(a)(v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
              (104)(a)(vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
              (103)(a)(i) a policyholder;
              (103)(a)(ii) a subscriber;
              (103)(a)(iii) a member; and
              (103)(a)(iv) a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Land use applicant: means a property owner, or the property owner's designee, who submits a land use application regarding the property owner's land. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Land use authority: means :
         (35)(a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body, designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or
         (35)(b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission, agency, or body, the local legislative body. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Land use decision: means an administrative decision of a land use authority or appeal authority regarding:
         (36)(a) a land use permit;
         (36)(b) a land use application; or
         (36)(c) the enforcement of a land use regulation, land use permit, or development agreement. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Land use permit: means a permit issued by a land use authority. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Liability insurance: includes :
              (112)(b)(i) vehicle liability insurance;
              (112)(b)(ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
              (112)(b)(iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life insurance: means :
              (114)(a)(i) insurance on a human life; and
              (114)(a)(ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Lot: means a tract of land, regardless of any label, that is created by and shown on a subdivision plat that has been recorded in the office of the county recorder. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Lot line adjustment: means a relocation of a lot line boundary between adjoining lots or between a lot and adjoining parcels in accordance with Section 17-27a-608:
              (41)(a)(i) whether or not the lots are located in the same subdivision; and
              (41)(a)(ii) with the consent of the owners of record. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Medicare: means the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act" Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, as then constituted or later amended. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Member insurer: means any person who:
         (6)(a) writes any kind of insurance to which this part applies under Section 31A-28-202, including the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; and
         (6)(b) is licensed to transact insurance in this state. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Moderate income housing: means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mountainous planning district: means an area designated by a county legislative body in accordance with Section 17-27a-901. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Net direct written premiums: means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies that this part applies to, less return premiums and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on the direct business. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • New business premium rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period, the lowest premium rate charged or offered, or that could have been charged or offered, by the carrier to covered insureds with similar case characteristics for newly issued health benefit plans with the same or similar coverage. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Noncomplying structure: means a structure that:
         (47)(a) legally existed before the structure's current land use designation; and
         (47)(b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern the use of land. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Nonconforming use: means a use of land that:
         (48)(a) legally existed before the current land use designation;
         (48)(b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation governing the land changed; and
         (48)(c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the regulations that now govern the use of the land. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Ocean marine insurance: means insurance against loss of or damage to:
         (138)(a) ships or hulls of ships;
         (138)(b) goods, freight, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, money, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry, respondentia interests, or other cargoes in or awaiting transit over the oceans or inland waterways;
         (138)(c) earnings such as freight, passage money, commissions, or profits derived from transporting goods or people upon or across the oceans or inland waterways; or
         (138)(d) a vessel owner or operator as a result of liability to employees, passengers, bailors, owners of other vessels, owners of fixed objects, customs or other authorities, or other persons in connection with maritime activity. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Official map: means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the county recorder's office that:
         (49)(a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities;
         (49)(b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve the land; and
         (49)(c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Parcel: means any real property that is not a lot. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Parcel boundary adjustment: means a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary, either by deed or by a boundary line agreement in accordance with Section 17-27a-523, if no additional parcel is created and:
              (51)(a)(i) none of the property identified in the agreement is a lot; or
              (51)(a)(ii) the adjustment is to the boundaries of a single person's parcels. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, company, corporation, association, limited liability company, partnership, organization, society, business trust, service provider, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 31A-31-102
  • Person: includes :
         (146)(a) an individual;
         (146)(b) a partnership;
         (146)(c) a corporation;
         (146)(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
         (146)(e) a joint stock company;
         (146)(f) a trust;
         (146)(g) a limited liability company;
         (146)(h) a reciprocal;
         (146)(i) a syndicate; or
         (146)(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • 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
  • Personal lines policy: means an insurance policy issued to an individual that:
         (8)(a) insures a motor vehicle used for personal purposes and not used in trade or business; or
         (8)(b) insures a residential dwelling. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Plan for moderate income housing: means a written document adopted by a county legislative body that includes:
         (53)(a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the county;
         (53)(b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five years;
         (53)(c) a survey of total residential land use;
         (53)(d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate income housing; and
         (53)(e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate income housing. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Plan year: means :
         (149)(a) the year that is designated as the plan year in:
              (149)(a)(i) the plan document of a group health plan; or
              (149)(a)(ii) a summary plan description of a group health plan;
         (149)(b) if the plan document or summary plan description does not designate a plan year or there is no plan document or summary plan description:
              (149)(b)(i) the year used to determine deductibles or limits;
              (149)(b)(ii) the policy year, if the plan does not impose deductibles or limits on a yearly basis; or
              (149)(b)(iii) the employer's taxable year if:
                   (149)(b)(iii)(A) the plan does not impose deductibles or limits on a yearly basis; and
                   (149)(b)(iii)(B)
                        (149)(b)(iii)(B)(I) the plan is not insured; or
                        (149)(b)(iii)(B)(II) the insurance policy is not renewed on an annual basis; or
         (149)(c) in a case not described in Subsection (149)(a) or (b), the calendar year. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Planning advisory area: means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the unincorporated area of a county established under this part with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the planning advisory area planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity separate from the county and no taxing authority. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • 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
  • Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
              (150)(b)(i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
              (150)(b)(ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
              (150)(b)(iii) a corporation licensed under:
                   (150)(b)(iii)(A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or
                   (150)(b)(iii)(B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Potential geologic hazard area: means an area that:
         (56)(a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic hazard; or
         (56)(b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of a designated geologic hazard area. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • PPACA: means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Premium: includes , however designated:
              (156)(b)(i) an assessment;
              (156)(b)(ii) a membership fee;
              (156)(b)(iii) a required contribution; or
              (156)(b)(iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Premium: means money paid by covered insureds and covered individuals as a condition of receiving coverage from a covered carrier, including fees or other contributions associated with the health benefit plan. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public agency: means :
         (57)(a) the federal government;
         (57)(b) the state;
         (57)(c) a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state; or
         (57)(d) a charter school. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Public hearing: means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • 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
  • Public street: means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public transportation easement, or other public way. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Rate: means :
              (163)(a)(i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
              (163)(a)(ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
                   (163)(a)(ii)(A) a single number; or
                   (163)(a)(ii)(B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
                        (163)(a)(ii)(B)(I) expenses;
                        (163)(a)(ii)(B)(II) profit; and
                        (163)(a)(ii)(B)(III) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Rating period: means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a covered carrier are assumed to be in effect, as determined by the carrier. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: includes :
         (31)(a) land;
         (31)(b) a tenement;
         (31)(c) a hereditament;
         (31)(d) a water right;
         (31)(e) a possessory right; and
         (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Rebate: means a licensee paying, allowing, giving, or offering to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly:
              (166)(a)(i) a refund of premium or portion of premium;
              (166)(a)(ii) a refund of commission or portion of commission;
              (166)(a)(iii) a refund of all or a portion of a consultant fee; or
              (166)(a)(iv) providing services or other benefits not specified in an insurance or annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Receiving zone: means an unincorporated area of a county that the county designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable development right. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Record of survey map: means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603, 17-23-17, 17-27a-603, or 57-8-13. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Residence: means , for entities other than a natural person, the state where the principal place of business of a claimant, insured, or policyholder is located at the time of the insured event. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Residential facility for persons with a disability: means a residence:
         (63)(a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
         (63)(b) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health and Human Services under:
              (63)(b)(i) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities; or
              (63)(b)(ii) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Residential roadway: means a public local residential road that:
         (64)(a) will serve primarily to provide access to adjacent primarily residential areas and property;
         (64)(b) is designed to accommodate minimal traffic volumes or vehicular traffic;
         (64)(c) is not identified as a supplementary to a collector or other higher system classified street in an approved municipal street or transportation master plan;
         (64)(d) has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less;
         (64)(e) does not have higher traffic volumes resulting from connecting previously separated areas of the municipal road network;
         (64)(f) cannot have a primary access, but can have a secondary access, and does not abut lots intended for high volume traffic or community centers, including schools, recreation centers, sports complexes, or libraries; and
         (64)(g) primarily serves traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential area and is not necessarily continuous through several residential areas. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Rider: means an endorsement to:
         (173)(a) an insurance policy; or
         (173)(b) an insurance certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Road: includes :
         (33)(a) a public bridge;
         (33)(b) a county way;
         (33)(c) a county road;
         (33)(d) a common road; and
         (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Rules of order and procedure: means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a public meeting:
         (65)(a) parliamentary order and procedure;
         (65)(b) ethical behavior; and
         (65)(c) civil discourse. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Sanitary sewer authority: means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite wastewater systems. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Secondary medical condition: means a complication related to an exclusion from coverage in accident and health insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Security: means a:
              (176)(a)(i) note;
              (176)(a)(ii) stock;
              (176)(a)(iii) bond;
              (176)(a)(iv) debenture;
              (176)(a)(v) evidence of indebtedness;
              (176)(a)(vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
              (176)(a)(vii) collateral-trust certificate;
              (176)(a)(viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
              (176)(a)(ix) transferable share;
              (176)(a)(x) investment contract;
              (176)(a)(xi) voting trust certificate;
              (176)(a)(xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
              (176)(a)(xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
              (176)(a)(xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
              (176)(a)(xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (176)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
              (176)(a)(xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Sending zone: means an unincorporated area of a county that the county designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable development right. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Service provider: means :
         (7)(a) an individual licensed to practice law;
         (7)(b) an individual licensed or certified by the state under:
              (7)(b)(i) this title;
              (7)(b)(iii) Title 58, Occupations and Professions; or
         (7)(c) an individual licensed in another jurisdiction in a manner similar to a license described in Subsection (7)(a) or (b);
         (7)(d) an individual practicing any nonmedical treatment rendered in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing; or
         (7)(e) a hospital, health care facility, or person whose services are compensated directly or indirectly by insurance. See Utah Code 31A-31-102
  • 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.
  • Site plan: means a document or map that may be required by a county during a preliminary review preceding the issuance of a building permit to demonstrate that an owner's or developer's proposed development activity meets a land use requirement. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Small employer: means , in connection with a health benefit plan and with respect to a calendar year and to a plan year, an employer who:
              (182)(a)(i)
                   (182)(a)(i)(A) employed at least one but not more than 50 eligible employees on business days during the preceding calendar year; or
                   (182)(a)(i)(B) if the employer did not exist for the entirety of the preceding calendar year, reasonably expects to employ an average of at least one but not more than 50 eligible employees on business days during the current calendar year;
              (182)(a)(ii) employs at least one employee on the first day of the plan year; and
              (182)(a)(iii) for an employer who has common ownership with one or more other employers, is treated as a single employer under Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Small employer carrier: means a carrier that provides health benefit plans covering eligible employees of one or more small employers in this state, regardless of whether:
         (19)(a) coverage is offered through:
              (19)(a)(i) an association;
              (19)(a)(ii) a trust;
              (19)(a)(iii) a discretionary group; or
              (19)(a)(iv) other similar grouping; or
         (19)(b) the policy or contract is situated out-of-state. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Sovereign lands: means those lands lying below the ordinary high water mark of navigable bodies of water at the date of statehood and owned by the state by virtue of its sovereignty. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
  • Special district: includes a governmental or quasi-governmental entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Specified public agency: means :
         (70)(a) the state;
         (70)(b) a school district; or
         (70)(c) a charter school. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Specified public utility: means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • State: includes any department, division, or agency of the state. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • 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 lands: means all lands administered by the division. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
  • Statement: includes any:
         (8)(a)
              (8)(a)(i) notice;
              (8)(a)(ii) statement;
              (8)(a)(iii) proof of loss;
              (8)(a)(iv) bill of lading;
              (8)(a)(v) receipt for payment;
              (8)(a)(vi) invoice;
              (8)(a)(vii) account;
              (8)(a)(viii) estimate of property damage;
              (8)(a)(ix) bill for services;
              (8)(a)(x) diagnosis;
              (8)(a)(xi) prescription;
              (8)(a)(xii) hospital or doctor record;
              (8)(a)(xiii) x-ray;
              (8)(a)(xiv) test result; or
              (8)(a)(xv) other evidence of loss, injury, or expense; or
         (8)(b) item listed in Subsection (8)(a) that is a computer-generated document. See Utah Code 31A-31-102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subdivision: includes :
              (73)(b)(i) the division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless of whether the division includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and
              (73)(b)(ii) except as provided in Subsection (73)(c), divisions of land for residential and nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and industrial purposes. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Subdivision amendment: means an amendment to a recorded subdivision in accordance with Section 17-27a-608 that:
              (74)(a)(i) vacates all or a portion of the subdivision;
              (74)(a)(ii) alters the outside boundary of the subdivision;
              (74)(a)(iii) changes the number of lots within the subdivision;
              (74)(a)(iv) alters a public right-of-way, a public easement, or public infrastructure within the subdivision; or
              (74)(a)(v) alters a common area or other common amenity within the subdivision. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Substantial evidence: means evidence that:
         (75)(a) is beyond a scintilla; and
         (75)(b) a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Suspect soil: means soil that has:
         (76)(a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a 3% swell potential;
         (76)(b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
         (76)(c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Therapeutic school: means a residential group living facility:
         (77)(a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
              (77)(a)(i) the owner of the facility; or
              (77)(a)(ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
         (77)(b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
              (77)(b)(i) at home;
              (77)(b)(ii) in a public school; or
              (77)(b)(iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
         (77)(c) that offers:
              (77)(c)(i) room and board; and
              (77)(c)(ii) an academic education integrated with:
                   (77)(c)(ii)(A) specialized structure and supervision; or
                   (77)(c)(ii)(B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Transferable development right: means a right to develop and use land that originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • under common control: means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Water interest: means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
         (80)(a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11; and
         (80)(b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
              (80)(b)(i) a contract; or
              (80)(b)(ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • 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
  • Zoning map: means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts. See Utah Code 17-27a-103