Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 1 > Part 10 - Petitions

• Chief executive officer: means :
       (2)(a) the governor, for the state;
       (2)(b) the chair of the county commission or the county executive, for a county; and
       (2)(c) the mayor, for a municipality, or if governed under a council-manager form of government, the chair of the council. See Utah Code 52-8-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Clerk: includes a board of trustees under Title 17B, Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts. See Utah Code 20A-1-1001
• Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Government entity: includes the state, its agencies and institutions, each county, municipality, school district, special district, and special service district in Utah. See Utah Code 52-8-102
• 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.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Local petition: means :
       (2)(a) a manual or electronic local initiative petition described in Chapter 7, Part 5, Local Initiatives - Procedures; or
       (2)(b) a manual or electronic local referendum petition described in Chapter 7, Part 6, Local Referenda - Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-1001
• Municipal office: means an elective office in a municipality. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Official register: means the official record furnished to election officials by the election officer that contains the information required by Section 20A-5-401. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Petition: means one of the following written requests, signed by registered voters, appealing to an authority with respect to a particular cause:
       (3)(a) a local petition;
       (3)(b) a petition to consolidate two or more municipalities under Section 10-2-601;
       (3)(c) a petition for disincorporation of a municipality under Section 10-2-701;
       (3)(d) a petition to incorporate a proposed municipality under Section 10-2a-208;
       (3)(e) a petition to consolidate adjoining counties under Section 17-2-103;
       (3)(f) a petition to annex a portion of a county to an adjoining county under Section 17-2-203;
       (3)(g) a petition for the creation of a new county under Section 17-3-1;
       (3)(h) a petition for the removal of a county seat under Section 17-11-2;
       (3)(i) a petition for the adoption of an optional plan under Section 17-52a-303;
       (3)(j) a petition for the repeal of an optional plan under Section 17-52a-505;
       (3)(k) a petition to create a special district under Section 17B-1-203;
       (3)(l) a petition to withdraw an area from a special district under Section 17B-1-504;
       (3)(m) a petition to dissolve a special district under Section 17B-1-1303;
       (3)(n) a petition for issuance of local building authority bonds under Section 17D-2-502;
       (3)(o) a petition to become a registered political party under Section 20A-8-103;
       (3)(p) a nomination petition for municipal office under Section 20A-9-203;
       (3)(q) a nomination petition for a regular primary election under Subsection 20A-9-403(3)(a) and Section 20A-9-405;
       (3)(r) a petition for a political party to qualify as a municipal political party under Section 20A-9-404;
       (3)(s) a petition for the nomination of a qualified political party under Section 20A-9-408;
       (3)(t) a nomination petition for a candidate not affiliated with a political party under Section 20A-9-502;
       (3)(u) a nomination petition to become a delegate to a ratification convention under Section 20A-15-103;
       (3)(v) a petition to create a new school district under Section 53G-3-301;
       (3)(w) a petition to consolidate school districts under Section 53G-3-401;
       (3)(x) a petition to transfer a portion of a school district to another district under Section 53G-3-501;
       (3)(y) a petition to determine whether a privatization project agreement should be approved under Section 73-10d-4; or
       (3)(z) a statewide petition. See Utah Code 20A-1-1001
• Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Promotional literature: means reports whose primary or secondary purpose is to provide nonresidents with information about the government entity that produced the report. See Utah Code 52-8-102
• qualified: means to take the oath of office and begin performing the duties of the position for which the individual was elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Report: means each account, statement, record of proceedings, summary of activities, and other written or printed document required by statute that is prepared or produced by a government entity that is distributed to the public. See Utah Code 52-8-102
• Resident: means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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
• Statewide petition: means :
       (4)(a) a manual or electronic statewide initiative petition described in Chapter 7, Part 2, Statewide Initiatives; or
       (4)(b) a manual or electronic statewide referendum petition described in Chapter 7, Part 3, Statewide Referenda. See Utah Code 20A-1-1001
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Substantially similar name: means :
            (5)(a)(i) the given name, the surname, or both, provided by the individual with the individual's petition signature, contain only minor spelling differences when compared to the given name and surname shown on the official register;
            (5)(a)(ii) the surname provided by the individual with the individual's petition signature exactly matches the surname shown on the official register, and the given names differ only because one of the given names shown is a commonly used abbreviation or variation of the other;
            (5)(a)(iii) the surname provided by the individual with the individual's petition signature exactly matches the surname shown on the official register, and the given names differ only because one of the given names shown is accompanied by a first or middle initial or a middle name which is not shown on the other record; or
            (5)(a)(iv) the surname provided by the individual with the individual's petition signature exactly matches the surname shown on the official register, and the given names differ only because one of the given names shown is an alphabetically corresponding initial that has been provided in the place of a given name shown on the other record. See Utah Code 20A-1-1001
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Voter: means an individual who:
       (79)(a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
       (79)(b) meets the requirements of election registration;
       (79)(c) is registered to vote; and
       (79)(d) is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102