Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 8 - Political Party Formation and Procedures

• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• 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.
• Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
• board of directors: means the body authorized to manage the affairs of a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• Bonds: means the bonds authorized to be issued by the board under this chapter, and may consist of bonds, notes, or debt obligations evidencing an obligation to repay borrowed money and payable solely from revenues and other money of the board pledged for repayment. See Utah Code 53B-13-102
• bound: means securing more than one piece of paper together using staples or another means in at least three places across the top of the paper in the blank space reserved for securing the paper. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Bylaws: includes :
            (6)(b)(i) amended bylaws; and
            (6)(b)(ii) restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Continuing political party: means an organization of voters that:
       (1)(a) participated in the last regular general election; and
       (1)(b) in at least one of the last two regular general elections, polled a total vote for any of its candidates for any office equal to 2% or more of the total votes cast for all candidates for the United States House of Representatives in the same regular general election. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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.
• 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 political party: means , for each registered political party, all of the persons within a single county who, under definitions established by the county political party, are members of the registered political party. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
• Delegate: means a person elected or appointed to vote in a representative assembly:
       (16)(a) for the election of a director; or
       (16)(b) on matters other than the election of a director. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• Director: means a member of the board of directors. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• 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
• Election cycle: means the period beginning on the first day persons are eligible to file declarations of candidacy and ending when the canvass is completed. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Eligible borrower: means a person, or the parent of a person, who is eligible to borrow under regulations applicable to the student loan program. See Utah Code 53B-13-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
• Individual: means :
       (31)(a) a natural person;
       (31)(b) the estate of an incompetent individual; or
       (31)(c) the estate of a deceased individual. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Member: includes :
            (34)(b)(i) "voting member"; and
            (34)(b)(ii) a shareholder in a water company. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Newly registered political party: means a statewide organization of voters that has complied with the petition and organizing procedures of this chapter to become a registered political party. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
• 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.
• Obligations: means student loan notes and other debt obligations reflecting loans to students which the board may take, acquire, buy, sell, or endorse under this chapter, and may include a direct or indirect interest in the whole or any part of the notes or obligations. See Utah Code 53B-13-102
• 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:
       (40)(a) individual; or
       (40)(b) entity. See Utah Code 16-6a-102
• 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
• Position: means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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
• Public institution of higher education: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-16-301. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Registered political party: means an organization of voters that:
       (5)(a)

            (5)(a)(i) participated in the last regular general election; and

            (5)(a)(ii) in at least one of the last two regular general elections, polled a total vote for any of its candidates for any office equal to 2% or more of the total votes cast for all candidates for the United States House of Representatives in the same regular general election; or
       (5)(b) has complied with the petition and organizing procedures of this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
• Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Resident: means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Resolution: when used in relation to the issuance of bonds, means the resolution or trust agreement securing the bonds. See Utah Code 53B-13-102
• Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors delegates responsibility under Subsection 16-6a-818(3) for:
       (47)(a) the preparation and maintenance of:

            (47)(a)(i) minutes of the meetings of:

                 (47)(a)(i)(A) the board of directors; or

                 (47)(a)(i)(B) the members; and

            (47)(a)(ii) the other records and information required to be kept by the nonprofit corporation as described in Section 16-6a-1601; and
       (47)(b) authenticating records of the nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-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
• 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 political party: means , for each registered political party, all of the persons in Utah who, under definitions established by the state political party, are members of the registered political party. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
• Ticket: means a list of:
       (73)(a) political parties;
       (73)(b) candidates for an office; or
       (73)(c) ballot propositions. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Vacancy: means :
       (75)(a) except as provided in Subsection (75)(b), the absence of an individual to serve in a position created by state constitution or state statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or other cause ; or
       (75)(b) in relation to a candidate for a position created by state constitution or state statute, the removal of a candidate due to the candidate's death, resignation, or disqualification. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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