Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 11 > Part 4 - Mule Deer Protection

• 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.
• Assessment: means for the purpose of taxation wherever appropriate. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Association: means two or more operators organized to receive notification of excavation activities in the state, as provided by Section 54-8a-9. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Board: means the Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board created in Section 54-8a-13. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• conversion: means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• excavation: means an operation in which earth, rock, or other material on or below the ground is moved or displaced by tools, equipment, explosives, or demolition. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Excavation notice: means a communication that:
       (8)(a) has a location request assignment;
       (8)(b) provides notice of a person's intent to excavate in a specified location in the state; and
       (8)(c) meets the requirements of Section 54-8a-4. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Excavator: means any person that excavates or conducts excavation activities. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• General predator control: means a predatory animal removal effort by the division to reduce predatory animal numbers for the benefit of mule deer. See Utah Code 23A-11-401
• Holiday: means all legal holidays as defined in Section 63G-1-301, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, December 24th, and any other association observed holiday as posted in the association's excavator's guide. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Location: means the site of a proposed area of excavation described:
       (13)(a)

            (13)(a)(i) by street address, if available;

            (13)(a)(ii) by the area at that street address to be excavated; and

            (13)(a)(iii) as specified in Subsection 54-8a-4(3) or 54-8a-5(2)(b)(ii); or
       (13)(b) if there is no street address available, by the area of excavation using any available designations, including a nearby street or road, an intersection, GPS coordinates, or other generally accepted methods. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Mark: means to locate and indicate the existence of a line or facility according to the guidelines published by the association in the association's current version of the excavator's guide. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Operator: means a person that owns, operates, or maintains an underground facility. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• 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: includes :
       (19)(a) an individual, government entity, corporation, partnership, association, or company; and
       (19)(b) the trustee, receiver, assignee, and personal representative of a person listed in Subsection (19)(a). See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Predator: means a cougar, bear, or coyote. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• predatory animal: means a coyote. See Utah Code 23A-11-401
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public utility: means any electric corporation or communications corporation that provides electric or communication service to the general public by means of electric or communication facilities. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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
• 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
• Targeted predator control: means a predatory animal removal effort by the division:
       (3)(a) to reduce predatory animal numbers in an area where mule deer predation occurs; and
       (3)(b) that focuses on specific locations and certain times. See Utah Code 23A-11-401
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Underground facility: means personal property that is buried or placed below ground level for use in the storage or conveyance of any of the following:
       (23)(a) water;
       (23)(b) sewage, including sewer laterals;
       (23)(c) communications, including electronic, photonic, telephonic, or telegraphic communications;
       (23)(d) television, cable television, or other telecommunication signals, including transmission to subscribers of video or other programming;
       (23)(e) electric power;
       (23)(f) oil, gas, or other fluid and gaseous substances;
       (23)(g) steam;
       (23)(h) slurry; or
       (23)(i) dangerous materials or products. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101