Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 13 - Migratory Bird Production Area

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Aggregator: means any person or entity that:
            (2)(a)(i) is not a telecommunications corporation;
            (2)(a)(ii) in the ordinary course of its business makes operator assisted services available to the public or to customers and transient users of its business or property through an operator service provider; and
            (2)(a)(iii) receives from an operator service provider by contract, tariff, or otherwise, commissions or compensation for calls delivered from the aggregator's location to the operator service provider. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• 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.
• Articles of incorporation: include :
       (4)(a) amended and restated articles of incorporation;
       (4)(b) articles of merger; and
       (4)(c) a document of a similar import to those described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b). See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• Authorized shares: means the shares of all classes a domestic or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Basic residential service: means a local exchange service for a residential customer consisting of:
       (3)(a) a single line with access to the public switched network;
       (3)(b) touch-tone or the functional equivalent;
       (3)(c) local flat-rate unlimited usage, exclusive of extended area service;
       (3)(d) single-party service;
       (3)(e) a free phone number listing in directories received for free;
       (3)(f) access to operator services;
       (3)(g) access to directory assistance;
       (3)(h) access to lifeline and telephone relay assistance;
       (3)(i) access to 911 and E911 emergency services;
       (3)(j) access to long-distance carriers;
       (3)(k) access to toll limitations services;
       (3)(l) other services as may be determined by the commission; and
       (3)(m) no feature. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Board: means the Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board created in Section 54-8a-13. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Bylaws: includes amended bylaws and restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission authorizing a telecommunications corporation to provide specified public telecommunications services within a defined geographic service territory in the state. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-10a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Distribution: means the following by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of the corporation's shares:
            (13)(a)(i) a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, other than a corporation's own shares; or
            (13)(a)(ii) incurrence of indebtedness by the corporation. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Division: means the Division of Public Utilities established in Section 54-4a-1. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Emergency: means an occurrence or suspected natural gas leak necessitating immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of, or damage to, life, health, property, or essential public services. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• 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.
• 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
• Excavator: means any person that excavates or conducts excavation activities. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Feature: means a custom calling service available from the central office switch, including call waiting, call forwarding, three-way calling, and similar services. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Federal Telecommunications Act: means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Incumbent telephone corporation: means a telephone corporation, its successors or assigns, which, as of May 1, 1995, held a certificate to provide local exchange services in a defined geographic service territory in the state. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• 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
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Local exchange service: means the provision of telephone lines to customers with the associated transmission of two-way interactive, switched voice communication within the geographic area encompassing one or more local communities as described in maps, tariffs, or rate schedules filed with and approved by the commission. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• long-run: means a period of time long enough so that cost estimates are based on the assumption that all inputs are variable. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Migratory bird: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 23A-13-101
• Migratory bird production area: means an area of land that is:
       (2)(a) created under this chapter; and
       (2)(b) used according to the description in Subsections 23A-13-201(1)(b)(iii)(A) and (B). See Utah Code 23A-13-101
• Mobile telecommunications service: means a mobile telecommunications service:
       (12)(a) that is defined as a mobile telecommunications service in the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, Utah Code 54-8b-2
• New public telecommunications service: means a service offered by a telecommunications corporation which that corporation has never offered before. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• 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.
• Operator: means a person that owns, operates, or maintains an underground facility. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Operator assisted services: means services which assist callers in the placement or charging of a telephone call, either through live intervention or automated intervention. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Operator service provider: means any person or entity that provides, for a fee to a caller, operator assisted services. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• 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
• 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 switched network: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Public telecommunications service: means the two-way transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means offered to the public generally. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Record date: means the date established under Part 6, Shares and Distributions, or Part 7, Shareholders, on which a corporation determines the identity of its shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• 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
• Shareholder: means :
            (34)(a)(i) the person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation; or
            (34)(a)(ii) the beneficial owner of a share to the extent recognized pursuant to Section 16-10a-723. See Utah Code 16-10a-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
• Telecommunications corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, managing, or reselling a public telecommunications service. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
• Telephone corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, who owns, controls, operates, manages, or resells a public telecommunications service as defined in Section 54-8b-2. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• 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