Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 13 > Part 3 - Protections

• 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
• 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
• 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: 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: 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
• Division: means the Division of Public Utilities established in Section 54-4a-1. See Utah Code 54-8b-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
• 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
• 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 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 :
       (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
• 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
• 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