Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 9 - Aquatic Wildlife

• Address: includes :
            (1)(b)(i) a post office box number;
            (1)(b)(ii) a rural free delivery route number; and
            (1)(b)(iii) a street name and number. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Aquaculture facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-37-103. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Aquatic wildlife: means species of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, or amphibians. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Assessment: means for the purpose of taxation wherever appropriate. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Communication service: means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means, including telephone, telegraph, messenger-call, clock, police, fire alarm, and traffic control circuits or the transmission of standard television or radio signals. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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
• Corporate name: means :
       (10)(a) the name of a domestic corporation or a domestic nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation; or
       (10)(b) the name of a foreign corporation or a foreign nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation or document of similar import. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit that:
       (11)(a) is not a foreign corporation; and
       (11)(b) is incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Electric or communication facilities: means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cut-outs, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fee fishing facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-37-103. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Fishing: means to take fish or crayfish by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Game: means wildlife normally pursued, caught, or taken by sporting means for human use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Governing body: means the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees as may be appropriate depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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
• Natural flowing stream: includes perennial or intermittent water flows in a:
            (26)(b)(i) realigned or modified channel that replaces the historic, natural flowing stream channel; and
            (26)(b)(ii) dredged natural flowing stream channel. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Natural lake: means a perennial or intermittent body of water that collects on the surface of the earth exclusively through the forces of nature and without human assistance. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Notice: is a s provided in Section 16-10a-103. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Overhead electric or communication facilities: means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, above the surface of the ground. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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: 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: 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
• Point of delivery: means :
       (8)(a) a meter, for electric facilities; or
       (8)(b) a network interface device, for communication facilities. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Possession: means actual or constructive possession. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Private fish pond: means a pond, reservoir, or other body of water, including a fish culture system, located on privately owned land where privately owned fish:
            (38)(a)(i) are propagated or kept for a private noncommercial purpose; and
            (38)(a)(ii) may be taken without a fishing license. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Protected aquatic wildlife: means aquatic wildlife except as provided in Subsection (42)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Reservoir constructed on a natural stream channel: means a body of water collected and stored on the course of a natural flowing stream by impounding the stream through excavation or diking. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Resolution: means ordinance when the governing body properly acts by ordinance rather than by resolution. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Sell: means to offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange, or trade, or the act of selling, bartering, exchanging, or trading. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Wild: means the natural environment, including a private pond or private property. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. 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