Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 34 > Chapter 44 > Part 3 - Remedies

• Agreement: means a short-term agreement or a long-term agreement. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Bonds: means obligations issued by a municipality or a county under Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act, and the provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commission: means :
       (2)(a) compensation:

            (2)(a)(i) that accrues to a sales representative;

            (2)(a)(ii) for payment by a principal; and

            (2)(a)(iii) at a rate expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of sales, orders, or profits; or
       (2)(b) any other method of compensation agreed to between a sales representative and a principal including:

            (2)(b)(i) fees for services; and

            (2)(b)(ii) a retainer. See Utah Code 34-44-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Facility: means any structure, building, machinery, system, land, water right, or other property necessary or desirable to provide the services contemplated by a privatization project, including, without limitation, all related and appurtenant easements and rights-of-way, improvements, utilities, landscaping, sidewalks, roads, curbs and gutters, and equipment and furnishings. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Governing authority: means the persons, board, body, or entity in which the legislative powers of a political subdivision are vested. See Utah Code 73-10d-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
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Long-term agreement: means an agreement or contract having a term of more than five years and less than 50 years. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Municipality: means any incorporated city or town in the state, including cities or towns operating under home rule charters. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• 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
• Political subdivision: means the state or any municipality, county improvement district, water conservancy district, special service district, drainage district, metropolitan water district, irrigation district, separate legal or administrative entity created under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, or any other entity constituting a political subdivision under the laws of the state. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Principal: means a person who:
       (4)(a) engages in any of the following activities with regard to a product or service:

            (4)(a)(i) manufactures;

            (4)(a)(ii) produces;

            (4)(a)(iii) imports;

            (4)(a)(iv) sells; or

            (4)(a)(v) distributes;
       (4)(b) establishes a business relationship with a sales representative to solicit orders for a product or a service described in Subsection (4)(a); and
       (4)(c) agrees to compensate a sales representative, in whole or in part, by commission. See Utah Code 34-44-102
• Privatization project: means all or part of any drinking water, water, or wastewater project which is owned or operated by a private owner/operator, and provides the related services to political subdivisions. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• sales representative: means a person who enters into a business relationship with a principal:
            (5)(a)(i) to solicit orders for a product or a service described in Subsection (4)(a); and
            (5)(a)(ii) under which the person is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission. See Utah Code 34-44-102
• 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
• Supervising agency: means the Water Development Coordinating Council created in Section 73-10c-3. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Wastewater project: means any sewer, sewage system, sewage treatment facility, lagoon, sewage collection facility and system and related pipelines, and all similar systems, works, and facilities necessary or desirable to collect, hold, cleanse, or purify any sewage or other polluted waters of this state, and related structures and facilities. See Utah Code 73-10d-3
• Waters of this state: means any stream, lake, pond, marsh, watercourse, waterway, well, spring, irrigation system, drainage system, or other body or accumulation of water, whether surface, underground, natural, artificial, public or private, or other water resource of the state, which is contained within or flows in or through the state. See Utah Code 73-10d-3