Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 19 - Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act

• Alternate payee: means a member's former spouse or family member eligible to receive payments under a Domestic Relations Order in compliance with Section 49-11-612. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Waste Management and Radiation Control Board created under Section 19-1-106. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Board: means the Utah State Retirement Board established under Section 49-11-202. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Commission: means the Utah State Tax Commission. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Consumer: includes a person who purchases a new tire for a motor vehicle to be rented or leased. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Contributions: means the total amount paid by the participating employer and the member into a system or to the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• defined contribution plan: means any defined contribution plan or deferred compensation plan authorized under the Internal Revenue Code and administered by the board. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Director: means the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Dispose of: means to deposit, dump, or permanently place waste tire in or on land or in water in the state. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fund: means any fund created under this title for the purpose of paying benefits or costs of administering a system, plan, or program. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Fund: means the Waste Tire Recycling Fund created in Section 19-6-807. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Governor: includes former governors. See Utah Code 49-19-102
• Initially entering: includes an employee of a participating employer, except for an employee that is not eligible under a system or plan under this title, who:
            (29)(c)(i) does not have any prior service credit on file with the office;
            (29)(c)(ii) is covered by a retirement plan other than a retirement plan created under this title; and
            (29)(c)(iii) moves to a position with a participating employer that is covered by this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• 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.
• Legislator: includes former legislators. See Utah Code 49-19-102
• Local health department: means the local health department, as defined in Section 26A-1-102, with jurisdiction over the recycler. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Materials derived from waste tires: means tire sections, tire chips, tire shreddings, rubber, steel, fabric, or other similar materials derived from waste tires. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Member: means a person, except a retiree, with contributions on deposit with a system, the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, or with a terminated system. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Passenger tire equivalent: means a measure of mixed sizes of tires where each 25 pounds of whole tires or material derived from waste tires is equal to one waste tire. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Plan: means the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-19-102
• Proceeds of the fee: means the money collected by the commission from payment of the recycling fee including interest and penalties on delinquent payments. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Recycler: means a person who:
       (20)(a) annually uses, or can reasonably be expected within the next year to use, a minimum of 100,000 waste tires generated in the state or 1,000 tons of waste tires generated in the state to recover energy or produce energy, crumb rubber, chipped tires, or an ultimate product; and
       (20)(b) is registered as a recycler in accordance with Section 19-6-806. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Recycling fee: means the fee provided for in Section 19-6-805. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Retirement: means the status of an individual who has become eligible, applies for, and is entitled to receive an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Retirement date: means the date selected by the member on which the member's retirement becomes effective with the office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Service credit: means :
       (50)(a) the period during which an employee is employed and compensated by a participating employer and meets the eligibility requirements for membership in a system or the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan, provided that any required contributions are paid to the office; and
       (50)(b) periods of time otherwise purchasable under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Shredded waste tires: means waste tires or material derived from waste tires that has been reduced to a six inch square or smaller. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• 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
• Storage: means the placement of waste tires in a manner that does not constitute disposal of the waste tires. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Store: means to place waste tires in a manner that does not constitute disposal of the waste tires. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Surviving spouse: means :
       (51)(a) the lawful spouse who has been married to a member for at least six months immediately before the death date of the member; or
       (51)(b) a former lawful spouse of a member with a valid domestic relations order benefits on file with the office before the member's death date in accordance with Section 49-11-612. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• System: means the individual retirement systems created by Chapter 12, Public Employees' Contributory Retirement Act, Chapter 13, Public Employees' Noncontributory Retirement Act, Chapter 14, Public Safety Contributory Retirement Act, Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement Act, Chapter 16, Firefighters' Retirement Act, Chapter 17, Judges' Contributory Retirement Act, Chapter 18, Judges' Noncontributory Retirement Act, and Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, the defined benefit portion of the Tier II Hybrid Retirement System under Chapter 22, Part 3, Tier II Hybrid Retirement System, and the defined benefit portion of the Tier II Hybrid Retirement System under Chapter 23, Part 3, Tier II Hybrid Retirement System. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Tier I: means a system or plan under this title for which:
       (54)(a) an employee is eligible to participate if the employee initially enters regular full-time employment before July 1, 2011; or
       (54)(b) a governor or legislator who initially enters office before July 1, 2011. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Tier II: includes :
            (55)(b)(i) the Tier II hybrid system established under:

                 (55)(b)(i)(A) Chapter 22, Part 3, Tier II Hybrid Retirement System; or

                 (55)(b)(i)(B) Chapter 23, Part 3, Tier II Hybrid Retirement System; and
            (55)(b)(ii) the Tier II Defined Contribution Plan (Tier II DC Plan) established under:

                 (55)(b)(ii)(A) Chapter 22, Part 4, Tier II Defined Contribution Plan; or

                 (55)(b)(ii)(B) Chapter 23, Part 4, Tier II Defined Contribution Plan. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Tire: means a pneumatic rubber covering designed to encircle the wheel of a vehicle in which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Tire retailer: means a person engaged in the business of selling new tires either as replacement tires or as part of a new vehicle sale. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Waste tire: means :
       (29)(a) a tire that is no longer suitable for the tire's original intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect; or
       (29)(b) a tire that a tire retailer removes from a vehicle for replacement with a new or used tire. See Utah Code 19-6-803
• Waste tire transporter: includes a person engaged in the business of collecting, hauling, or transporting waste tires or who performs these functions for another person, except as provided in Subsection (31)(c). See Utah Code 19-6-803
• 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