Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 19 - Rural Rehabilitation

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means the Utah Inland Port Authority, created in Section 11-58-201. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Authority: means the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 11-59-102
• Authority jurisdictional land: means land within the authority boundary delineated:
       (2)(a) in the electronic shapefile that is the electronic component of H. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the authority's governing body, created in Section 11-58-301. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Board: means the authority's board, created in Section 11-59-301. See Utah Code 11-59-102
• Business plan: means a plan designed to facilitate, encourage, and bring about development of the authority jurisdictional land to achieve the goals and objectives described in Subsection 11-58-203(1), including the development and establishment of an inland port. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contaminated land: means land:
       (6)(a) within a project area; and
       (6)(b) that contains hazardous materials, as defined in Section 19-6-302, hazardous substances, as defined in Section 19-6-302, or landfill material on, in, or under the land. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Development: means :
       (7)(a) the demolition, construction, reconstruction, modification, expansion, or improvement of a building, utility, infrastructure, landscape, parking lot, park, trail, recreational amenity, or other facility, including public infrastructure and improvements; and
       (7)(b) the planning of, arranging for, or participation in any of the activities listed in Subsection (7)(a). See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Development project: means a project for the development of land within a project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Distribution center: means a building that is:
       (9)(a) used for the storage, sorting, and distribution of goods intended for sale; and
       (9)(b) not associated with or operated in conjunction with an adjacent manufacturing facility. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Domesticated elk: means elk of the genus and species cervus elaphus, held in captivity and domestically raised for commercial purposes. See Utah Code 4-39-102
• Domesticated elk facility: includes an elk ranch. See Utah Code 4-39-102
• Elk ranch: means a facility where domesticated elk are harvested through typical hunting methods. See Utah Code 4-39-102
• 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}
• 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.
• Facilities division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, created in Section 63A-5b-301. See Utah Code 11-59-102
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• 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.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• New correctional facility: means the state correctional facility being developed in Salt Lake City to replace the state correctional facility in Draper. See Utah Code 11-59-102
• 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.
• 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 a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Point of the mountain state land: means :
       (6)(a) the approximately 700 acres of state-owned land in Draper, including land used for the operation of a state correctional facility until completion of the new correctional facility and state-owned land in the vicinity of the current state correctional facility; and
       (6)(b) any land, in addition to the land described in Subsection (6)(a), that:

            (6)(b)(i) the state acquires; and

            (6)(b)(ii) is contiguous to the land described in Subsection (6)(a). See Utah Code 11-59-102
• Primary municipality: means the municipality that has more authority jurisdictional land within the municipality's boundary than is included within the boundary of any other municipality. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Primary municipality differential: means property tax differential generated by a property tax levied:
       (4)(a) on property in the reduced area; and
       (4)(b) by the primary municipality. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Project area: means :
       (16)(a) the authority jurisdictional land, subject to Section 11-58-605; or
       (16)(b) land outside the authority jurisdictional land, whether consisting of a single contiguous area or multiple noncontiguous areas, described in a project area plan or draft project area plan, where the development project set forth in the project area plan or draft project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property tax: includes a privilege tax and each levy on an ad valorem basis on tangible or intangible personal or real property. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Public entity: means :
       (21)(a) the state, including each department, division, or other agency of the state; or
       (21)(b) a county, city, town, school district, special district, special service district, interlocal cooperation entity, community reinvestment agency, or other political subdivision of the state, including the authority. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Public entity: means :
       (7)(a) the state, including each department, division, or other agency of the state; or
       (7)(b) a county, city, town, school district, special district, special service district, interlocal cooperation entity, community reinvestment agency, or other political subdivision of the state, including the authority. See Utah Code 11-59-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Reduced area: means the authority jurisdictional land that is within a primary municipality, excluding:
       (6)(a) an area described in Subsection 11-58-600. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Remediation: includes :
       (23)(a) activities for the cleanup, rehabilitation, and development of contaminated land; and
       (23)(b) acquiring an interest in land within a remediation project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Remediation differential: means property tax differential generated from a remediation project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Remediation project: means a project for the remediation of contaminated land that:
       (25)(a) is owned by:

            (25)(a)(i) the state or a department, division, or other instrumentality of the state;

            (25)(a)(ii) an independent entity, as defined in Section 63E-1-102; or

            (25)(a)(iii) a political subdivision of the state; and
       (25)(b) became contaminated land before the owner described in Subsection (24)(a) obtained ownership of the land. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Remediation project area: means a project area consisting of contaminated land that is or is expected to become the subject of a remediation project. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Suspect domesticated elk: means a domesticated elk for which:
       (6)(a) the state veterinarian has determined that the following suggest that the domesticated elk may be infected with a disease spreading pathogen:

            (6)(a)(i) unofficial test results;

            (6)(a)(ii) laboratory evidence; or

            (6)(a)(iii) clinical signs; and
       (6)(b) official laboratory results for a disease spreading pathogen:

            (6)(b)(i) are inconclusive; or

            (6)(b)(ii) have not been conducted. See Utah Code 4-39-102
• Taxing entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-102. See Utah Code 11-59-102
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• 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.
• 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