Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53 > Chapter 2a > Part 12 - Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act

• Declared state disaster or emergency: means a declared disaster as defined in Section 53-2a-602. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety created in Section 53-1-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Disaster: means an event that:
       (5)(a) causes, or threatens to cause, loss of life, human suffering, public or private property damage, or economic or social disruption resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomena, or technological hazard; and
       (5)(b) requires resources that are beyond the scope of local agencies in routine responses to emergencies and accidents and may be of a magnitude or involve unusual circumstances that require response by government, not-for-profit, or private entities. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
• Disaster period: means a period that begins within 10 days after the first day of a declared state disaster or emergency and that extends for a period of 60 calendar days after the end of the declared state disaster or emergency. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• Disaster- or emergency-related work: means repairing, renovating, installing, building, rendering services, or other business activities that relate to infrastructure that has been damaged, impaired, or destroyed by a declared state disaster or emergency. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• Division: means the Division of Emergency Management created in Section 53-2a-103. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
• 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.
• Infrastructure: means property and equipment owned or used by communications networks, electric generation systems, transmission and distribution systems, gas distribution systems, water pipelines, and related support facilities that serve multiple customers or citizens, including real and personal property, such as buildings, offices, power and communication lines and poles, pipes, structures, and equipment. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• Out-of-state business: means a business entity that:
       (5)(a) has no presence in the state, other than any prior disaster- or emergency-related work, and conducts no business in the state, and whose services are requested by a registered business or by a state or local government for purposes of performing disaster- or emergency-related work in the state; and
       (5)(b) has no registration or tax filings or presence sufficient to require the collection or payment of a tax in the state prior to the declared state disaster or emergency. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• Out-of-state employee: means an employee who does not work in the state, except for disaster- or emergency-related work during the disaster period. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Registered business: means a business entity that is currently registered to do business in the state prior to the declared state disaster or emergency. See Utah Code 53-2a-1202
• 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