Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53B > Chapter 13a - Utah Promise Program Act

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Cost of attendance: includes costs payable to the institution, other direct educational expenses, transportation, and living expenses while attending the institution. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Election officer: means :
       (23)(a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
       (23)(b) the county clerk for:

            (23)(b)(i) a county ballot and election; and

            (23)(b)(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Eligible student: means a financially needy student who is:
            (2)(a)(i) unconditionally admitted to and enrolled at a Utah postsecondary institution on at least a half-time basis, as defined by the board, in an eligible postsecondary program leading to a defined education or training objective, as defined by the board;
            (2)(a)(ii) making satisfactory academic progress, as defined by the institution in published policies or rules, toward an education or training objective; and
            (2)(a)(iii)

                 (2)(a)(iii)(A) a resident student under Section 53B-8-102 and rules of the board; or

                 (2)(a)(iii)(B) exempt from paying the nonresident portion of total tuition under Section 53B-8-106. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• Filing officer: means :
       (7)(a) the lieutenant governor, for:

            (7)(a)(i) the office of United States Senator and United States Representative; and

            (7)(a)(ii) all constitutional offices;
       (7)(b) for the office of a state senator, state representative, or the state school board, the lieutenant governor or the applicable clerk described in Subsection (7)(c) or (d);
       (7)(c) the county clerk, for county offices and local school district offices;
       (7)(d) the county clerk in the filer's county of residence, for multicounty offices;
       (7)(e) the city or town clerk, for municipal offices; or
       (7)(f) the special district clerk, for special district offices. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Financially needy student: means a student who demonstrates the financial inability to meet all or a portion of the cost of attendance at an institution for any period of attendance as defined by the board, after considering the student's expected family contribution. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• institution: means :
       (8)(a) an institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-1-102; or
       (8)(b) a Utah private, nonprofit postsecondary institution that is accredited by an accrediting organization that the United States Department of Education recognizes. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• Multicounty office: means an elective office where the officeholder is selected by the voters from more than one county. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Municipal office: means an elective office in a municipality. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Partner award: means a financial award described in Section 53B-13a-106. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• 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.
• Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Position: means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Program: means the Utah Promise Program. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• Promise partner: means an employer that participates in the program described in Section 53B-13a-106. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102
• qualified: means to take the oath of office and begin performing the duties of the position for which the individual was elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Qualified political party: means a registered political party that:
       (13)(a)

            (13)(a)(i) permits a delegate for the registered political party to vote on a candidate nomination in the registered political party's convention remotely; or

            (13)(a)(ii) provides a procedure for designating an alternate delegate if a delegate is not present at the registered political party's convention;
       (13)(b) does not hold the registered political party's convention before the fourth Saturday in March of an even-numbered year;
       (13)(c) permits a member of the registered political party to seek the registered political party's nomination for any elective office by the member choosing to seek the nomination by either or both of the following methods:

            (13)(c)(i) seeking the nomination through the registered political party's convention process, in accordance with the provisions of Section 20A-9-407; or

            (13)(c)(ii) seeking the nomination by collecting signatures, in accordance with the provisions of Section 20A-9-408; and
       (13)(d)

            (13)(d)(i) if the registered political party is a continuing political party, no later than 5 p. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Resident: means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Voter: means an individual who:
       (79)(a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
       (79)(b) meets the requirements of election registration;
       (79)(c) is registered to vote; and
       (79)(d) is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102