Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53D > Chapter 1 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Account: means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Account, created in Section 53D-1-203. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• advocacy office: means the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office created in Section 53D-2-201. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the board of trustees established in Section 53D-1-301. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: means the director of the office. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• Enabling act: means the act of Congress, dated July 16, 1894, enabling the people of Utah to form a constitution and state government and to be admitted into the Union. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• 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
• Nominating committee: means the committee established under Section 53D-1-501. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• Office: means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201. See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• 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
• Trust fund: means money derived from:
       (10)(a) the sale or use of land granted to the state under Sections 6, 8, and 12 of the enabling act;
       (10)(b) proceeds referred to in Section 9 of the enabling act from the sale of public land; and
       (10)(c) revenue and assets referred to in Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 5, Subsections (1)(c), (e), and (f). See Utah Code 53D-1-102
• 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