Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53G > Chapter 4 - School Districts

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• 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
• Big game: means species of hoofed protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• County legislative body: means :
       (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
       (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Eligible entity: means :
       (1)(a) a city or town with a population density of 3,000 or more people per square mile; or
       (1)(b) a county whose unincorporated area includes a qualifying planning advisory area. See Utah Code 53G-4-901
• Endangered: means wildlife designated as endangered according to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Female: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions in a way that could produce ova. 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.
• Fishing: means to take fish or crayfish by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Game: means wildlife normally pursued, caught, or taken by sporting means for human use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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}
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Possession: means actual or constructive possession. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Protected wildlife: means wildlife, except as provided in Subsection (43)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Purchase price: means the greater of:
       (2)(a) an amount that is the average of:

            (2)(a)(i) the appraised value of the surplus property, based on the predominant zone in the surrounding area, as indicated in an appraisal obtained by the eligible entity; and

            (2)(a)(ii) the appraised value of the surplus property, based on the predominant zone in the surrounding area, as indicated in an appraisal obtained by the school district; and
       (2)(b) the amount the school district paid to acquire the surplus property. See Utah Code 53G-4-901
• Qualifying planning advisory area: means a planning advisory area under Section 17-27a-306 that has a population density of 3,000 or more people per square mile within the boundaries of the planning advisory area. See Utah Code 53G-4-901
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Regional advisory council: means a council created under Section 23A-2-303. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Surplus property: means land owned by a school district that:
       (4)(a) was purchased with taxpayer money;
       (4)(b) is located within a city or town that is an eligible entity or within a qualifying planning advisory area;
       (4)(c) consists of one contiguous tract at least three acres in size; and
       (4)(d) has been declared by the school district to be surplus. See Utah Code 53G-4-901
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Threatened: means wildlife designated as threatened pursuant to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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