Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53G > Chapter 5 - Charter Schools

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Annual charter school enrollment: means the total enrollment of all students in the state enrolled in a charter school in grades kindergarten through grade 12, based on October 1 enrollment counts. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Annual state enrollment: means the total enrollment of all students in the state enrolled in a public school in grades kindergarten through grade 12, based on October 1 enrollment counts. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• 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.
• 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
• Asset: means property of all kinds, real and personal, tangible and intangible, and includes:
       (1)(a) cash;
       (1)(b) stock or other investments;
       (1)(c) real property;
       (1)(d) equipment and supplies;
       (1)(e) an ownership interest;
       (1)(f) a license;
       (1)(g) a cause of action; and
       (1)(h) any similar property. See Utah Code 53G-5-102
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means the Utah Charter School Finance Authority created by this part. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• authorizer: means an entity listed in Section 53G-5-205 that authorizes a charter school. See Utah Code 53G-5-102
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the governing board of the authority described in Section 53G-5-602. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• board of trustees: means :
       (3)(a) the board of trustees of:

            (3)(a)(i) the University of Utah;

            (3)(a)(ii) Utah State University;

            (3)(a)(iii) Weber State University;

            (3)(a)(iv) Southern Utah University;

            (3)(a)(v) Snow College;

            (3)(a)(vi) Utah Tech University;

            (3)(a)(vii) Utah Valley University; or

            (3)(a)(viii) Salt Lake Community College;
       (3)(b) a technical college board of trustees described in Section 53B-2a-108; or
       (3)(c) a board of trustees of a private, nonprofit college or university in the state that is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. See Utah Code 53G-5-102
• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Charter school: means a school created under this chapter. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Credit enhancement program: means the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program established in Section 53G-5-606. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Debt service reserve fund: means the reserve fund created or established by, or for the benefit of, a qualifying charter school for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on bonds issued under the credit enhancement program as the payments become due and other money of the qualifying charter school is not available to make the payments. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Debt service reserve fund requirement: means , as of a particular date of computation, and with respect to a particular issue of bonds, the amount required to be on deposit in the debt service reserve fund, which amount:
       (8)(a) may be a sum certain or as set forth in a formula; and
       (8)(b) may not be less than the maximum annual debt service requirement for the related bonds. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Father: means a parent who is of the male sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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.
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Nominating committee: means the Wildlife Board Nominating Committee created in Section 23A-2-302. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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
• 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
• Proclamation: means the publication that is:
       (41)(a) used to convey a statute, rule, policy, or pertinent information related to wildlife; and
       (41)(b) issued in accordance with a rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Project: means :
       (10)(a) any building, structure, or property owned, to be acquired, or used by a charter school for any of its educational purposes and the related appurtenances, easements, rights-of-way, improvements, paving, utilities, landscaping, parking facilities, and lands; or
       (10)(b) any capital equipment owned, to be acquired, or used by a charter school for any of its educational purposes, interests in land, and grounds, together with the personal property necessary, convenient, or appurtenant to them. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• 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
• Qualifying charter school: means a charter school that:
       (11)(a) meets standards adopted by the authority for participation in the credit enhancement program; and
       (11)(b) is designated by the authority as a qualifying charter school for purposes of participation in the credit enhancement program. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Reserve account: means the Charter School Reserve Account created in Section 53F-9-303. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• 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.
• Tag: means a card, label, or other paper-based or electronic means of identification used to document harvest of protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Wildlife parts: means biological material derived from the body or anatomy of wildlife, including:
       (63)(a) an antler or horn;
       (63)(b) a hide;
       (63)(c) a bone; or
       (63)(d) meat. 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