Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53G > Chapter 8 - Discipline and Safety

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Armed school security guard: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-8-804. See Utah Code 53G-8-701
• Board: means the Utah Natural Resources Legacy Fund Board created in Section 23A-3-305. See Utah Code 23A-3-301
• 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
• 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.
• Corporal punishment: means the intentional infliction of physical pain upon the body of a student as a disciplinary measure. See Utah Code 53G-8-301
• County security chief: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-22-101. See Utah Code 53G-8-701
• 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
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• electronic cigarette product: means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-10-101. See Utah Code 53G-1-103
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Law enforcement agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102. See Utah Code 53G-8-701
• 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}
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Legacy fund: means the Utah Natural Resources Legacy Fund created in Section 23A-3-304. See Utah Code 23A-3-301
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Nonresident: means a person who does not qualify as a resident. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• 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
• Physical escort: means a temporary touching or holding of the hand, wrist, arm, shoulder, or back for the purpose of guiding a student to another location. See Utah Code 53G-8-301
• Physical restraint: means a personal restriction that immobilizes or significantly reduces the ability of a student to move the student's arms, legs, body, or head freely. See Utah Code 53G-8-301
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• 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
• Public school: means the same as that term is defined in Section Utah Code 53G-8-701
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• resident: means a person who:
       (47)(a) has been domiciled in the state for six consecutive months immediately preceding the purchase of a license; and
       (47)(b) does not claim residency for hunting, fishing, or trapping in another state or country. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• School: means a public or private elementary school, secondary school, or preschool. See Utah Code 53G-8-301
• School resource officer: means a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who contracts with or whose law enforcement agency contracts with an LEA to provide law enforcement services for the LEA. See Utah Code 53G-8-701
• School safety and security director: means an individual whom an LEA designates in accordance with Section Utah Code 53G-8-701
• School safety and security specialist: means a school employee designated under Section Utah Code 53G-8-701
• School safety center: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-8-801. See Utah Code 53G-8-701
• Serious offense: means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-103. See Utah Code 53G-8-201
• 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
• sexual misconduct: means any conduct described in:
       (1)(a) Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses;
       (1)(b) Title 76, Chapter 5b, Sexual Exploitation Act;
       (1)(c) Section 76-7-102, incest;
       (1)(d) Section 76-9-702, lewdness; and
       (1)(e) Section Utah Code 53G-8-201
• 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
• State security chief: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-22-101. See Utah Code 53G-8-701
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Student: means an individual who is:
       (5)(a) under the age of 19 and receiving educational services; or
       (5)(b) under the age of 23 and receiving educational services as an individual with a disability. See Utah Code 53G-8-301
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. 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
• 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