Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 18 - Siting of High Voltage Power Line Act

• 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.
• Affected entity: means an entity as defined in Sections 10-9a-103 and 17-27a-103. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• Affected landowner: means an owner of a property interest, as reflected in the most recent county or city tax records as receiving a property tax notice, whose property is located within a proposed corridor. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• 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.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Construction: means the excavation, construction, and installation of a high voltage electric power line or upgraded high voltage transmission line. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• High voltage power line: means :
       (4)(a) an electrical high voltage power line with a nominal voltage of 230 kilovolts or more; and
       (4)(b) an upgraded high voltage power line. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Proposed corridor: means the transmission line route within a target study area selected by the public utility as the public utility's proposed alignment for a high voltage power line. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• Proposed route: means the right-of-way needed for construction of the high voltage power line. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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.
• Target study area: means the geographic area for a new high voltage transmission line or an upgraded high voltage power line as proposed by a public utility. See Utah Code 54-18-102
• Upgraded high voltage power line: means increasing the voltage of an existing transmission line to 230 kilovolts or more. See Utah Code 54-18-102