Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 5 - Public Utilities Regulation Fee

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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.
• Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Distribution electrical cooperative: includes an electrical corporation that:
       (8)(a) is a cooperative;
       (8)(b) conducts a business that includes the retail distribution of electricity the cooperative purchases or generates for the cooperative's members; and
       (8)(c) is required to allocate or distribute savings in excess of additions to reserves and surplus on the basis of patronage to the cooperative's:

            (8)(c)(i) members; or

            (8)(c)(ii) patrons. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. 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
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Management plan: means a document prepared in accordance with this chapter that describes how one or more tracts of land owned or managed by the division are to be used. See Utah Code 23A-6-101
• 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
• 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 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
• Regional advisory council: means a council created under Section 23A-2-303. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Wholesale electrical cooperative: includes every electrical corporation that is:
       (41)(a) in the business of the wholesale distribution of electricity it has purchased or generated to its members and the public; and
       (41)(b) required to distribute or allocate savings in excess of additions to reserves and surplus to members or patrons on the basis of patronage. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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 management area: means :
       (3)(a) a single tract of land owned or managed by the division; or
       (3)(b) two or more tracts of land owned or managed by the division that are within close proximity of each other and managed as a single unit. See Utah Code 23A-6-101