Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 12 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety created in Section 53-1-103. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• E-verify program: means the electronic verification of the work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996, Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Employee: means an individual employed by an employer under a contract for hire. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Employer: means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Guest worker: means an undocumented individual who holds a guest worker permit. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Guest worker permit: means a permit issued in accordance with Section 63G-12-207 to an undocumented individual who meets the eligibility criteria of Section 63G-12-205. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Immediate family: means for an undocumented individual:
       (10)(a) the undocumented individual's spouse; or
       (10)(b) a child of the undocumented individual if the child is:

            (10)(b)(i) under 21 years old; and

            (10)(b)(ii) unmarried. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Immediate family permit: means a permit issued in accordance with Section 63G-12-207 to an undocumented individual who meets the eligibility criteria of Section 63G-12-206. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Permit: means a permit issued under Part 2, Guest Worker Program, and includes:
       (12)(a) a guest worker permit; and
       (12)(b) an immediate family permit. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• 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
• Program: means the Guest Worker Program described in Section 63G-12-201. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• Public employer: means an employer that is:
       (17)(a) the state of Utah or any administrative subunit of the state;
       (17)(b) a state institution of higher education, as defined in Section 53B-3-102;
       (17)(c) a political subdivision of the state including a county, city, town, school district, special district, or special service district; or
       (17)(d) an administrative subunit of a political subdivision. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• 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.
• Restricted account: means the Immigration Act Restricted Account created in Section 63G-12-103. See Utah Code 63G-12-102
• 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
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Undocumented individual: means an individual who:
       (23)(a) lives or works in the state; and
       (23)(b) is not in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, Utah Code 63G-12-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5