Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63N > Chapter 17 > Part 3 - Broadband Access Grant Program

• 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
• Broadband center: means the Utah Broadband Center created in Section 63N-17-201. See Utah Code 63N-17-102
• Eligible applicant: means :
            (1)(a)(i) a telecommunications provider or an Internet service provider;
            (1)(a)(ii) a local government entity and one or more private entities, collectively, who are parties to a public-private partnership established for the purpose of expanding affordable broadband access in the state; or
            (1)(a)(iii) a tribal government. See Utah Code 63N-17-301
• 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.
• 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.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Subgrantee: means an entity that receives funds from the state under:
       (6)(a) the Broadband Access Grant Program created in Section 63N-17-301; or
       (6)(b) the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Grant Program created in Section 63N-17-401. See Utah Code 63N-17-102
• Underserved area: means an area of the state that is underserved in terms of the area's access to broadband service, as further defined by rule made by the broadband center. See Utah Code 63N-17-301
• Unserved area: means an area of the state that is unserved in terms of the area's access to broadband service, as further defined by rule made by the broadband center. See Utah Code 63N-17-301