Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 16 > Part 2 - Utah Amusement Ride Safety Committee

• Account: means the Amusement Ride Safety Restricted Account created in Section 72-16-204. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Amusement ride: means a device or combination of devices or elements that carries or conveys one or more riders along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course or allows the riders to steer or guide the device within an established area for the purpose of giving the riders amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• 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
• Committee: means the Utah Amusement Ride Safety Committee created in Section 72-16-201. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Director: means the director of the committee, hired under Section 72-16-202. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Owner-operator: means the person who has control over and responsibility for the maintenance, setup, and operation of an amusement ride. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Qualified safety inspector: means an individual who holds a valid qualified safety inspector certification. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Qualified safety inspector certification: means a certification issued by the director under Section 72-16-303. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Reportable serious injury: means an injury to a rider that:
       (12)(a) occurs when there is a failure or malfunction of an amusement ride; and
       (12)(b) results in death, dismemberment, permanent disfigurement, permanent loss of the use of a body organ, member, function, or system, or a compound fracture. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• Serious injury: means an injury to a rider that:
       (14)(a) occurs when there is a failure or malfunction of an amusement ride; and
       (14)(b) requires immediate admission to a hospital and overnight hospitalization and observation by a licensed physician. See Utah Code 72-16-102
• 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