Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 73 > Chapter 31 > Part 5 - Deposits

• Application: means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Banked water right: means a water right, or a portion of a water right, deposited in a water bank that the state engineer has authorized for use in a water bank through an approved change application. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Borrower: means a person seeking to use a banked water right within a water bank's service area. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Delivery request: means a request to use a banked water right made by a borrower in accordance with a water bank's policies approved under the water bank's application. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Depositor: means a person seeking to deposit a water right in a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Heretofore use: means the authorized conditions of use that were in effect before the state engineer approved a change application authorizing new conditions for the use of a banked water right. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• 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}
• Loaned water rights: means a banked water right that is used pursuant to an approved delivery request. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Service area: means the geographic area where a water bank is approved to operate and operates. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• 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
• State engineer: means the state engineer appointed under Section 73-2-1. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Water bank: means a contract water bank or a statutory water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102