Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 79 > Chapter 2 > Part 3 - Finances

• 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
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources created in Section 79-2-201. See Utah Code 79-1-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department who is appointed under Section 79-2-202. See Utah Code 79-1-102
• 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.
• Species protection: means an action to protect a plant or animal species identified as:

  (a)	sensitive by the state; or

  (b)	threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U. See Utah Code 79-2-102 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature.