Full text of Utah Utah Code § 73-31-102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73-31-102. Definitions.
Effective 5/12/2020 73-31-102.
Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Applicant" means:
(a)
a record holder of a perfected water right or a valid diligence claim applying for board approval of a statutory water bank under Part 2, Statutory Water Banks; or
"Application" means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank.
(3)
"Approved change application" means a change application that the state engineer approves to authorize a water right holder to deposit a water right in a water bank pursuant to this chapter and Section 73-3-3 or 73-3-3.5.
(4)
"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.
(5)
"Board" means the Board of Water Resources.
(6)
"Borrower" means a person seeking to use a banked water right within a water bank's service area.
"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.
(9)
"Deposit" means depositing a banked water right for use within the service area of a water bank.
(10)
"Depositor" means a person seeking to deposit a water right in a water bank.
(11)
"Hereafter use" means the conditions of use the state engineer authorizes for a banked water right during the term of an approved change application.
(12)
"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.
(13)
"Loaned water rights" means a banked water right that is used pursuant to an approved delivery request.
(14)
"Perfected water right" means a water right evidenced by:
(a)
a decree;
(b)
a certificate of appropriation; or
(c)
a proposed determination or court order issued in a general adjudication.
(15)
"Public entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-1-4 except for the United States or an agency of the United States.
(16)
"Reporting year" means November 1 through October 31.
(17)
"Service area" means the geographic area where a water bank is approved to operate and operates.
(18)
"State engineer" means the state engineer appointed under Section 73-2-1.
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