2006 Utah Code - 78-58-102 — Definitions.

     78-58-102.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Action involving public participation in the process of government" means any lawsuit, cause of action, claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or other judicial pleading or filing requesting relief to which this act applies.
     (2) "Government" includes a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, official, employee, agent, or other person acting under color of law of the United States, a state, or subdivision of a state or other public authority.
     (3) "Moving party" means any person on whose behalf the motion is filed.
     (4) "Person" means the same as defined in Section 68-3-12.
     (5) "Process of government" means the mechanisms and procedures by which the legislative and executive branches of government make decisions, and the activities leading up to the decisions, including the exercise by a citizen of the right to influence those decisions under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
     (6) "Responding party" means any person against whom the motion described in Section 78-58-103 is filed.
     (7) "State" means the same as defined in Section 68-3-12.

Enacted by Chapter 163, 2001 General Session