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Title 63G - General Government
Chapter 32 - Legal Personhood
Section 101 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 63G-32-101 (2025)
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Effective 5/1/2024
63G-32-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Enacted by Chapter 451, 2024 General Session
63G-32-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
- (1)"Body of water" means any natural or man-made accumulation of water, regardless of whether the accumulation of water is static or subject to a force that causes a hydrological current.
- (2)"Governmental entity" means:
- (a)a court;
- (b)the Legislature;
- (c)the legislative body of a political subdivision; or
- (d)another entity of the state or a political subdivision, if the entity has adjudicatory or rulemaking authority.
- (3)"Human being" means a member of the species classified as Homo sapiens;
- (4)"Land" means the solid terrestrial surface or subsurface of the earth.
- (5)"Legal personhood" means:
- (a)the legal rights and obligations of an individual under the laws of this state; or
- (b)the legal rights and obligations of a person other than an individual under the laws of this state.
- (6)"Political subdivision" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102.
- (7)"Real property" means any building, fixture, improvement, appurtenance, structure, or other development that is affixed permanently to land.
- (8)"State" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102.
Enacted by Chapter 451, 2024 General Session
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