{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-73-31-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 73-31-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Applicant\" means:\n(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\n(b) a public entity applying for board approval of a contract water bank under Part 3, Contract Water Banks.\n(2) \"Application\" means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank.\n(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.\n(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.\n(5) \"Board\" means the Board of Water Resources.\n(6) \"Borrower\" means a person seeking to use a banked water right within a water bank's service area.\n(7) \"Contract water bank\" means a water bank created pursuant to Part 3, Contract Water Banks.\n(8) \"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.\n(9) \"Deposit\" means depositing a banked water right for use within the service area of a water bank.\n(10) \"Depositor\" means a person seeking to deposit a water right in a water bank.\n(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.\n(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.\n(13) \"Loaned water rights\" means a banked water right that is used pursuant to an approved delivery request.\n(14) \"Perfected water right\" means a water right evidenced by:\n(a) a decree;\n(b) a certificate of appropriation; or\n(c) a proposed determination or court order issued in a general adjudication.\n(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.\n(16) \"Reporting year\" means November 1 through October 31.\n(17) \"Service area\" means the geographic area where a water bank is approved to operate and operates.\n(18) \"State engineer\" means the state engineer appointed under Section 73-2-1.\n(19) \"Statutory water bank\" means a water bank created pursuant to Part 2, Statutory Water Banks.\n(20) \"Water bank\" means a contract water bank or a statutory water bank.\n(21) \"Water banking website\" means a website overseen by the board in accordance with Section 73-31-103.","path":["Title 73 Water and Irrigation","Chapter 73-31 Water Banking Act","Part 73-31-1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title73/Chapter31/73-31-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"a0a98c3318aeb5ea472ef38c8ef8bad303e8f7b887b581fb5e6b968202a723ec","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-73-29-208","next":"us-ut/utah-code-73-31-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}