79-3-102 - Definitions.
79-3-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means a department, division, office, bureau, board, commission, or otheradministrative unit of the state.
(2) "Board" means the Board of the Utah Geological Survey.
(3) "Collection" means a specimen and the associated records documenting the specimenand its recovery.
(4) "Critical paleontological resources" means vertebrate fossils and other exceptionalfossils that are designated state paleontological landmarks as provided for in Section 79-3-505.
(5) "Curation" means:
(a) management and care of collections according to standard professional museumpractice, which may include inventorying, accessioning, labeling, cataloging, identifying,evaluating, documenting, storing, maintaining, periodically inspecting, cleaning, stabilizing,conserving, exhibiting, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of original collections orreproductions; and
(b) providing access to and facilities for studying collections.
(6) "Curation facility" is as defined in Section 53B-17-603.
(7) "Director" means the director of the survey.
(8) "Excavate" means the recovery of critical paleontological resources.
(9) "Museum" means the Utah Museum of Natural History.
(10) "Paleontological resources" means remains of prehistoric life pertaining to thenatural history of the state.
(11) "Repository" is defined as provided in Section 53B-17-603.
(12) "School and institutional land grants" means the transfer of properties pursuant toSections 6 and 8 of the Utah Enabling Act and Utah Constitution Article XX.
(13) "School and institutional trust lands" are those properties defined in Section53C-1-103.
(14) "Site" means any paleontological deposit or other location that is the source of aspecimen.
(15) "Specimen" means remains of a critical paleontological nature found on or belowthe surface of the earth.
(16) "State Paleontological Register" means a register of paleontological sites andlocalities.
(17) "Survey" means the Utah Geological Survey.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 344, 2009 General Session