Utah Code § 17B-1-601

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As used in this part:
(1) "Appropriation" means an allocation of money by the board of trustees for a specific purpose.
(2) "Budget" means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year which embodies estimates of
proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them, and
may refer to the budget of a particular fund for which a budget is required by law or it may refer
collectively to the budgets for all such funds.
(3) "Budget officer" means the person appointed by the special district board of trustees to prepare
the budget for the district.
(4) "Budget year" means the fiscal year for which a budget is prepared.
(5) "Calendar year entity" means a special district whose fiscal year begins January 1 and ends
December 31 of each calendar year as described in Section 17B-1-602.
(6) "Current year" means the fiscal year in which a budget is prepared and adopted, which is the
fiscal year next preceding the budget year.
(7) "Deficit" has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in
the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts.
(8) "Estimated revenue" means the amount of revenue estimated to be received from all sources
during the budget year in each fund for which a budget is being prepared.
(9) "Financial officer" means the official under Section 17B-1-642.
(10) "Fiscal year" means the annual period for accounting for fiscal operations in each district.
(11) "Fiscal year entity" means a special district whose fiscal year begins July 1 of each year and
ends on June 30 of the following year as described in Section 17B-1-602.
(12) "Fund" has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in
the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts.

(13) "Fund balance" has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as
reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts.
(14) "General fund" is as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in
the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah
State Auditor.
(15) "Governmental funds" means the general fund, special revenue fund, debt service fund, and
capital projects fund of a special district.
(16) "Interfund loan" means a loan of cash from one fund to another, subject to future repayment.
(17) "Last completed fiscal year" means the fiscal year next preceding the current fiscal year.
(18) "Proprietary funds" means enterprise funds and the internal service funds of a special district.
(19) "Public funds" means any money or payment collected or received by an officer or employee
of a special district acting in an official capacity and includes money or payment to the officer or
employee for services or goods provided by the district, or the officer or employee while acting
within the scope of employment or duty.
(20) "Retained earnings" has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as
reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts.
(21) "Special district general fund" means the general fund used by a special district.
(22) "Special fund" means any special district fund other than the special district's general fund.

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