As use in this chapter:

1. (1)

   1. (a) "Administering agency" means a state agency that administers a grant.
   2. (b) "Administering agency" includes a state agency that wholly or partially administers a grant on another state agency's behalf.
2. (2) "Competitive grant" means a grant that is not a direct award grant.
3. (3) "Direct award grant" means a grant that is funded by money that the Legislature intends the state agency to pass through to one or more recipients without a competitive process.

4. (4)

   1. (a) "Grant" means a state agency's expenditure of state money, or agreement to expend state money, that is:

      1. (i) authorized by law;
      2. (ii) made for a particular purpose; and
      3. (iii) made without acquiring, or the promise of acquiring, a procurement item in exchange for the expenditure.

   2. (b) "Grant" does not include:

      1. (i) a tax credit;
      2. (ii) an expenditure of federal money;
      3. (iii) public assistance, as defined in Section 26B-9-101;
      4. (iv) a loan;
      5. (v) a rebate;
      6. (vi) an incentive; or
      7. (vii) a claim payment.
5. (5) "Grant agreement" means the agreement between an administering agency and a grant recipient described in Subsection 63G-6b-201(4).
6. (6) "Grant appropriation" means an appropriation the Legislature makes to an administering agency to be used for one or more grants.
7. (7) "Grant period" means the time frame during which a grant recipient receives funds from a single grant.
8. (8) "Multi-year grant" means a grant for which the grant period exceeds one year.

9. (9) "Nonprofit entity" means an entity that:

   1. (a) operates in the state;
   2. (b) is not a government entity; and
   3. (c) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) or (19), Internal Revenue Code.
10. (10) "Procurement item" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-6a-103.

11. (11)

    1. (a) "State agency" means a department, division, or other agency or instrumentality of the state.
    2. (b) "State agency" does not include the legislative department.
12. (12) "State money" means money that is derived from state fees or state tax revenue.

Amended by Chapter 379, 2026 General Session