(1) As used in this chapter:
(a)
- (i) "Agency" means a department, division, committee, commission, council, court, or other administrative subunit of the state.
- (ii) "Agency" includes executive branch entities and judicial branch entities.
- (iii) "Agency" does not mean higher education institutions or political subdivisions.
(b)
- (i) "Grant" means cash or other money donated to an agency.
(ii) "Grant" includes:
- (A) a reauthorization of an existing grant; and
- (B) a donation, regardless of whether it is subject to a formal grant agreement.
(iii) "Grant" does not mean:
- (A) money appropriated to an agency by the Legislature;
- (B) money received from the United States government;
- (C) money legally required to be paid to the state;
- (D) money legally required to be repaid by the state; or
- (E) revenues otherwise designated by law for deposit into another fund or account.
- (c) "Grantor" means the individual, group of individuals, foundation, corporation, or public or private organization making the grant.
- (d) "Grant reauthorization" means the formal submission from an agency to the grantor applying for reauthorization or seeking reauthorization of a grant.
(e) "Grant summary" means a document detailing:
- (i) the amount of money that is being requested or is available to be received by the agency from a grant;
- (ii) the duration of the grant and provisions for its reauthorization or extension, if any;
- (iii) the name of the grantor;
- (iv) the purpose of the grant, including, in detail, any programs, resources, and positions required to be funded by the grant;
- (v) any requirements that the agency must meet as a condition to receive or participate in the grant; and
- (vi) the amount of state money, if any, that will be required in order to obtain the grant.
- (f) "New state money" means money, whether specifically appropriated by the Legislature or not, that the grantor requires Utah to expend as a condition for receiving the grant.
- (g) "State" means the state of Utah and all of its agencies, and any administrative subunits of those agencies.
- (2) When this chapter describes an employee as a "permanent full-time employee" or a "permanent part-time employee," it is not intended to, and may not be construed to, affect the employee's status as an at-will employee.
Amended by Chapter 182, 2019 General Session