R657-2-2. Definitions

(1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Section 23-13-2 and 63G-4-103.

(2) In addition:

(a)(i) "Adjudicative proceeding" means:

(A) a division or Wildlife Board action or proceeding that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including all division or Wildlife Board actions to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and

(B) judicial review of any action provided in Subsection (A).

(ii) "Adjudicative proceeding" does not mean any matter not governed by Title 63G, Chapter 4, Utah Administrative Procedures Act.

(b) "Assistant director" means the assistant director of the division.

(c) "Director" means the director of the division.

(d) "Division" means the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

(e) "Petitioner" means a person or entity who files a request for agency action initiating an adjudicative proceeding.

(f) "Presiding Officer" means the director, chairman of the Wildlife Board, or an individual or body of individuals designated by the director, the chairman of the Wildlife Board, or by statute or division rule to conduct an adjudicative proceeding.

(g) "Regional advisory council" means the entities created by Section 23-14-2.6.

(h) "Respondent" means any person or entity against whom a proceeding is initiated or whose property interest may be affected by a proceeding initiated by the division, the Wildlife Board or any other person.