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  • (1) "Appointing authority" means an authority named in Section 63M-14-202 that appoints an authority member for a Colorado River authority area.
  • (2) "Authority" means the Colorado River Authority of Utah created by Section 63M-14-201.
  • (3) "Authority member" means a person appointed as a member of the authority under Section 63M-14-202 or designated as a member of the authority.
  • (4) "Chair" means the chair of the authority.
  • (5) "Colorado River Basin States" means Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
  • (6) "Colorado River authority area" means the geographic area designated by Subsection 63M-14-202(2).
  • (7) "Colorado River system" means the entire drainage of the Colorado River in Utah including both the main stem of the Colorado River and the Colorado River's tributaries.
  • (8) "Law of the river" means the compacts, federal laws, treaties, court decisions and decrees, contracts, and regulatory guidelines that underlie and authorize the management and operation of the Colorado River.
  • (9) "Restricted account" means the Colorado River Authority Restricted Account created in Section 63M-14-501.
  • (10) "River commissioner" means the person appointed under Section 63M-14-301.




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