As used in this chapter:
(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.