Utah Code 20A-11-1703. Exceptions

20A-11-1703. Exceptions.

(1)	A registered political party is not required to comply with the requirements of this part.

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-11-1703

Expenditure: means any of the following made by a reporting entity or an agent of a reporting entity on behalf of the reporting entity:

(i)	any disbursement from contributions, receipts, or from the separate bank account required by this chapter;

(ii)	a purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value made for political purposes;

(iii)

an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make any purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value for political purposes;

(iv)	compensation paid by a filing entity for personal services rendered by a person without charge to a reporting entity;

(v)	a transfer of funds between the filing entity and a candidate's personal campaign committee;

(vi)	goods or services provided by the filing entity to or for the benefit of another reporting entity for political purposes at less than fair market value; or

(vii)

an independent expenditure, as defined in Section 20A-11-1702. See Utah Code 20A-11-101

Independent expenditure: includes :

(i)	the cost of creating and disseminating material for a public communication, including design and production costs; and

(ii)

a contract or other promise to make an expenditure described in Subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b)(i). See Utah Code 20A-11-1702

Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102

Reporting entity: means a candidate, a candidate's personal campaign committee, a judge, a judge's personal campaign committee, an officeholder, a party committee, a political action committee, a political issues committee, a corporation, or a labor organization, as defined in Section 20A-11-1501. See Utah Code 20A-11-101

(2)

A reporting entity is not required to report an independent expenditure under this part if the reporting party:

(a)	reports the expenditure under another part in this chapter; and

(b)

in the report described in Subsection (2)(a):

(i)	identifies the expenditure as an independent expenditure; and

(ii)	provides the information, described in Section 20A-11-1704, in relation to the independent expenditure.

Amended by Chapter 83, 2018 General Session

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