Each legislative officecandidate is subject to interim reporting requirements until:
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-11-304
Candidate: means any person who:
(a)
files a declaration of candidacy for a public office; or
(b)
receives contributions, makes expenditures, or gives consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures to bring about the person's nomination or election to a public office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Legislative office: means the office of state senator, state representative, speaker of the House of Representatives, president of the Senate, and the leader, whip, and assistant whip of any party caucus in either house of the Legislature. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
Legislative office candidate: means a person who:
(a)
files a declaration of candidacy for the office of state senator or state representative;
(b)
declares oneself to be a candidate for, or actively campaigns for, the position of speaker of the House of Representatives, president of the Senate, or the leader, whip, and assistant whip of any party caucus in either house of the Legislature; or
(c)
receives contributions, makes expenditures, or gives consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures to bring about the person's nomination, election, or appointment to a legislative office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
Person: means both natural and legal persons, including individuals, business organizations, personal campaign committees, party committees, political action committees, political issues committees, and labor organizations, as defined in Section 20A-11-1501. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
Summary report: means the year end report containing the summary of a reporting entity's contributions and expenditures. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
Vacancy: means :
(a)
except as provided in Subsection (75)(b), the absence of an individual to serve in a position created by state constitution or state statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or other cause ; or
(b)
in relation to a candidate for a position created by state constitution or state statute, the removal of a candidate due to the candidate's death, resignation, or disqualification. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(a)
the candidate withdraws or is eliminated in a convention or primary; or
(b)
if seeking appointment as a midterm vacancylegislative office candidate:
(i)
the political party liaison fails to forward the person‘s name to the governor; or
(ii)
the governor fails to appoint the person to fill the vacancy.
(2)
Each legislative office candidate is subject to year-end summary reporting requirements until the candidate has filed a statement of dissolution with the lieutenant governor stating that:
(a)
the legislative office candidate is no longer receiving contributions and is no longer making expenditures;
(b)
the ending balance on the last summary report filed is zero and the balance in the separate bank account required in Section 20A-11-301 is zero; and
(c)
a final summary report in the form required by Section 20A-11-302 showing a zero balance is attached to the statement of dissolution.
(3)
A statement of dissolution and a final summary report may be filed at any time.
(4)
Each legislative office candidate shall continue to file the year-end summary report required by Section 20A-11-302 until the statement of dissolution and final summary report required by this section are filed with the lieutenant governor.
