Within 60 days after a deadline for the filing of any statement required by this part, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed statement to ensure that:
Attorney's Note
Under the Utah Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Corporation: means a domestic or foreign, profit or nonprofit, business organization that is registered as a corporation or is authorized to do business in a state and makes any expenditure from corporate funds for:
(i)
the purpose of expressly advocating for political purposes; or
(ii)
the purpose of expressly advocating the approval or the defeat of any ballot proposition. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
(a)
each corporation that is required to file a statement has filed one; and
(b)
each statement contains the information required by this part.
(2)
If it appears that any corporation has failed to file any statement, if it appears that a filed statement does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of any statement, the lieutenant governor shall:
(a)
impose a fine against the corporation in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005; and
(b)
within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the corporation of the violation or written complaint and direct the corporation to file a statement correcting the problem.
(3)
(a)
It is unlawful for any corporation to fail to file or amend a statement within seven days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section.
(b)
Each corporation that violates Subsection (3)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c)
The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (3)(a) to the attorney general.
(d)
In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (3)(b), the lieutenant governor shall impose a civil fine of $1,000 against a corporation that violates Subsection (3)(a).
