Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 11 > Part 4 - Officeholder Financial Reporting Requirements

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
• 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 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Contribution: means any of the following when done for political purposes: (i)  a gift, subscription, donation, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value given to the filing entity; (ii)  an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make a gift, subscription, donation, unpaid or partially unpaid loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value to the filing entity; (iii)  any transfer of funds from another reporting entity to the filing entity; (iv)  compensation paid by any person or reporting entity other than the filing entity for personal services provided without charge to the filing entity; (v)  remuneration from: (A)  any organization or its directly affiliated organization that has a registered lobbyist; or (B)  any agency or subdivision of the state, including school districts; (vi)  a loan made by a candidate deposited to the candidate's own campaign; and (vii)  in-kind contributions. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Detailed listing: means : (a)  for each contribution or public service assistance: (i)  the name and address of the individual or source making the contribution or public service assistance, except to the extent that the name or address of the individual or source is unknown; (ii)  the amount or value of the contribution or public service assistance; and (iii)  the date the contribution or public service assistance was made; and (b)  for each expenditure: (i)  the amount of the expenditure; (ii)  the goods or services acquired by the expenditure; and (iii)  the date the expenditure was made. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Devise: To gift property by will. Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Donor: The person who makes a gift. 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 Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Federal office: means the office of president of the United States, United States Senator, or United States Representative. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Filing entity: means the reporting entity that is required to file a financial statement required by this chapter or 2. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it. Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Officeholder: means a person who holds a public office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Political action committee: includes groups affiliated with a registered political party but not authorized or organized by the governing board of the registered political party that receive contributions or makes expenditures for political purposes. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Public service assistance: means the following when given or provided to an officeholder to defray the costs of functioning in a public office or aid the officeholder to communicate with the officeholder's constituents: (i)  a gift, subscription, donation, unpaid or partially unpaid loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value to an officeholder; or (ii)  goods or services provided at less than fair market value to or for the benefit of the officeholder. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Receipts: means contributions and public service assistance. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Source: means the person or entity that is the legal owner of the tangible or intangible asset that comprises the contribution. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Summary report: means the year end report containing the summary of a reporting entity's contributions and expenditures. See Utah Code 20A-11-101