Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 11 > Part 7 - Campaign Financial Reporting by Corporations

• Address: means the number and street where an individual resides or where a reporting entity has its principal office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• 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
• Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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 Capital development: means the same as capital development project, as defined in Section 63A-5b-401. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses. Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Consumer Price Index: means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. 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 Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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 Dedicated project: means a capital development project for which state funds from an institution's allocation are requested or used. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. degree-granting institution: means an institution of higher education described in Subsection 53B-1-102(1)(a). See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5 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 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Election: means each: (a)  regular general election; (b)  regular primary election; and (c)  special election at which candidates are eliminated and selected. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. 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 Financial statement: includes any summary report, interim report, verified financial statement, or other statement disclosing contributions, expenditures, receipts, donations, or disbursements that is required by this chapter or 2. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Fund: means the Higher Education Capital Projects Fund created in Section 53B-22-202. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 In-kind contribution: means anything of value, other than money, that is accepted by or coordinated with a filing entity. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Incorporation: means the process established by Title 10, Chapter 2a, Municipal Incorporation, by which a geographical area becomes legally recognized as a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Institution: means a degree-granting institution. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money. Nondedicated project: means a capital development project for which state funds from a source other than an institution's allocation are requested or used. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. 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 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 Political issues committee: means an entity, or any group of individuals or entities within or outside this state, a major purpose of which is to: (i)  solicit or receive donations from any other person, group, or entity to assist in placing a ballot proposition on the ballot, assist in keeping a ballot proposition off the ballot, or to advocate that a voter refrain from voting or vote for or vote against any ballot proposition; (ii)  make expenditures to expressly advocate for any person to sign or refuse to sign a ballot proposition or incorporation petition or refrain from voting, vote for, or vote against any proposed ballot proposition or an incorporation in an incorporation election; or (iii)  make expenditures to assist in qualifying or placing a ballot proposition on the ballot or to assist in keeping a ballot proposition off the ballot. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Political issues expenditure: means any of the following when made by a political issues committee or on behalf of a political issues committee by an agent of the reporting entity: (i)  any payment from political issues contributions made for the purpose of influencing the approval or the defeat of: (A)  a ballot proposition; or (B)  an incorporation petition or incorporation election; (ii)  a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money made for the express purpose of influencing the approval or the defeat of: (A)  a ballot proposition; or (B)  an incorporation petition or incorporation election; (iii)  an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make any political issues expenditure; (iv)  compensation paid by a reporting entity for personal services rendered by a person without charge to a political issues committee; or (v)  goods or services provided to or for the benefit of another reporting entity at less than fair market value. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 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 political purposes: means an act done with the intent or in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly:Utah Code 20A-11-701.1 Primary election: means any regular primary election held under the election laws. See Utah Code 20A-11-101 Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Regular primary election: means the election, held on the date specified in Section 20A-1-201. 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 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 State funds: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-5b-401. See Utah Code 53B-22-201 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5