Employee: means a person who is not an elected or appointed officer and who is employed on a full- or part-time basis by a political subdivision. See Utah Code 11-57-102
Officer: means a person who is elected or appointed to an office or position within a political subdivision. See Utah Code 11-57-102
Personal use expenditure: means an expenditure made without the authority of law that:
(i)
is not directly related to the performance of an activity as an officer or employee of a political subdivision;
(ii)
primarily furthers a personal interest of an officer or employee of a political subdivision or the family, a friend, or an associate of an officer or employee of a political subdivision; and
Political subdivision: means any county, city, town, school district, community reinvestment agency, special improvement or taxing district, special district, special service district, entity created by an interlocal agreement adopted under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or other governmental subdivision or public corporation. See Utah Code 11-57-102
immunizes a political subdivisionofficer or employee from or precludes any criminal prosecution or civil or employment action for an unlawful personal use expenditure; or
(b)
limits or supersedes the authority of a political subdivision to set compensation in accordance with Section 10-3-818.
(2)
A political subdivision officer or employee who is convicted of misusing public money or public property under Section 76-8-402 may not disburse public funds or access public accounts.
