20A-11-1502.  Campaign financial reporting of expenditures — Filing requirements — Statement contents.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-11-1502

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Labor organization: includes an employee association and union for employees of public and private sector employers. See Utah Code 20A-11-1501
  • 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 purposes: means an act done with the intent or in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, any person to refrain from voting or to vote for or against any:
    (a) candidate or a person seeking a municipal or county office at any caucus, political convention, or election; or
    (b) judge standing for retention at any election. 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
  • (a)  Each labor organization that has made expenditures for political purposes or political issues expenditures on current or proposed ballot issues that total at least $750 during a calendar year shall file a verified financial statement with the lieutenant governor’s office:

    (i)  on January 10, reporting expenditures as of December 31 of the previous year;

    (ii)  seven days before the regular primary election date;

    (iii)  on September 30; and

    (iv)  seven days before the regular general election date.

    (b)  The labor organization shall report:

    (i)  a detailed listing of all expenditures made since the last statement; and

    (ii)  for a financial statement described in Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through (iv), all expenditures as of five days before the required filing date of the financial statement.

    (c)  The labor organization is not required to file a financial statement under this section if the labor organization:

    (i)  made no expenditures during the reporting period; or

    (ii)  reports the labor organization’s expenditures during the reporting period under another part of this chapter.
  • (2)  The financial statement shall include:

    (a)  the name and address of each reporting entity that received an expenditure or political issues expenditure of more than $50 from the labor organization, and the amount of each expenditure or political issues expenditure;

    (b)  the total amount of expenditures disbursed by the labor organization; and

    (c)  a statement by the labor organization’s treasurer or chief financial officer certifying the accuracy of the financial statement.

    Amended by Chapter 83, 2018 General Session