Except as provided in Subsections (2), (3), and (5), a public agency may not:
Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-26-103
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
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.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Personal information: means a record or other compilation of data that identifies a person as a donor to an entity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Utah Code 63G-26-102
Public agency: means a state or local government entity, including:
(a)
a department, division, agency, office, commission, board, or other government organization;
(b)
a political subdivision, including a county, city, town, metro township, special district, or special service district;
(c)
a public school, school district, charter school, or public higher education institution; or
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
(a)
require an individual to provide the public agency with personal information or otherwise compel the release of personal information;
(b)
require an entity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the public agency with personal information or compel the entity to release personal information;
(c)
release, publicize, or otherwise publicly disclose personal information in possession of a public agency; or
(d)
request or require a current or prospective contractor or grantee of the public agency to provide the public agency with a list of entities exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to which the contractor or grantee has provided financial or nonfinancial support.
the request or use of personal information necessary to the State Tax Commission’s administration of tax or motor vehicle laws; or
(c)
access to personal information by the Office of the Legislative Auditor General or the state auditor’s office to conduct an audit.
(4)
A court shall consider whether to:
(a)
limit a request for discovery of personal information; or
(b)
issue a protective order in relation to the disclosure of personal information obtained or used in relation to a legal proceeding.
(5)
Subsection (1) does not apply to disclosure of a contributor, as defined in Section 41-1a-422, to a sponsoring organization described in Subsection 41-1a-422(3).
