63N-21-402.  Annual audit.

(1)  Each calendar year, an audit of the activities of the Utah innovation fund shall be conducted by:

Terms Used In Utah Code 63N-21-402

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Innovation lab: means the Utah Innovation Lab created in Section 63N-21-201. See Utah Code 63N-21-101
  • 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
  • Utah innovation fund: means a limited liability company organized under Section 63N-21-301. See Utah Code 63N-21-101
(a)  the state auditor; or

(b)  an independent auditor engaged by the state auditor.

(2)  An independent auditor described in Subsection (1)(b) may not have a business, contractual, or other connection to the innovation lab or the Utah innovation fund.

(3)  The annual audit shall:

(a)  include a valuation of the assets owned by the Utah innovation fund as of the end of the reporting year, using market-standard techniques for assets typically held by early stage private investment and venture capital funds;

(b)  include an opinion regarding the accuracy of the information provided in the annual report described in Section 63N-21-401; and

(c)  on or before September 1, be delivered to:

(i)  the innovation lab; and

(ii)  the state treasurer.

(4)  The innovation lab shall pay the costs associated with the annual audit.

Enacted by Chapter 38, 2023 General Session

Technically renumbered for proper placement with other sections that were technically renumbered in same bill.