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2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 9 - Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures › Part 8 - Presidential Primary Election › Section 803 - Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-9-803.
Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.
(1) Candidates for president of the United States who are affiliated with a registered political party that has elected to participate in the presidential primary election and who wish to participate in the primary election shall:
(a) file a declaration of candidacy, in person or via a designated agent, with the lieutenant governor between August 15 of the year before the primary election will be held and 5 p.m. on December 1 of the year before the primary election will be held;
(b) identify the registered political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking;
(c) provide a letter from the registered political party certifying that the candidate may participate as a candidate for that party in that party's presidential primary election; and
(d) pay the filing fee of $500.
(2) The lieutenant governor shall develop a declaration of candidacy form for presidential candidates participating in the primary.
(3) An agent designated to file a declaration of candidacy may not sign the form described in Subsection (2).
Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 9 - Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures › Part 8 - Presidential Primary Election › Section 805 - Closed primary -- Determining party affiliation -- Changing party affiliation.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-9-805.
Closed primary -- Determining party affiliation -- Changing party affiliation.
(1) If a registered political party has restricted voting for its presidential candidates as authorized by Subsection 20A-9-802(3)(b), the lieutenant governor shall direct the county clerks and other election officials to allow only those voters meeting the registered political party's criteria to vote for that party's presidential candidates.
(2)
(a) For each individual who registers to vote, the county clerk shall:
(i) record the party affiliation designated by the individual on the voter registration form as the individual's party affiliation; or
(ii) if no political party affiliation is designated by the individual on the voter registration form, record the individual's party affiliation as "unaffiliated."
(b) Any registered voter may designate or change the voter's political party affiliation by complying with the procedures and requirements of Section 20A-2-107 or Section 20A-9-808.
Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 9 - Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures › Part 8 - Presidential Primary Election › Section 806 - Ballots.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-9-806.
Ballots.
(1) The lieutenant governor, together with county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties, shall:
(a) develop manual ballots, mechanical ballots, return envelopes and provisional ballot envelopes to be used in a presidential primary election;
(b) ensure that the ballots, return envelopes, and provisional ballot envelopes comply generally with the requirements of Chapter 6, Part 1, General Requirements for All Ballots; and
(c) provide voting booths, election records and supplies, and ballot boxes for each voting precinct as required by Section 20A-5-403.
(2)
(a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsections (1)(b) and (c), Chapter 6, Part 1, General Requirements for All Ballots, and Section 20A-5-403, the lieutenant governor, together with county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties shall ensure that the ballots, return envelopes, provisional ballot envelopes, voting booths, election records and supplies, and ballot boxes:
(i) facilitate the distribution, voting, and tallying of ballots in a closed primary;
(ii) simplify the task of poll workers, particularly in determining a voter's party affiliation;
(iii) minimize the possibility of spoiled ballots due to voter confusion; and
(iv) protect against fraud.
(b) To accomplish the requirements of this Subsection (2), the lieutenant governor, county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties shall:
(i) mark ballots as being for a particular registered political party; and
(ii) instruct persons counting the ballots to count only those votes for candidates from the registered political party whose ballot the voter received.
(c) To accomplish the requirements of this Subsection (2), the lieutenant governor, county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties may:
(i) notwithstanding the requirements of Sections 20A-6-101 and 20A-6-102, use different colored ballots for each registered political party;
(ii) place ballots for each registered political party in different voting booths and direct voters to the particular voting booth for the political party whose ballot they are voting; or
(iii) consider other means of accomplishing the objectives described in Subsection (2)(a).
Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 9 - Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures › Part 8 - Presidential Primary Election › Section 807 - Combining voting precincts.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-9-807.
Combining voting precincts.
(1) The county legislative body may combine voting precincts for the presidential primary election by following the procedures and requirements of Section 20A-5-303.
(2) The county legislative body may not combine voting precincts if the voting precincts are in different congressional districts as established by Section 20A-13-102.
Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 9 - Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures › Part 8 - Presidential Primary Election › Section 808 - Voting.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-9-808.
Voting.
Voting in a presidential primary election shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures of Section 20A-3a-203.
Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 9 - Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures › Part 8 - Presidential Primary Election › Section 809 - Counting votes -- Canvass -- Certification of results to parties.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-9-809.
Counting votes -- Canvass -- Certification of results to parties.
(1) Votes shall be counted, results tabulated, returns transmitted, ballots reviewed and retained, returns canvassed, and recounts and election contests conducted as provided in Chapter 4, Election Returns and Election Contests.
(2) After the canvass is complete and the report is prepared, the lieutenant governor shall transmit a copy of the report to each registered political party that participated in the presidential primary election.
Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 101.3 - Detailed listing and report requirements -- Rulemaking authority.

Effective 3/5/2021
20A-11-101.3.
Detailed listing and report requirements -- Rulemaking authority.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Advertising" includes:
(i) website development and maintenance;
(ii) social media;
(iii) television, newspaper, or radio; or
(iv) a convention booth.
(b) "Association expense" means a membership fee for:
(i) a political association; or
(ii) an association related to an activity of a candidate or an officeholder.
(c) "Campaign Expense" includes:
(i) district mapping;
(ii) voter data;
(iii) a phone bank;
(iv) fund-raising expenses;
(v) campaign assistance or consulting;
(vi) campaign technology;
(vii) campaign management;
(viii) campaign interns; or
(ix) food, and related expenses, purchased:
(A) for a campaign event; or
(B) for consumption by a candidate or campaign staff while conducting work relating to a campaign.
(d) "Donations" includes giving to a charitable organization.
(e) "Loans" includes repaying loans.
(f) "Office expense" includes:
(i) an email server;
(ii) phones;
(iii) phone service;
(iv) computers;
(v) printers;
(vi) furniture;
(vii) tools and hardware; or
(viii) food, and related expenses, purchased for consumption during an officeholder activity.
(g) "Political support" includes contributions made to other candidates or political action committees.
(h) "Supplies" includes:
(i) signs;
(ii) sign holders;
(iii) parade supplies;
(iv) t-shirts;
(v) other campaign goods;
(vi) repair or replacement of clothing that is damaged while the candidate or officeholder is engaged in an activity of a candidate or an officeholder;
(vii) printed materials; or
(viii) postage.
(i) "Travel expenses" includes:
(i) political conference registration;
(ii) airfare;
(iii) hotels;
(iv) food, and related expenses, purchased for consumption during travel;
(v) vehicle mileage reimbursement; or
(vi) incidental expenses while traveling.
(2) As it relates to an expenditure, a detailed listing includes identifying the expenditure as falling within one of the following categories:
(a) advertising;
(b) association expense;
(c) campaign expense;
(d) constituent services;
(e) donations;
(f) loans;
(g) office;
(h) political support;
(i) return of a contribution;
(j) signature gathering;
(k) supplies;
(l) travel expenses; or
(m) other expenditures that do not fall within a category described in Subsections (2)(a) through (l), followed by a description of the expenditure.
(3) The director of elections, within the Lieutenant Governor's Office, may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in relation to the form, type, and level of detail required in a detailed listing or a financial disclosure form.
Amended by Chapter 20, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 101.5 - Disclosure of actual source or recipient required.

Effective 3/13/2014
20A-11-101.5.
Disclosure of actual source or recipient required.
(1) As used in this section, "transactional intermediary" means a person, including a credit card company, a financial institution, or a money transfer service, that pays or transfers money to a person on behalf of another person.
(2) When, under this chapter, a person makes a detailed listing, discloses or reports the source of a contribution, discloses or reports the person or entity to whom a disbursement is made, or discloses or reports the identity of a donor, the person:
(a) shall reveal the actual source of the contribution, the actual person or entity to whom the disbursement is ultimately made, or the actual identity of the donor; and
(b) may not merely list, disclose, or report the transactional intermediary.
Enacted by Chapter 18, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 101.7 - Concealing contributor's identity.

Effective 5/9/2017
20A-11-101.7.
Concealing contributor's identity.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person conspires with another to make a contribution through one or more persons with the intent that:
(1) the contribution will ultimately be made to a filing entity specified by the original contributor or a designee of the original contributor; and
(2) by making the contribution through one or more persons, the original contributor's identity will not be disclosed in a manner that would be required by law.
Enacted by Chapter 39, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 105 - Deadline for payment of fine.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-105.
Deadline for payment of fine.
A person against whom the lieutenant governor imposes a fine under this chapter shall pay the fine before 5 p.m. within 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor imposes the fine.
Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 2 - State Office Candidates - Campaign Organization and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 202 - State office candidate -- Personal campaign committee required -- Candidate as a political action committee officer.

Effective 3/3/2022
20A-11-202.
State office candidate -- Personal campaign committee required -- Candidate as a political action committee officer.
(1)
(a)
(i) Each state office candidate shall select no more than one personal campaign committee, consisting of one or more persons, to receive contributions, make expenditures, and file reports connected with the candidate's campaign.
(ii) A state office candidate may serve as the candidate's own campaign committee.
(iii) A state office candidate may be designated by a political action committee as an officer who has primary decision-making authority as described in Section 20A-11-601.
(b) Except for expenses made by a registered political party to benefit a party's candidates generally, a state office candidate or other person acting in concert with or with the knowledge of the state office candidate may not receive any contributions or make any expenditures on behalf of a state office candidate other than through:
(i) a personal campaign committee established under this section; and
(ii) a political action committee established under Part 6, Political Action Committee Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements.
(2)
(a) The state office candidate shall file a written statement signed by the candidate or authorized member of the candidate's personal campaign committee with the lieutenant governor that:
(i) informs the lieutenant governor that the state office candidate's personal campaign committee has been selected; and
(ii) provides the name and address of each member and the secretary of the committee.
(b) A state office candidate or the candidate's personal campaign committee may not make any expenditures on behalf of the candidate until the statement has been filed.
(c) A state office candidate may revoke the selection of any member of the campaign committee by:
(i) revoking that individual's appointment or election in writing;
(ii) personally serving the written revocation on the member whose selection is revoked; and
(iii) filing a copy of the written revocation with the lieutenant governor.
(d)
(i) The state office candidate may select a replacement to fill any vacancy on the campaign committee.
(ii) The state office candidate shall file that replacement's name and address with the lieutenant governor.
(3) A member of a state office candidate's personal campaign committee may not make an expenditure of more than $1,000 unless the state office candidate or the secretary of the personal campaign committee authorizes the expenditure in writing.
(4) A state office candidate or the candidate's personal campaign committee may not make any expenditures prohibited by law.
Amended by Chapter 18, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 2 - State Office Candidates - Campaign Organization and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 203 - State office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-203.
State office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.
(1)
(a) Each state office candidate shall file a summary report by January 10 of the year after the regular general election year.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (1)(a), a former state office candidate that has not filed the statement of dissolution and final summary report required under Section 20A-11-205 shall continue to file a summary report on January 10 of each year.
(2)
(a) Each summary report shall include the following information as of December 31 of the previous year:
(i) the net balance of the last financial statement, if any;
(ii) a single figure equal to the total amount of receipts reported on all interim reports, if any;
(iii) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on all interim reports, if any, filed during the previous year;
(iv) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(v) for each nonmonetary contribution:
(A) the fair market value of the contribution with that information provided by the contributor; and
(B) a specific description of the contribution;
(vi) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(vii) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure;
(viii) a net balance for the year consisting of the net balance from the last summary report, if any, plus all receipts minus all expenditures; and
(ix) the name of a political action committee for which the state office candidate is designated as an officer who has primary decision-making authority under Section 20A-11-601.
(b) In preparing the report, all receipts and expenditures shall be reported as of December 31 of the previous year.
(c) A check or negotiable instrument received by a state office candidate or a state office candidate's personal campaign committee on or before December 31 of the previous year shall be included in the summary report.
(3) An authorized member of the state office candidate's personal campaign committee or the state office candidate shall certify in the summary report that, to the best of the person's knowledge, all receipts and all expenditures have been reported as of December 31 of the previous year and that there are no bills or obligations outstanding and unpaid except as set forth in that report.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 2 - State Office Candidates - Campaign Organization and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 205 - State office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Termination of duty to report.

20A-11-205.
State office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Termination of duty to report.
(1) Each state office candidate and the candidate's personal campaign committee is active and subject to interim reporting requirements until:
(a) the candidate withdraws or is eliminated in a convention or primary; or
(b) if seeking appointment as a midterm vacancy state office candidate:
(i) the political party liaison fails to forward the person's name to the governor; or
(ii) the governor fails to appoint the person to fill the vacancy.
(2) Each state office candidate and the candidate's personal campaign committee is active and subject to year-end summary reporting requirements until the candidate has filed a statement of dissolution with the lieutenant governor stating that:
(a) the state office candidate or the personal campaign committee is no longer receiving contributions and is no longer making expenditures;
(b) the ending balance on the last summary report filed is zero and the balance in the separate bank account required in Section 20A-11-201 is zero; and
(c) a final summary report in the form required by Section 20A-11-203 showing a zero balance is attached to the statement of dissolution.
(3) A statement of dissolution and a final summary report may be filed at any time.
(4) Each state office candidate and the candidate's personal campaign committee shall continue to file the year-end summary report required by Section 20A-11-203 until the statement of dissolution and final summary report required by this section are filed with the lieutenant governor.
Amended by Chapter 170, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 3 - Candidates for Legislative Office - Campaign Organization and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 302 - Legislative office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-302.
Legislative office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.
(1)
(a) Each legislative office candidate shall file a summary report by January 10 of the year after the regular general election year.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (1)(a), a former legislative office candidate that has not filed the statement of dissolution and final summary report required under Section 20A-11-304 shall continue to file a summary report on January 10 of each year.
(2)
(a) Each summary report shall include the following information as of December 31 of the previous year:
(i) the net balance of the last financial statement, if any;
(ii) a single figure equal to the total amount of receipts reported on all interim reports, if any, during the calendar year in which the summary report is due;
(iii) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on all interim reports, if any, filed during the previous year;
(iv) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(v) for each nonmonetary contribution:
(A) the fair market value of the contribution with that information provided by the contributor; and
(B) a specific description of the contribution;
(vi) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(vii) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure;
(viii) a net balance for the year consisting of the net balance from the last summary report, if any, plus all receipts minus all expenditures; and
(ix) the name of a political action committee for which the legislative office candidate is designated as an officer who has primary decision-making authority under Section 20A-11-601.
(b) In preparing the report, all receipts and expenditures shall be reported as of December 31 of the previous year.
(c) A check or negotiable instrument received by a legislative office candidate on or before December 31 of the previous year shall be included in the summary report.
(3) The legislative office candidate shall certify in the summary report that to the best of the candidate's knowledge, all receipts and all expenditures have been reported as of December 31 of the previous year and that there are no bills or obligations outstanding and unpaid except as set forth in that report.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 3 - Candidates for Legislative Office - Campaign Organization and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 304 - Legislative office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Termination of duty to report.

20A-11-304.
Legislative office candidate -- Financial reporting requirements -- Termination of duty to report.
(1) Each legislative office candidate is subject to interim reporting requirements until:
(a) the candidate withdraws or is eliminated in a convention or primary; or
(b) if seeking appointment as a midterm vacancy legislative office candidate:
(i) the political party liaison fails to forward the person's name to the governor; or
(ii) the governor fails to appoint the person to fill the vacancy.
(2) Each legislative office candidate is subject to year-end summary reporting requirements until the candidate has filed a statement of dissolution with the lieutenant governor stating that:
(a) the legislative office candidate is no longer receiving contributions and is no longer making expenditures;
(b) the ending balance on the last summary report filed is zero and the balance in the separate bank account required in Section 20A-11-301 is zero; and
(c) a final summary report in the form required by Section 20A-11-302 showing a zero balance is attached to the statement of dissolution.
(3) A statement of dissolution and a final summary report may be filed at any time.
(4) Each legislative office candidate shall continue to file the year-end summary report required by Section 20A-11-302 until the statement of dissolution and final summary report required by this section are filed with the lieutenant governor.
Amended by Chapter 170, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 4 - Officeholder Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 402 - Officeholder financial reporting requirements -- Statement of dissolution.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-402.
Officeholder financial reporting requirements -- Statement of dissolution.
(1) An officeholder or former officeholder is active and subject to reporting requirements until the officeholder or former officeholder has filed a statement of dissolution with the lieutenant governor stating that:
(a) the officeholder or former officeholder is no longer receiving contributions or public service assistance and is no longer making expenditures;
(b) the ending balance on the last summary report filed is zero and the balance in the separate bank account required by Section 20A-11-201, 20A-11-301, or 20A-11-1301 is zero; and
(c) a final summary report in the form required by Section 20A-11-401 showing a zero balance is attached to the statement of dissolution.
(2) A statement of dissolution and a final summary report may be filed at any time.
(3)
(a) Each officeholder shall report to the lieutenant governor each contribution or public service assistance received by the state officeholder within 31 days after the day on which the officeholder receives the contribution or public service assistance.
(b) For each contribution or public service assistance that an officeholder fails to report within the time period described in Subsection (3)(a), the lieutenant governor shall impose a fine against the officeholder in an amount equal to:
(i) 10% of the amount of the contribution or public service assistance if the officeholder reports the contribution or public service assistance within 60 days after the day on which the time period described in Subsection (3)(a) ends; or
(ii) 20% of the amount of the contribution or public service assistance if the officeholder fails to report the contribution or public service assistance within 60 days after the day on which the time period described in Subsection (3)(a) ends.
(c) Each officeholder or former officeholder shall continue to file the year-end summary report required by Section 20A-11-401 until the statement of dissolution and final summary report required by this section are filed with the lieutenant governor.
(4) An officeholder or former officeholder may not use a contribution or public service assistance deposited in an account in accordance with this chapter for:
(a) a personal use expenditure; or
(b) an expenditure prohibited by law.
(5)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), a former officeholder may not expend or transfer the money in a campaign account in a manner that would cause the former officeholder to recognize the money as taxable income under federal tax law.
(b) A former officeholder may transfer the money in a campaign account in a manner that would cause the former officeholder to recognize the money as taxable income under federal tax law if the transfer is made to a campaign account for federal office.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 4 - Officeholder Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 403 - Failure to file -- Penalties.

Effective 3/5/2021
20A-11-403.
Failure to file -- Penalties.
(1) Within 60 days after a deadline for the filing of a summary report, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed summary report to ensure that:
(a) each officeholder that is required to file a summary report has filed one; and
(b) each summary report contains the information required by this part.
(2) If it appears that any officeholder has failed to file the summary report required by law, if it appears that a filed summary report does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of any summary report, the lieutenant governor shall, if the lieutenant governor determines that a violation has occurred:
(a) impose a fine against the filing entity in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005; and
(b) within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the officeholder of the violation or written complaint and direct the officeholder to file a summary report correcting the problem.
(3)
(a) It is unlawful for any officeholder to fail to file or amend a summary report within seven days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section.
(b) Each officeholder who violates Subsection (3)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (3)(a) to the attorney general.
(d) In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (3)(b), the lieutenant governor shall impose a civil fine of $100 against an officeholder who violates Subsection (3)(a).
Amended by Chapter 20, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 505.5 - Political party financial reporting requirements -- General requirements.

20A-11-505.5.
Political party financial reporting requirements -- General requirements.
Nothing in this part requires a registered political party to report contributions and expenditures made to benefit federal candidates and filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Enacted by Chapter 355, 1997 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 505.7 - Separate account for contributions for registered political party -- Anonymous contributions to registered political party or county political party.

Effective 5/12/2015
20A-11-505.7.
Separate account for contributions for registered political party -- Anonymous contributions to registered political party or county political party.
(1) A registered political party shall deposit a contribution received in one or more separate campaign accounts in a financial institution.
(2) A registered political party may not deposit or mingle a contribution received into a personal or business account.
(3) A registered political party or county political party may not expend a contribution for political purposes or a political issues expenditure if the contribution:
(a) is cash or a negotiable instrument;
(b) exceeds $50; and
(c) is from an unknown source.
Amended by Chapter 21, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 506 - Political party financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-506.
Political party financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.
(1) The party committee of each registered political party shall file a summary report by January 10 of each year.
(2)
(a) Each summary report shall include the following information as of December 31 of the previous year:
(i) the net balance of the last summary report, if any;
(ii) a single figure equal to the total amount of receipts reported on all interim reports, if any, during the previous year;
(iii) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on all interim reports, if any, filed during the previous year;
(iv) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(v) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution;
(vi) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(vii) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure; and
(viii) a net balance for the year consisting of the net balance from the last summary report, if any, plus all receipts minus all expenditures.
(b)
(i) For all individual contributions of $50 or less, a single aggregate figure may be reported without separate detailed listings.
(ii) Two or more contributions from the same source that have an aggregate total of more than $50 may not be reported in the aggregate, but shall be reported separately.
(c) In preparing the report, all receipts and expenditures shall be reported as of December 31 of the previous year.
(3) The summary report shall contain a paragraph signed by the treasurer of the party committee certifying that, to the best of the treasurer's knowledge, all receipts and all expenditures have been reported as of December 31 of the previous year and that there are no bills or obligations outstanding and unpaid except as set forth in that report.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 507 - Political party financial reporting requirements -- Interim reports.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-507.
Political party financial reporting requirements -- Interim reports.
(1) The party committee of each registered political party shall file an interim report at the following times in any year in which there is a regular general election:
(a) seven days before the registered political party's political convention;
(b) seven days before the regular primary election date;
(c) September 30; and
(d) seven days before the general election date.
(2) Each interim report shall include the following information:
(a) the net balance of the last financial statement, if any;
(b) a single figure equal to the total amount of receipts reported on all prior interim reports, if any, during the calendar year in which the interim report is due;
(c) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on all prior interim reports, if any, filed during the calendar year in which the interim report is due;
(d) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on a prior interim report;
(e) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution;
(f) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on a prior interim report;
(g) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure;
(h) a net balance for the year consisting of the net balance from the last summary report, if any, plus all receipts since the last summary report minus all expenditures since the last summary report; and
(i) a summary page in the form required by the lieutenant governor that identifies:
(i) beginning balance;
(ii) total contributions during the period since the last statement;
(iii) total contributions to date;
(iv) total expenditures during the period since the last statement; and
(v) total expenditures to date.
(3)
(a) For all individual contributions of $50 or less, a single aggregate figure may be reported without separate detailed listings.
(b) Two or more contributions from the same source that have an aggregate total of more than $50 may not be reported in the aggregate, but shall be reported separately.
(4) In preparing each interim report, all receipts and expenditures shall be reported as of five days before the required filing date of the report.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 508 - Political party reporting requirements -- Criminal penalties -- Fines.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-11-508.
Political party reporting requirements -- Criminal penalties -- Fines.
(1)
(a) Each registered political party that fails to file a financial statement by the deadline is subject to a fine imposed in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005.
(b) Each registered political party that fails to file an interim report described in Subsections 20A-11-507(1)(b) through (d) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (1)(b) to the attorney general.
(2) Within 60 days after a deadline for the filing of a summary report required by this part, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed report to ensure that:
(a) each political party that is required to file a report has filed one; and
(b) each report contains the information required by this part.
(3) If it appears that any political party has failed to file a report required by law, if it appears that a filed report does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of any report, the lieutenant governor shall, within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the political party of the violation or written complaint and direct the political party to file a summary report correcting the problem.
(4)
(a) It is unlawful for any political party to fail to file or amend a summary report within seven days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section.
(b) Each political party who violates Subsection (4)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (4)(a) to the attorney general.
(d) In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (4)(b), the lieutenant governor shall impose a civil fine of $1,000 against a political party that violates Subsection (4)(a).
Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 509 - Separate account for contributions for county political party.

20A-11-509.
Separate account for contributions for county political party.
(1) A county political party officer shall deposit a contribution received in one or more separate campaign accounts in a financial institution.
(2) A county political party officer may not deposit or mingle a contribution received into a personal or business account.
Enacted by Chapter 396, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 510 - County political party financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-510.
County political party financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.
(1) A county political party officer of a county political party that has received contributions totaling at least $750, or disbursed expenditures totaling at least $750, during a calendar year shall file a summary report by January 10 of the following year.
(2)
(a) Each summary report shall include the following information as of December 31 of the previous year:
(i) the net balance of the last summary report, if any;
(ii) a single figure equal to the total amount of receipts reported on all interim reports, if any, filed during the previous year;
(iii) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on all interim reports, if any, filed during the previous year;
(iv) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(v) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution;
(vi) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on an interim report;
(vii) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure; and
(viii) a net balance for the year consisting of the net balance from the last summary report, if any, plus all receipts minus all expenditures.
(b)
(i) For all individual contributions of $50 or less, a single aggregate figure may be reported without separate detailed listings.
(ii) Two or more contributions from the same source that have an aggregate total of more than $50 may not be reported in the aggregate, but shall be reported separately.
(c) In preparing the report, all receipts and expenditures shall be reported as of December 31 of the previous year.
(3) The county political party officer shall certify in the summary report that, to the best of the officer's knowledge, all receipts and all expenditures have been reported as of December 31 of the previous year and that there are no bills or obligations outstanding and unpaid except as set forth in that report.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 511 - County political party financial reporting requirements -- Interim reports.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-511.
County political party financial reporting requirements -- Interim reports.
(1)
(a) A county political party officer of a county political party that has received contributions totaling at least $750, or disbursed expenditures totaling at least $750, during a calendar year shall file an interim report at the following times in any year in which there is a regular general election:
(i) seven days before the county political party's convention;
(ii) seven days before the regular primary election date;
(iii) September 30; and
(iv) seven days before the general election date.
(b) A county political party officer need not file an interim report if it received no contributions or made no expenditures during the reporting period.
(2) Each interim report shall include the following information:
(a) the net balance of the last financial statement, if any;
(b) a single figure equal to the total amount of receipts reported on all prior interim reports, if any, during the calendar year in which the interim report is due;
(c) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on all prior interim reports, if any, filed during the calendar year in which the interim report is due;
(d) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on a prior interim report;
(e) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution;
(f) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on a prior interim report;
(g) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure;
(h) a net balance for the year consisting of the net balance from the last summary report, if any, plus all receipts since the last summary report minus all expenditures since the last summary report; and
(i) a summary page in the form required by the lieutenant governor that identifies:
(i) beginning balance;
(ii) total contributions during the period since the last statement;
(iii) total contributions to date;
(iv) total expenditures during the period since the last statement; and
(v) total expenditures to date.
(3)
(a) For all individual contributions of $50 or less, a single aggregate figure may be reported without separate detailed listings.
(b) Two or more contributions from the same source that have an aggregate total of more than $50 may not be reported in the aggregate, but shall be reported separately.
(4) In preparing each interim report, all receipts and expenditures shall be reported as of five days before the required filing date of the report.
Amended by Chapter 74, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 512 - County political party -- Criminal penalties -- Fines.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-11-512.
County political party -- Criminal penalties -- Fines.
(1) A county political party that fails to file an interim report described in Subsections 20A-11-511(1)(a)(i) through (iv) before the deadline is subject to a fine in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005, which the chief election officer shall deposit in the General Fund.
(2) Within 60 days after a deadline for the filing of the January 10 statement required by Section 20A-11-510, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed statement to ensure that:
(a) a county political party officer who is required to file a statement has filed one; and
(b) each statement contains the information required by Section 20A-11-510.
(3) If it appears that any county political party officer has failed to file a financial statement before the deadline, if it appears that a filed financial statement does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of any financial statement, the lieutenant governor shall, within five days after the day on which the lieutenant governor discovers the violation or receives the written complaint, notify the county political party officer of the violation or written complaint and direct the county political party officer to file a financial statement correcting the problem.
(4)
(a) A county political party that fails to file or amend a financial statement within seven days after the day on which the county political party receives notice from the lieutenant governor under this section is subject to a fine of the lesser of:
(i) 10% of the total contributions received, and the total expenditures made, by the county political party during the reporting period for the financial statement that the county political party failed to file or amend; or
(ii) $1,000.
(b) The chief election officer shall deposit a fine collected under Subsection (4)(a) into the General Fund.
Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 5 - Political Party Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 513 - Termination of duty to report.

20A-11-513.
Termination of duty to report.
(1) A registered political party or county political party is subject to year-end summary reporting requirements until the registered political party or county political party has filed a statement of dissolution with the lieutenant governor stating that:
(a) the political party is no longer receiving contributions and is no longer making expenditures;
(b) the ending balance on the last summary report filed is zero; and
(c) a final summary report in the form required by this part showing a zero balance is filed with the statement of dissolution.
(2) A statement of dissolution and a final summary report may be filed at any time.
(3) A registered political party or county political party shall continue to file the year-end summary report required by this part until the statement of dissolution and final summary report required by this section are filed with the lieutenant governor.
Enacted by Chapter 396, 2011 General Session