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2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 302 - Improper influence -- Communication with a legislator's employer prohibited.

36-11-302.
Improper influence -- Communication with a legislator's employer prohibited.
A person may not seek to influence the vote of any legislator through communication with the legislator's employer.
Enacted by Chapter 280, 1991 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 303 - Prohibition on communicating false information to a public officer.

36-11-303.
Prohibition on communicating false information to a public officer.
A person may not intentionally communicate to a public official any false information materially related to a matter within the responsibility of the public official.
Enacted by Chapter 280, 1991 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 304 - Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.

Effective 2/27/2023
36-11-304.
Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), a lobbyist, principal, or government officer may not make or offer to make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed:
(a) for food or beverage, the food reimbursement rate; or
(b) $10 for expenditures other than food or beverage.
(2) A lobbyist, principal, or government officer may make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed the limits described in Subsection (1):
(a) for the following items, if the expenditure is reported in accordance with Section 36-11-201:
(i) food;
(ii) beverage;
(iii) travel;
(iv) lodging; or
(v) admission to or attendance at a tour or meeting that is not an approved activity; or
(b) if the expenditure is made for a purpose solely unrelated to the public official's position as a public official.
(3)
(a) As used in this Subsection (3), "same local government type" means:
(i) for a county government, the same county government or another county government;
(ii) for a municipal government, the same municipal government or another municipal government;
(iii) for a board of education, the same board of education;
(iv) for a local school board described in Title 53G, Chapter 4, School Districts, the same local school board or another local school board;
(v) for a special district, the same special district or another special district or a special service district;
(vi) for a special service district, the same special service district or another special service district or a special district; or
(vii) for a participant in an interlocal agreement, another participant in the same interlocal agreement.
(b) This section does not apply to an expenditure made by a local official or an education official to another local official or education official of the same local government type as the local official or education official making the expenditure.
Amended by Chapter 16, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 304.5 - Disposal of publications.

Effective 5/12/2015
36-11-304.5.
Disposal of publications.
If a lobbyist, principal, or government officer makes an expenditure, in the form of a publication, to a public official, the public official may return the publication to the lobbyist, principal, or government officer, donate the publication to a charity or a government entity, or destroy the publication.
Enacted by Chapter 264, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 305 - Campaign contribution during session prohibited.

Effective 3/16/2018
36-11-305.
Campaign contribution during session prohibited.
(1) It is unlawful for a person, lobbyist, principal, or political committee to make a campaign contribution, or contract, promise, or agree to make a campaign contribution, to any of the following during the time the Legislature is convened in annual general session, veto override session, or special session:
(a)
(i) a legislator;
(ii) the lieutenant governor;
(iii) the attorney general;
(iv) the state auditor; or
(v) the state treasurer;
(b) the personal campaign committee of an individual described in Subsection (1)(a); or
(c) a political action committee controlled by a person described in Subsection (1)(a).
(2) It is unlawful for a person, lobbyist, principal, or political committee to make a campaign contribution, or contract, promise, or agree to make a campaign contribution, to the governor, the governor's personal campaign committee, or a political action committee controlled by the governor during the time the Legislature is convened in annual general session, veto override session, special session, or during the time period established by the Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, for the governor to approve or veto bills passed by the Legislature in the annual general session.
(3) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 139, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 305.5 - Lobbyist requirements.

Effective 5/4/2022
36-11-305.5.
Lobbyist requirements.
(1) The lieutenant governor shall issue to each lobbyist a name tag that includes:
(a) the word "Lobbyist" in at least 18-point type;
(b) the first and last name of the lobbyist, in at least 18-point type; and
(c) if the lobbyist is registered as a foreign agent under Section 36-11-103.5, the words "Registered Foreign Lobbyist" in at least 14-point type.
(2) A lobbyist may not lobby a public official while the lobbyist is at the capitol hill complex unless the lobbyist is wearing the name tag described in Subsection (1), with the information described in Subsection (1), in plain view.
(3) A lobbyist shall, at the beginning of making a communication to a public official that constitutes lobbying, inform the public official of the identity of the principal on whose behalf the lobbyist is lobbying.
Amended by Chapter 125, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 306 - Conflicts of interest.

36-11-306.
Conflicts of interest.
(1) As used in this section, "conflict of interest" means a circumstance where:
(a) the representation of one principal or client will be directly adverse to another principal or client; or
(b) there is a significant risk that the representation of one or more principals or clients will be materially limited by the lobbyist's responsibilities to:
(i) another principal or client; or
(ii) a personal interest of the lobbyist.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a lobbyist may not represent a principal or client if the representation involves a conflict of interest.
(3) Notwithstanding the existence of a conflict of interest, a lobbyist may represent a principal or client if:
(a) the lobbyist reasonably believes that the lobbyist will be able to provide competent and diligent representation to each principal or client;
(b) the representation is not otherwise prohibited by law;
(c) the representation does not require the lobbyist to assert a position on behalf of one principal or client that is opposed to the position of another principal or client represented by the lobbyist involving the same legislative issue; and
(d) each affected principal or client gives informed consent to the conflict of interest in writing.
Enacted by Chapter 233, 2007 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities › Section 307 - Ethics and unlawful harassment training course for lobbyists -- Internet availability -- Content -- Participation tracking -- Penalty.

Effective 7/1/2021
36-11-307.
Ethics and unlawful harassment training course for lobbyists -- Internet availability -- Content -- Participation tracking -- Penalty.
(1) The lieutenant governor shall develop and maintain online training courses educating lobbyists about:
(a) federal workplace discrimination and harassment prohibitions and requirements;
(b) the Utah Senate's, Utah House's, and the executive branch's policies governing workplace discrimination and harassment prohibitions, policies, and procedures; and
(c) state and federal requirements governing lobbyists, including lobbyist ethical requirements.
(2) A training course described in Subsection (1) shall include training materials and exercises that are available on the Internet to lobbyists and to the public.
(3) The lieutenant governor shall design the ethics training course to assist lobbyists in understanding and complying with current ethical and campaign finance requirements under state law, legislative rules, and federal law.
(4) The lieutenant governor may enter into an agreement with the Division of Human Resource Management to assist the lieutenant governor in providing the workplace discrimination and harassment training described in this section.
(5) A training course described in this section shall include provisions for verifying when a lobbyist has successfully completed the training.
(6)
(a) A lobbyist shall, within 30 days after the day on which the lobbyist applies for a lobbying license or a lobbying license renewal:
(i) successfully complete the training courses described in this section; and
(ii) provide to the lieutenant governor a document, signed by the lobbyist, certifying that the lobbyist has:
(A) completed the training courses required by this section; and
(B) received, read, understands, and will comply with the workplace discrimination and harassment policies adopted by the Utah Senate, the Utah House, and Utah's executive branch.
(b) The lieutenant governor may not issue a lobbying license, or renew a lobbying license, until the lieutenant governor has received from the lobbyist the document required by Subsection (6)(a).
(7) A signature described in Subsection (6)(b) may be an electronic signature.
Amended by Chapter 344, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 4 - Penalties and Statutory Construction › Section 401 - Penalties.

Effective 5/4/2022
36-11-401.
Penalties.
(1) Any person who intentionally violates Section 36-11-103, 36-11-103.5, 36-11-201, 36-11-301, 36-11-302, 36-11-303, 36-11-304, 36-11-305, or 36-11-403, is subject to the following penalties:
(a) an administrative penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation; and
(b) for each subsequent violation of that same section within 24 months, either:
(i) an administrative penalty of up to $5,000; or
(ii) suspension of the violator's lobbying license for up to one year, if the person is a lobbyist.
(2) Any person who intentionally fails to file a financial report required by this chapter, omits material information from a license application form or financial report, or files false information on a license application form or financial report, is subject to the following penalties:
(a) an administrative penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation; or
(b) suspension of the violator's lobbying license for up to one year, if the person is a lobbyist.
(3) Any person who intentionally fails to file a financial report required by this chapter on the date that it is due shall, in addition to the penalties, if any, imposed under Subsection (1) or (2), pay a penalty of up to $50 per day for each day that the report is late.
(4)
(a) When a lobbyist is convicted of violating Section 76-8-103, 76-8-107, 76-8-108, or 76-8-303, the lieutenant governor shall suspend the lobbyist's license for up to five years from the date of the conviction.
(b) When a lobbyist is convicted of violating Section 76-8-104, or Section 76-9-102 if the violation is a misdemeanor that occurs at an official meeting, the lieutenant governor shall suspend a lobbyist's license for up to one year from the date of conviction.
(5)
(a) A person who intentionally violates Section 36-11-301, 36-11-302, or 36-11-303 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(b) The lieutenant governor shall suspend the lobbyist license of any person convicted under any of these sections for up to one year.
(c) The suspension shall be in addition to any administrative penalties imposed by the lieutenant governor under this section.
(d) Any person with evidence of a possible violation of this chapter may submit that evidence to the lieutenant governor for investigation and resolution.
(6) Nothing in this chapter creates a third-party cause of action or appeal rights.
Amended by Chapter 125, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 4 - Penalties and Statutory Construction › Section 403 - Lobbying without a license.

36-11-403.
Lobbying without a license.
(1) No person may engage in any lobbying activities:
(a) without the license required by this chapter;
(b) during the period of any bar from obtaining a license; or
(c) when the license has been suspended or revoked.
(2) The attorney general may seek injunctive relief against any person violating this section.
Enacted by Chapter 280, 1991 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 4 - Penalties and Statutory Construction › Section 404 - Lieutenant governor's procedures.

Effective 5/4/2022
36-11-404.
Lieutenant governor's procedures.
(1) Except as otherwise provided under Section 36-11-501, the director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that provide:
(a) for the appointment of an administrative law judge to adjudicate alleged violations of this chapter and to impose penalties under this chapter; and
(b) procedures for license applications, disapprovals, suspensions, revocations, and reinstatements that comply with the procedures and requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
(2) The lieutenant governor shall develop forms needed for the registration and disclosure provisions described in this chapter.
Amended by Chapter 125, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 4 - Penalties and Statutory Construction › Section 405 - Construction and interpretation -- Freedom of expression, participation, and press.

Effective 5/4/2022
36-11-405.
Construction and interpretation -- Freedom of expression, participation, and press.
(1) No provision of this chapter may be construed in a manner that limits:
(a) a person's right of freedom of expression and participation in government; or
(b) freedom of the press.
(2) This chapter does not prevent a local government or public education entity from enacting an ordinance or adopting a policy, that the local government or public education entity otherwise has the lawful authority to enact or adopt, that is stricter than the requirements of this chapter.
Amended by Chapter 125, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 11 - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act › Part 5 - Unlawful Harassment › Section 501 - Unlawful harassment -- Investigation -- Penalties.

Effective 5/14/2019
36-11-501.
Unlawful harassment -- Investigation -- Penalties.
(1) A lobbyist may not engage in conduct that violates:
(a) federal workplace discrimination and harassment requirements;
(b) Utah Senate or Utah House policies governing workplace discrimination or harassment;
(c) Utah executive branch policies governing workplace discrimination or harassment; or
(d) any combination of Subsections (1)(a), (b), or (c).
(2)
(a) The lieutenant governor may take an action described in Subsection (3) against a lobbyist if the lieutenant governor finds, after giving the lobbyist notice and an opportunity to be heard, that the lobbyist engaged in a serious violation, or multiple violations, of this section.
(b) The lieutenant governor shall post on the lieutenant governor's website a copy of the Utah Senate's harassment policy, the Utah House's harassment policy, and the executive branch's harassment policies.
(3) If the lieutenant governor makes a finding described in Subsection (2)(a), the lieutenant governor may, taking into account the seriousness of the violation or the seriousness or frequency of multiple violations, do either or both of the following:
(a) impose an administrative fine against the lobbyist, not to exceed $2,000; or
(b) suspend the lobbyist's license for a period of up to five years.
(4) A record that relates to an investigation under this section is a protected record, to the extent permitted by Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(5)
(a) A lobbyist who is a victim of workplace discrimination or harassment by an executive worker may file a complaint under the state executive branch's applicable workplace discrimination and harassment policy.
(b) A lobbyist who is a victim of workplace discrimination or harassment by a legislative worker may file a complaint under the Utah Senate's workplace discrimination and harassment policy or the Utah House's workplace discrimination and harassment policy.
Enacted by Chapter 339, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 1 - Definitions.

36-12-1.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
(a) "Interim committees" means legislative committees that are formed from the membership of each house to function between sessions of the Legislature in order to study subjects of legislative concern.
(b) "Interim committees" includes a commission, committee, council, task force, board, or panel, in which legislative participation is required by law, which committee functions between sessions of the Legislature.
(2) "Legislative director" means the director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, the legislative fiscal analyst, or the legislative auditor general.
(3) "Major political party" means either of the two political parties having the greatest number of members elected to the two houses of the Legislature.
(4) "Professional legislative staff" means the legislative directors and the members of their staffs.
(5) "Standing committees" means legislative committees organized under the rules of each house of the Legislature for the duration of the legislative biennial term to consider proposed legislation. As used in this chapter, "standing committees" excludes appropriations committees, appropriations subcommittees, and rules committees.
Amended by Chapter 104, 2000 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 2 - Standing committees.

36-12-2.
Standing committees.
Each house of the Legislature at the beginning of each general session shall organize itself into standing committees for the consideration of proposed legislation. The committees shall be organized, their duties determined, and their membership appointed as the rules of each house shall prescribe. This section shall not be construed to prevent the creation of subcommittees, special committees, or ad hoc committees which each house may organize.
Amended by Chapter 226, 1998 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 3 - Interim committees -- Membership -- Purpose -- Meetings and rules.

36-12-3.
Interim committees -- Membership -- Purpose -- Meetings and rules.
(1) There are hereby created interim committees of the Legislature consisting of the members of each house. The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the members from the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate shall appoint the members from the Senate, each taking into consideration suggestions from the minority party in their respective house.
(2) The purpose of the committees is to investigate and study matters of legislative concern in the interval between general legislative sessions.
(3) The interim committees shall meet after adjournment sine die of each general session to organize and to plan study programs. Each committee shall operate under rules established by the Legislature.
Amended by Chapter 39, 2002 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 4 - Interim committees of two houses -- Meeting jointly -- Joint rules -- Majority vote.

36-12-4.
Interim committees of two houses -- Meeting jointly -- Joint rules -- Majority vote.
Corresponding interim committees of the two houses may meet jointly to consider the same or similar studies or to recommend joint legislative programs. In any joint meeting, the rules of the Legislature apply. A majority vote of corresponding interim committees of the two houses meeting jointly includes at least 50% of the members in one house and more than 50% of the members in the other house.
Amended by Chapter 6, 1988 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 5 - Duties of interim committees.

36-12-5.
Duties of interim committees.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, each interim committee shall:
(a) receive study assignments by resolution from the Legislature;
(b) receive study assignments from the Legislative Management Committee, created under Section 36-12-6;
(c) place matters on its study agenda after requesting approval of the study from the Legislative Management Committee, which request, if not disapproved by the Legislative Management Committee within 30 days of receipt of the request, the interim committee shall consider it approved and may proceed with the requested study;
(d) request research reports from the professional legislative staff pertaining to the committee's agenda of study;
(e) investigate and study possibilities for improvement in government services within its subject area;
(f) accept reports from the professional legislative staff and make recommendations for legislative action with respect to such reports; and
(g) prepare and recommend to the Legislature a legislative program in response to the committee's study agenda.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, reports and recommendations of the interim committees shall be completed and made public prior to any legislative session at which the reports and recommendations are submitted. A copy of the reports and recommendations shall be mailed to each member or member-elect of the Legislature, to each elective state officer, and to the state library.
Amended by Chapter 177, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 8 - Legislative Management Committee -- Research and General Counsel Subcommittee -- Budget Subcommittee -- Audit Subcommittee -- Duties -- Members -- Meetings.

Effective 5/10/2016
36-12-8.
Legislative Management Committee -- Research and General Counsel Subcommittee -- Budget Subcommittee -- Audit Subcommittee -- Duties -- Members -- Meetings.
(1) There are created within the Legislative Management Committee:
(a) the Research and General Counsel Subcommittee;
(b) the Budget Subcommittee; and
(c) the Audit Subcommittee.
(2)
(a) The Research and General Counsel Subcommittee, comprising six members, shall recommend to the Legislative Management Committee a person or persons to hold the positions of director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel and legislative general counsel.
(b) The Budget Subcommittee, comprising six members, shall recommend to the Legislative Management Committee a person to hold the position of legislative fiscal analyst.
(c) The Audit Subcommittee shall comprise:
(i) the president, majority leader, and minority leader of the Senate; and
(ii) the speaker, majority leader, and minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(d) The Audit Subcommittee shall:
(i) recommend to the Legislative Management Committee a person to hold the position of legislative auditor general; and
(ii)
(A) review all requests for audits;
(B) prioritize those requests;
(C) hear all audit reports and refer those reports to other legislative committees for their further review and action as appropriate; and
(D) when notified by the legislative auditor general or state auditor that a subsequent audit has found that an entity has not implemented a previous audit recommendation, refer the audit report to an appropriate legislative committee and also ensure that an appropriate legislative committee conducts a review of the entity that has not implemented the previous audit recommendation.
(3) The members of each subcommittee of the Legislative Management Committee, other than the Audit Subcommittee, shall have equal representation from each major political party and shall be appointed from the membership of the Legislative Management Committee by an appointments committee comprised of the speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the president and the minority leader of the Senate.
(4) Each subcommittee of the Legislative Management Committee:
(a) shall meet as often as necessary to perform its duties; and
(b) may meet during and between legislative sessions.
Amended by Chapter 403, 2016 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 8.1 - Legislative Management Committee -- Subcommittee on Oversight -- Members -- Duties -- Meetings.

Effective 5/8/2018
36-12-8.1.
Legislative Management Committee -- Subcommittee on Oversight -- Members -- Duties -- Meetings.
(1) There is created within the Legislative Management Committee a Subcommittee on Oversight comprised of the following members:
(a) from the Senate:
(i) the president;
(ii) the majority leader;
(iii) the minority leader; and
(iv) the minority whip;
(b) from the House of Representatives:
(i) the speaker;
(ii) the majority leader;
(iii) the minority leader; and
(iv) the minority whip.
(2) The Subcommittee on Oversight shall:
(a) review and approve the budget for the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst, the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, and the Office of Legislative Auditor General; and
(b) provide an annual performance review for the legislative fiscal analyst, the director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, the legislative general counsel, and the legislative auditor general.
(3)
(a) This subcommittee shall meet no later than:
(i) June 1st of each year to receive and evaluate the results of the annual performance reviews; and
(ii) November 1st of each year to review and approve the budgets of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, and the Office of the Legislative Auditor General.
(b) This subcommittee may meet at other times as often as necessary to perform its duties.
Amended by Chapter 254, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 8.2 - Medical cannabis governance structure working group.

Affected by 63I-2-236 on 7/1/2024
Effective 5/3/2023
36-12-8.2.
Medical cannabis governance structure working group.
(1) The Legislative Management Committee shall establish a medical cannabis governance structure working group composed of six members of the Legislature.
(2) The working group may:
(a) work with industry, patients, medical providers, and others to review the state's governance structure over medical cannabis;
(b) study various regulatory structures throughout the nation regarding state agency regulation of medical cannabis; and
(c) make recommendations to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee or the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee regarding medical cannabis governance before or at the October interim meeting.
Amended by Chapter 273, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 9 - Legislative committees -- Minutes of meetings -- Official policies -- Closed meetings -- Private records.

36-12-9.
Legislative committees -- Minutes of meetings -- Official policies -- Closed meetings -- Private records.
(1) "Special investigative committee" means a committee or subcommittee created or designated by rule or resolution of the House, the Senate, or the Legislature to investigate a matter specified in the rule or resolution.
(2) The House, Senate, and Legislative Management Committees, the subcommittees of the Legislative Management Committee, and each interim committee shall keep complete minutes of their meetings.
(3) The official policies of the House, Senate and Legislative Management Committees made pursuant to their duties as assigned by law shall be written and available to all members of the Legislature.
(4) Notwithstanding Subsection 52-4-204(2) or 52-4-205(1), a special investigative committee may hold a closed meeting if a majority of the members present vote to close the meeting for the purpose of:
(a) seeking or obtaining legal advice;
(b) discussing matters of strategy relating to an investigation, if discussing the matters in public would interfere with the effectiveness of the investigation; or
(c) questioning a witness, if questioning the witness in public would interfere with a criminal investigation.
(5) The following records received by, or generated by or for, a special investigative committee are protected records, for purposes of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, until the special investigative committee concludes its business or determines to remove the protected record classification described in this Subsection (5):
(a) records of a witness interview;
(b) records containing the mental impressions of special investigative committee members or staff to the special investigative committee;
(c) records containing information on investigative strategy; and
(d) records, the disclosure of which would interfere with the effectiveness of the investigation.
Amended by Chapter 1, 2013 Special Session 1
Amended by Chapter 1, 2013 Special Session 1
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 9.5 - Obstructing a legislative proceeding.

Effective 5/13/2014
36-12-9.5.
Obstructing a legislative proceeding.
(1) As used in this section, "legislative proceeding" means an investigation or audit conducted by:
(a) the Legislature, or a house, committee, subcommittee, or task force of the Legislature; or
(b) an employee or independent contractor of an entity described in Subsection (1)(a), at or under the direction of an entity described in Subsection (1)(a).
(2) Except as described in Subsection (3), a person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent a legislative proceeding:
(a) provides a person with a weapon;
(b) prevents a person, by force, intimidation, or deception, from performing any act that might aid the legislative proceeding;
(c) alters, destroys, conceals, or removes any item or other thing;
(d) makes, presents, or uses an item, document, or thing known by the person to be false;
(e) makes a false material statement, not under oath, to:
(i) the Legislature, or a house, committee, subcommittee, or task force of the Legislature; or
(ii) an employee or independent contractor of an entity described in Subsection (2)(e)(i);
(f) harbors or conceals a person;
(g) provides a person with transportation, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or service of process;
(h) warns any person of impending discovery or service of process;
(i) conceals an item, information, document, or thing that is not privileged after a legislative subpoena is issued for the item, information, document, or thing; or
(j) provides false information regarding a witness or a material aspect of the legislative proceeding.
(3) Subsection (2) does not include:
(a) false or inconsistent material statements, as described in Section 76-8-502;
(b) tampering with a witness or soliciting or receiving a bribe, as described in Section 76-8-508;
(c) retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, as described in Section 76-8-508.3; or
(d) extortion or bribery to dismiss a criminal proceeding, as described in Section 76-8-509.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 10 - Right of members to attend meetings -- Voting -- Subject to open and public meeting requirements.

36-12-10.
Right of members to attend meetings -- Voting -- Subject to open and public meeting requirements.
Any member of the Legislature has the right to attend any meeting of the House, Senate, and Legislative Management Committees, the subcommittees of the Legislative Management Committee, or any interim committee and to present views on any subject under consideration, but no legislator has the right to vote on any decision of a committee of which he is not a member. All meetings of these committees shall be subject to Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
Amended by Chapter 14, 2006 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 11 - Interim committees' powers.

36-12-11.
Interim committees' powers.
Interim committees may:
(1) administer oaths; and
(2) issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, documents, any other tangible things, and testimony, by following the procedures contained in Title 36, Chapter 14, Legislative Subpoena Powers.
Amended by Chapter 174, 1989 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 12.1 - Posting of required reports and policies -- Compliance.

Effective 7/1/2023
36-12-12.1.
Posting of required reports and policies -- Compliance.
The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall maintain a page on the Legislature's website that provides the following information:
(1) an annual list of all reports that a government entity, government official, or government employee is required to submit to a committee of the Legislature, including for each:
(a) a brief description of the report;
(b) the name of the committee to which submission is required;
(c) the report submission deadline;
(d) a citation to the law requiring the report;
(e) an indication regarding whether the report is timely submitted, submitted late, or not submitted;
(f) an indication regarding whether the report contained the information required by law; and
(g) a link to the report; and
(2) an annual list of each bill that becomes law that year that requires a government entity, government official, or government employee to adopt a policy, including for each:
(a) the bill number and short title;
(b) a citation to the law requiring the policy;
(c) a brief description of the policy;
(d) a list of the government entities, government officials, or government employees required to adopt the policy;
(e) the deadline for adopting the policy; and
(f) a link to the information described in Subsection 67-3-1(21).
Enacted by Chapter 480, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 15.1 - Systemic performance audits.

Effective 3/3/2023
36-12-15.1.
Systemic performance audits.
(1) As used in this section, "entity" means:
(a) an entity in the executive branch that receives an ongoing line item appropriation in an appropriations act; and
(b) any local education agency, as defined in Section 53E-1-102, that receives public funds.
(2)
(a) Each year, subject to the availability of work capacity and the discretion of the Audit Subcommittee created in Section 36-12-8, the Office of the Legislative Auditor General may, in addition to other audits performed by the office, perform:
(i) a systemic performance audit of one or more executive branch entities; and
(ii) a systemic performance audit of one or more local education agencies.
(b) An audit performed under Subsection (2)(a) shall, as is appropriate for each individual audit:
(i) evaluate the extent to which the entity has efficiently and effectively used the appropriation by identifying:
(A) the entity's appropriation history;
(B) the entity's spending and efficiency history; and
(C) historic trends in the entity's operational performance effectiveness;
(ii) evaluate whether the entity's size and operation are commensurate with the entity's spending history;
(iii) evaluate whether the entity is diligent in its stewardship of resources;
(iv) provide a systemic performance audit of the entity's operations performance improvements;
(v) if possible, incorporate the audit methodology of other audits performed by the Office of the Legislative Auditor General; and
(vi) be conducted according to the process established for the Audit Subcommittee.
(c) After releasing an audit report under Subsection (2)(a), the Audit Subcommittee shall make the audit report available to:
(i) each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and
(ii) the governor or the governor's designee.
(d) The Office of the Legislative Auditor General shall:
(i) summarize the findings of an audit described in Subsection (2)(a); and
(ii) provide a copy of each audit report and the annual report to the legislative fiscal analyst and director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel as soon as each report is completed.
(3) The Office of the Legislative Auditor General may consult with the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst or the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel in preparing the summary required by Subsection (2)(d).
(4) The Legislature, in evaluating an entity's request for an increase in its base budget, shall:
(a) review the audit report required by this section and any relevant audits; and
(b) consider the entity's request for an increase in its base budget in light of the entity's prior history of savings and efficiencies as evidenced by the audit report required by this section.
Amended by Chapter 21, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 16 - Legislative directors -- Authority to obtain assistance.

36-12-16.
Legislative directors -- Authority to obtain assistance.
Within budgetary limitations, the legislative directors shall have authority to obtain consulting help and professional outside contract assistance and fix the fees paid according to rates and schedules consistent with those generally accepted within the appropriate profession.
Enacted by Chapter 109, 1975 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 17 - Duties of presiding officer and majority and minority leaders of each house and chairman of Legislative Management Committee.

36-12-17.
Duties of presiding officer and majority and minority leaders of each house and chairman of Legislative Management Committee.
(1) It shall be the duty of the presiding officer and the majority and minority leaders of each house to perform the following for their respective house:
(a) to manage legislative space for their house within the state capitol;
(b) to acquire, manage, and supervise office equipment and machines, data processing equipment, public address equipment, and other equipment and facilities needed by their house and its committees, exclusive of equipment and facilities required by professional legislative staff;
(c) to employ, train, and supervise clerical help needed to serve all interim committees and the Legislative Management Committee, except clerical help employed to assist professional legislative staff;
(d) to supervise payment of per diem compensation and travel expenses of the members of their house while in session; and
(e) to approve requests by members of their house for out-of-state travel on legislative business and to supervise the reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses for such travel.
(2) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate may perform additional services for legislators, including but not limited to the following:
(a) to provide at the state capitol secretarial services to all legislators of their house requesting assistance with files and correspondence directly related to legislative business; at the discretion of the minority political party, a secretary may be designated by the minority party; and
(b) to serve as an information source to the public in informing the citizenry of matters currently before the Legislature and its committees and to prepare and distribute material to instruct the general public on the functions and operation of the Legislature.
(3) By agreement between the speaker of the House of Representatives and president of the Senate, any of the duties assigned to them by this section may be administered jointly for the two houses by the chairman of the Legislative Management Committee.
(4) The chairman of the Legislative Management Committee shall supervise the payment of per diem compensation and in-state travel expenses of members of the Legislative Management Committee and all interim committees.
Amended by Chapter 47, 1985 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 18 - Offices for Legislative Management Committee and professional legislative staff -- Hours -- Library facilities available -- Documents, reports, and information available.

36-12-18.
Offices for Legislative Management Committee and professional legislative staff -- Hours -- Library facilities available -- Documents, reports, and information available.
The Legislative Management Committee and the professional legislative staff shall be provided with adequate quarters in the State Capitol Complex convenient to the members of the Legislature and other persons having official business with them. The offices shall be open during the time provided by law for other state offices, and when the Legislature is in session, at such hours as are convenient to the legislators. The facilities of the state library and other libraries maintained by the state shall be available for use by all legislative committees and subcommittees and the professional legislative staff. Each department, division, commission, agency, or other instrumentality of state government shall furnish to all the legislative committees and subcommittees and the professional legislative staff upon request any document, reports, or information available within the department.
Amended by Chapter 121, 2007 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 19 - Investigatory powers of the Legislature.

36-12-19.
Investigatory powers of the Legislature.
In the discharge of its legislative investigatory powers, the Legislature, or either house or any committee thereof, may:
(1) administer oaths; and
(2) issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, other tangible things, and testimony, by following the procedures contained in Title 36, Chapter 14, Legislative Subpoena Powers.
Amended by Chapter 174, 1989 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 21 - Legislators serving in organizations without legislative sanction -- Prohibited participation.

Effective 5/14/2019
36-12-21.
Legislators serving in organizations without legislative sanction -- Prohibited participation.
(1) The Legislative IT Steering Committee created by the Legislative Management Committee on July 17, 2007, is dissolved.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b):
(i) a legislator may not serve on:
(A) the Committee on Children and Family Law created under Judicial Rule 1-205;
(B) the Governor's Child and Family Cabinet Council created under Executive Order 2007-0005;
(C) the Utah Commission on Literacy created under Executive Order 2004-0011;
(D) the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council created under Executive Order 2006-0001; or
(E) the Utah Multicultural Commission created under Executive Order EO/007/2013; and
(ii) the speaker of the House of Representatives or the president of the Senate may not appoint a legislator, and a legislator may not serve in the legislator's capacity as a legislator, on the Utah Lake Commission.
(b) The Legislative Management Committee may, on a case-by-case basis, approve:
(i) a legislator to serve on an entity described in Subsection (2)(a)(i); or
(ii) an action that is otherwise prohibited under Subsection (2)(a)(ii).
Enacted by Chapter 246, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 12 - Legislative Organization › Section 23 - Legislative committees -- Staffing.

Effective 5/3/2023
36-12-23.
Legislative committees -- Staffing.
As used in this section:
(1) "Chair" means a presiding officer or a co-presiding officer of a legislative committee.
(2) "Committee" means a standing committee, interim committee, subcommittee, special committee, authority, commission, council, task force, panel, or board in which legislative participation is required by law or legislative rule.
(3) "Legislative committee" means a committee:
(a) formed by the Legislature to study or oversee subjects of legislative concern; and
(b) that is required by law or legislative rule to have a chair who is a legislator.
(4) "Legislator" means a member of either house of the Legislature.
(5) "Professional legislative office" means the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, or the Office of the Legislative Auditor General.
(6)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (7), a professional legislative office shall provide staff support to a legislative committee.
(b) If a law or legislative rule does not designate which particular professional legislative office shall provide staff support to a legislative committee, that office shall be the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel.
(7) This section does not apply to:
(a) the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority created in Section 11-59-201;
(b) the Utah Broadband Center Advisory Commission created in Section 36-29-109;
(c) the Blockchain and Digital Innovation Task Force created in Section 36-29-110;
(d) the Criminal Justice Data Management Task Force created in Section 36-29-111;
(e) the Constitutional Defense Council created in Section 63C-4a-202;
(f) the Women in the Economy Subcommittee created in Section 63N-1b-402;
(g) the House Ethics Committee established under Legislative Joint Rule JR6-2-101; or
(h) the Senate Ethics Committee established under Legislative Joint Rule JR6-2-101.
Enacted by Chapter 429, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 13 - Legislative Publications › Section 1 - Distribution of legislative publications by Legislature.

36-13-1.
Distribution of legislative publications by Legislature.
The Legislature is responsible for printing, storing, and distributing:
(1) the legislative session laws;
(2) the House and Senate Journals;
(3) the Utah Code Annotated; and
(4) all other legislative reports and publications of Utah statutes.
Amended by Chapter 130, 1987 General Session