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2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 16 - Conflict of Interest Disclosures › Section 1605 - Failure to file -- Penalties.

Effective 3/5/2021
20A-11-1605.
Failure to file -- Penalties.
(1) Within 60 days after the day on which a regulated officeholder is required to file a conflict of interest disclosure under Subsection 20A-11-1604(3), (4) or (5), the lieutenant governor shall review each filed conflict of interest disclosure to ensure that:
(a) each regulated officeholder who is required to file a conflict of interest disclosure has filed one; and
(b) each conflict of interest disclosure contains the information required under Section 20A-11-1604.
(2) The lieutenant governor shall take the action described in Subsection (3) if:
(a) a regulated officeholder has failed to timely file a conflict of interest disclosure;
(b) a filed conflict of interest disclosure does not comply with the requirements of Section 20A-11-1604; or
(c) the lieutenant governor receives a written complaint alleging a violation of Section 20A-11-1604, other than Subsection 20A-11-1604(1), and after receiving the complaint and giving the regulated officeholder notice and an opportunity to be heard, the lieutenant governor determines that a violation occurred.
(3) If a circumstance described in Subsection (2) occurs, the lieutenant governor shall, within five days after the day on which the lieutenant governor determines that a violation occurred, notify the regulated officeholder of the violation and direct the regulated officeholder to file an amended report correcting the problem.
(4)
(a) It is unlawful for a regulated officeholder to fail to file or amend a conflict of interest disclosure within seven days after the day on which the regulated officeholder receives the notice described in Subsection (3).
(b) A regulated officeholder 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 $100 against a regulated officeholder who violates Subsection (4)(a).
(5) The lieutenant governor shall deposit a fine collected under this part into the General Fund as a dedicated credit to pay for the costs of administering the provisions of this part.
Amended by Chapter 20, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 16 - Conflict of Interest Disclosures › Section 1606 - Link to conflict of interest disclosure on Legislature's website.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-11-1606.
Link to conflict of interest disclosure on Legislature's website.
The Legislature's website shall include, for each legislative officeholder, a link to the conflict of interest disclosure on the website maintained by the lieutenant governor in relation to that legislative officeholder.
Amended by Chapter 266, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 17 - Independent Expenditures › Section 1702 - Definitions.

Effective 5/13/2014
20A-11-1702.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Clearly identified" means:
(a) the name of the candidate appears;
(b) a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears; or
(c) the identity of the candidate or ballot proposition is apparent by unambiguous reference.
(2)
(a) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure by a person expressly advocating the success or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or ballot proposition if the expenditure is not made in coordination with, or at the request or suggestion of:
(i) a candidate;
(ii) a candidate's personal campaign committee;
(iii) a member of a candidate's personal campaign committee;
(iv) a political action committee for which the candidate is an officer with primary decision making authority;
(v) an agent of a candidate; or
(vi) a political issues committee.
(b) "Independent expenditure" includes:
(i) the cost of creating and disseminating material for a public communication, including design and production costs; and
(ii) a contract or other promise to make an expenditure described in Subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b)(i).
(3)
(a) "Public communication" means a communication by:
(i) broadcast, cable, satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing, or telephone bank; or
(ii) another medium used for political advertising to the general public.
(b) "Public communication" does not include:
(i) a news story, a commentary, or an editorial disseminated by a broadcasting station, including a cable television operator, programmer, or producer, satellite television or radio provider, website, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, that is not controlled by a candidate or political party; or
(ii) a candidate debate or forum.
(4) "Telephone bank" means 500 or more identical or substantially similar telephone calls within any 30-day period.
Enacted by Chapter 60, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 17 - Independent Expenditures › Section 1703 - Exceptions.

Effective 5/8/2018
20A-11-1703.
Exceptions.
(1) A registered political party is not required to comply with the requirements of this part.
(2) A reporting entity is not required to report an independent expenditure under this part if the reporting party:
(a) reports the expenditure under another part in this chapter; and
(b) in the report described in Subsection (2)(a):
(i) identifies the expenditure as an independent expenditure; and
(ii) provides the information, described in Section 20A-11-1704, in relation to the independent expenditure.
Amended by Chapter 83, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 17 - Independent Expenditures › Section 1705 - Detailed records.

Effective 5/13/2014
20A-11-1705.
Detailed records.
A person who files an independent expenditure report shall keep records of all independent expenditures made by the person, including receipts, and all donations described in Subsection 20A-11-1704(3)(c)(vi), for at least two years after the day on which the independent expenditure report to which the records relate is filed.
Enacted by Chapter 60, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 11 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements › Part 17 - Independent Expenditures › Section 1706 - Penalties.

Effective 3/5/2021
20A-11-1706.
Penalties.
(1) The chief election officer shall impose a $100 fine against an individual who fails to file an independent expenditure report, that includes the information required for the report, within the time period required by this part.
(2) The chief election officer shall impose a $1000 fine against a person who is not an individual who fails to file an independent expenditure report, that includes the information required for the report, within the time period required by this part.
(3) The chief election officer shall deposit fines collected under this chapter into the General Fund.
Amended by Chapter 20, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges › Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections › Section 301.5 - Disclosure of actual source or recipient required.

Effective 3/13/2014
20A-12-301.5.
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 12 - Selection and Election of Judges › Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections › Section 302 - Campaign committee required.

20A-12-302.
Campaign committee required.
(1)
(a) When permitted to do so by the Code of Judicial Conduct promulgated by the Utah Supreme Court, and if the judge chooses to solicit contributions or make expenditures to promote his retention, the judge may establish no more than one retention election personal campaign committee, consisting of one or more persons, to receive contributions, make expenditures, and shall file reports connected with the judge's retention election campaign.
(b) A judge or person acting in concert with or with the knowledge of the judge may not receive any contributions or make any expenditures other than through the personal campaign committee established under this section.
(2)
(a) The judge shall file with the lieutenant governor a signed written statement containing the name and address of each member and the secretary of the judge's personal campaign committee.
(b) The judge may change the membership of the personal campaign committee at any time by filing with the lieutenant governor a signed statement containing the name and address of any additional members and identifying any members that have been removed from the committee.
(c) The judge or the judge's personal campaign committee may not make any expenditures on behalf of the judge until the statement has been filed.
(3)
(a) The judge's personal campaign committee may not make an expenditure of more than $1,000 unless the judge or the secretary of the personal campaign committee authorizes the expenditure in writing.
(b) A judge or the judge's personal campaign committee may not make any expenditures prohibited by law.
(4) A judge's personal campaign committee is dissolved on the date that the summary report required by Section 20A-12-304 is filed.
Enacted by Chapter 166, 2001 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges › Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections › Section 303 - Separate account for campaign funds -- Reporting contributions.

Effective 3/5/2021
20A-12-303.
Separate account for campaign funds -- Reporting contributions.
(1) The judge or the judge's personal campaign committee shall deposit each contribution in one or more separate personal campaign accounts in a financial institution.
(2) The judge or the judge's personal campaign committee may not deposit or mingle any contributions received into a personal or business account.
(3)
(a) As used in this Subsection (3) and Section 20A-12-305, "received" means:
(i) for a cash contribution, that the cash is given to a judge or the judge's personal campaign committee;
(ii) for a contribution that is a negotiable instrument or check, that the negotiable instrument or check is negotiated; and
(iii) for any other type of contribution, that any portion of the contribution's benefit inures to the judge.
(b) The judge or the judge's personal campaign committee shall report to the lieutenant governor each contribution received by the judge, within 31 days after the day on which the contribution is received.
(c) For each contribution that a judge fails to report within the time period described in Subsection (3)(b), the lieutenant governor shall impose a fine against the judge in an amount equal to:
(i) 10% of the amount of the contribution if the judge reports the contribution within 60 days after the day on which the time period described in Subsection (3)(b) ends; or
(ii) 20% of the amount of the contribution, if the judge fails to report the contribution within 60 days after the day on which the time period described in Subsection (3)(b) ends.
(d) The lieutenant governor shall:
(i) deposit money received under Subsection (3)(c) into the General Fund; and
(ii) report on the lieutenant governor's website, in the location where reports relating to each judge are available for public access:
(A) each fine imposed by the lieutenant governor against the judge;
(B) the amount of the fine;
(C) the amount of the contribution to which the fine relates; and
(D) the date of the contribution.
(4) Within 31 days after receiving a contribution that is cash or a negotiable instrument, exceeds $50, and is from an unknown source, a judge or the judge's personal campaign committee shall disburse the amount of the contribution to an organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code.
Amended by Chapter 20, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges › Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections › Section 304 - Judicial retention election candidates -- Financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.

20A-12-304.
Judicial retention election candidates -- Financial reporting requirements -- Year-end summary report.
(1) The judge's personal campaign committee shall file a summary report with the lieutenant governor by January 10 of the year after the regular general election year.
(2)
(a) Each summary report shall include the following information as of December 31 of the last regular general election year:
(i) a single figure equal to the total amount of contributions reported on the interim report;
(ii) a single figure equal to the total amount of expenditures reported on the interim report;
(iii) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on the interim report;
(iv) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution;
(v) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report that has not been reported in detail on the interim report;
(vi) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure; and
(vii) the net balance for the year, consisting of all contributions minus all expenditures.
(b)
(i) For all single contributions of $50 or less, an aggregate figure may be reported without a separate detailed listing.
(ii) Two or more contributions from the same source for a total of more than $50 may not be reported in the aggregate, but shall be reported in the detailed listing.
(c) A check or negotiable instrument received by a judge or the judge's personal campaign committee on or before December 31 of the previous year shall be reported in the summary report.
(3) The judge shall certify in the summary report that, to the best of the judge's knowledge, all contributions and all expenditures have been reported as of December 31 of the last regular general election year and that there are no financial obligations outstanding except as set forth in the report.
Amended by Chapter 389, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges › Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections › Section 305 - Judicial retention election candidates -- Financial reporting requirements -- Interim report.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-12-305.
Judicial retention election candidates -- Financial reporting requirements -- Interim report.
(1) The judge's personal campaign committee shall file an interim report with the lieutenant governor on the date seven days before the regular general election date.
(2) Each interim report shall include the following information:
(a) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last financial statement;
(b) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution;
(c) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report;
(d) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure; and
(e) a net balance for the year consisting of all contributions since the last summary report minus all expenditures since the last summary report.
(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 contributions and expenditures shall be reported as of five days before the required filing date of the report.
(5) A negotiable instrument or check received by a judge or the judge's personal campaign committee more than five days before the required filing date of a report required by this section shall be included in the interim report.
Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges › Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections › Section 306 - Judges -- Failure to file reports -- Penalties.

20A-12-306.
Judges -- Failure to file reports -- Penalties.
(1)
(a) If a judge's personal campaign committee fails to file the interim report due before the regular general election, the lieutenant governor shall, after making a reasonable attempt to discover if the report was timely filed:
(i) inform the county clerk and other appropriate election officials who:
(A)
(I) shall, if practicable, remove the name of the judge from the ballots before the ballots are delivered to voters; or
(II) shall, if removing the judge's name from the ballot is not practicable, inform the voters by any practicable method that the judge has been disqualified and that votes cast for the judge will not be counted; and
(B) may not count any votes for that judge; and
(ii) impose a fine against the filing entity in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005.
(b) Any judge who fails to file timely a financial statement required by this part is disqualified.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b), a judge is not disqualified and the lieutenant governor may not impose a fine if:
(i) the candidate timely files the reports required by this section in accordance with Section 20A-11-103;
(ii) the reports are completed, detailing accurately and completely the information required by this part except for inadvertent omissions or insignificant errors or inaccuracies; and
(iii) the omissions, errors, or inaccuracies described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii) are corrected in an amended report or in the next scheduled report.
(2)
(a) Within 30 days after a deadline for the filing of a summary report, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed summary report to ensure that:
(i) each judge that is required to file a summary report has filed one; and
(ii) each summary report contains the information required by this part.
(b) If it appears that any judge 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, within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the judge of the violation or written complaint and direct the judge to file a summary report correcting the problem.
(c)
(i) It is unlawful for any judge to fail to file or amend a summary report within 14 days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section.
(ii) Each judge who violates Subsection (2)(c)(i) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(iii) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (2)(c)(i) to the attorney general.
Amended by Chapter 389, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 1 - Selection of U.S. Congressional Representatives › Section 101.1 - Definitions.

Effective 11/12/2021
20A-13-101.1.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Census block" means any one of the 71,207 individual geographic areas into which the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce has divided the state of Utah, to each of which the Bureau of the Census has attached a discrete population tabulation from the 2020 decennial census.
(2) "Congressional block equivalency file" means the electronic file designated as HB2004_BEF.txt that assigns each of Utah's 71,207 census blocks to a particular Congressional district.
(3) "Congressional shapefile" means the electronic shapefile that:
(a) is the resulting projection of the Congressional block equivalency file; and
(b) stores the boundary of each of the four United States Congressional district boundaries for Utah.
(4) "Shapefile" means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 1 - Selection of U.S. Congressional Representatives › Section 101.5 - Representatives to the United States Congress -- Four representative districts -- When elected -- District boundaries.

Effective 3/3/2022
20A-13-101.5.
Representatives to the United States Congress -- Four representative districts -- When elected -- District boundaries.
(1)
(a) The state of Utah is divided into four districts for the election of representatives to the Congress of the United States, with one member to be elected from each Congressional district.
(b) At the general election to be held in 2022, and biennially thereafter, one representative from each Congressional district shall be elected to serve in the Congress of the United States.
(2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2020 national decennial census as the official data for establishing Congressional district boundaries.
(3)
(a) The Legislature enacts the district numbers and boundaries of the Congressional districts designated in the Congressional block equivalency file and resulting Congressional shapefile that is the electronic component of Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 2:
(i) for purposes of nominating and electing members of the United States Congress beginning January 1, 2022; and
(ii) for all other purposes beginning January 3, 2023.
(b) The Legislature shall ensure that the Congressional shapefile, and Congressional boundaries generated from the Congressional shapefile, are accessible on the Utah Legislature's website.
Amended by Chapter 18, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 1 - Selection of U.S. Congressional Representatives › Section 102 - Congressional districts -- Filing -- Legal boundaries.

Effective 11/12/2021
20A-13-102.
Congressional districts -- Filing -- Legal boundaries.
(1)
(a) The Legislature shall file a copy of the Congressional block equivalency file enacted by the Legislature and the resulting Congressional shapefile with the lieutenant governor's office.
(b) The legal boundaries of Utah's Congressional districts are contained in the Congressional shapefile on file with the lieutenant governor's office.
(2)
(a) The lieutenant governor shall:
(i) verify the Congressional block equivalency file that the Legislature files under Subsection (1) using block equivalency file security code "4cb8a686520fdb1c2385e0a9812ff403" and the corresponding Congressional shapefile;
(ii) generate maps of each Congressional district from the Congressional shapefile; and
(iii) ensure that the district maps are available for viewing on the lieutenant governor's website.
(b) If there is any inconsistency between the district maps and the Congressional shapefile resulting from the Congressional block equivalency file, the Congressional shapefile is controlling.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 1 - Selection of U.S. Congressional Representatives › Section 103 - Omissions from maps -- How resolved.

Effective 11/12/2021
20A-13-103.
Omissions from maps -- How resolved.
(1) If any area of the state is omitted from a Congressional district in the Congressional shapefile in the possession of the lieutenant governor's office, the county clerk of the affected county, upon discovery of the omission, shall attach the area to the appropriate Congressional district according to the requirements of Subsections (2) and (3).
(2) If the omitted area is surrounded by a single Congressional district, the county clerk shall attach the area to that district.
(3) If the omitted area is contiguous to two or more Congressional districts, the county clerk shall attach the area to the district that has the least population, as determined by the Utah Population Committee.
(4) The county clerk shall certify in writing and file with the lieutenant governor any attachment made under this section.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 1 - Selection of U.S. Congressional Representatives › Section 104 - Uncertain boundaries -- How resolved.

Effective 11/12/2021
20A-13-104.
Uncertain boundaries -- How resolved.
(1) As used in this section, "affected party" means:
(a) a representative whose Congressional district boundary is uncertain because the boundary in the Congressional shapefile used to establish the district boundary has been removed, modified, or is unable to be identified or who is uncertain about whether the representative or another individual resides in a particular Congressional district;
(b) a candidate for Congressional representative whose Congressional district boundary is uncertain because the boundary in the Congressional shapefile used to establish the district boundary has been removed, modified, or is unable to be identified or who is uncertain about whether the candidate or another individual resides in a particular Congressional district; or
(c) an individual who is uncertain about which Congressional district contains the individual's residence because the boundary in the Congressional shapefile used to establish the district boundary has been removed, modified, or is unable to be identified.
(2)
(a) An affected party may file a written request petitioning the lieutenant governor to determine:
(i) the precise location of the Congressional district boundary;
(ii) the number of the Congressional district in which an individual resides; or
(iii) both Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (ii).
(b) In order to make the determination required by Subsection (2)(a), the lieutenant governor shall review:
(i) the Congressional block equivalency file and the resulting Congressional shapefile; and
(ii) any other relevant data such as aerial photographs, aerial maps, or other data about the area.
(c) Within five days of receipt of the request, the lieutenant governor shall:
(i) complete the review described in Subsection (2)(b); and
(ii) make a determination.
(d) When the lieutenant governor determines the location of the Congressional district boundary, the lieutenant governor shall:
(i) prepare a certification identifying the appropriate boundary and attaching a map, if necessary; and
(ii) send a copy of the certification to:
(A) the affected party;
(B) the county clerk of the affected county; and
(C) the Utah Geospatial Resource Center created under Section 63A-16-505.
(e) If the lieutenant governor determines the number of the Congressional district in which a particular individual resides, the lieutenant governor shall send a letter identifying that district by number to:
(i) the individual;
(ii) the affected party who filed the petition, if different than the individual whose Congressional district number was identified; and
(iii) the county clerk of the affected county.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 2 - Selection of U.S. Senators › Section 201 - Senators -- When elected.

20A-13-201.
Senators -- When elected.
At the general election in November, 1932, and at each general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of a United States senator from Utah, there shall be elected one United States senator to serve for a period of six years.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 3 - Presidential Electors › Section 301 - Presidential elections -- Effect of vote.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-13-301.
Presidential elections -- Effect of vote.
(1)
(a) Each registered political party shall choose individuals to act as presidential electors and to fill vacancies in the office of presidential electors for their party's candidates for president and vice president of the United States according to the procedures established in their bylaws.
(b) Each registered political party shall certify to the lieutenant governor the names and addresses of the individuals selected by the political party as the party's presidential electors before 5 p.m. no later than August 31.
(c) An unaffiliated candidate or write-in candidate for the office of president of the United States shall, no later than 5 p.m. ten days after the day on which the candidate files a declaration of candidacy, certify to the lieutenant governor the names and addresses of each individual selected by the candidate as a presidential elector for the candidate and each individual selected by the candidate to fill a vacancy in the office of presidential elector for the candidate.
(2) The highest number of votes cast for candidates for president and vice president of the United States elects the presidential electors for:
(a) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the political party of those candidates; or
(b) if the candidates receiving the highest number of votes are unaffiliated candidates or write-in candidates, the presidential electors selected for those candidates under Subsection (1)(c).
Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 3 - Presidential Electors › Section 302 - Certificate of election.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-13-302.
Certificate of election.
(1) The lieutenant governor shall transmit certificates of election to each of the electors selected under Section 20A-13-301:
(a) if the candidates for president and vice president of the United States who receive the highest number of votes in the state are unaffiliated candidates or write-in candidates, by the candidate for president; or
(b) if the candidates for president and vice president of the United States who receive the highest number of votes in the state are the nominees of a registered political party, by the registered political party.
(2) Presidential electors may not receive compensation for their services.
Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 3 - Presidential Electors › Section 303 - Filling vacancies.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-13-303.
Filling vacancies.
If there is a vacancy in the office of presidential elector because of death, refusal to act, failure to attend, ineligibility, or any other cause, the individual or political party represented by the elector who caused the vacancy shall immediately fill the vacancy.
Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 13 - Elections to Federal Offices › Part 3 - Presidential Electors › Section 304 - Meeting to ballot -- Casting ballot for individual not nominated by elector's candidate or party.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-13-304.
Meeting to ballot -- Casting ballot for individual not nominated by elector's candidate or party.
(1) The electors shall meet at the office of the lieutenant governor at the state capitol at noon of the first Wednesday of the January after their election, or at noon of any other day designated by the Congress of the United States of America.
(2) After convening, the electors shall perform their duties in conformity with the United States Constitution and laws.
(3) Any elector who casts an electoral ballot for an individual not nominated by the individual, or by the party of which the elector is an elector, except in the cases of death or felony conviction of a candidate, is considered to have resigned from the office of elector, the elector's vote may not be recorded, and the remaining electors shall appoint another individual to fill the vacancy.
Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 1 - State School Board - Nomination and Election › Section 101.1 - Definitions.

Effective 11/16/2021
20A-14-101.1.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Board" means the State Board of Education.
(2) "Board block equivalency file" means the electronic file designated as SB2005S07_BEF.txt that assigns each of Utah's 71,207 census blocks to a particular State Board of Education district.
(3) "Board shapefile" means the electronic shapefile that:
(a) is the resulting projection of the Board block equivalency file; and
(b) stores the boundary of each of the 15 State Board of Education districts.
(4) "Census block" means any one of the 71,207 individual geographic areas into which the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce has divided the state of Utah, to each of which the Bureau of the Census has attached a discrete population tabulation from the 2020 decennial census.
(5) "Shapefile" means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information.
Amended by Chapter 10, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 1 - State School Board - Nomination and Election › Section 101.5 - State Board of Education -- Number of members -- State Board of Education district boundaries.

Effective 3/3/2022
20A-14-101.5.
State Board of Education -- Number of members -- State Board of Education district boundaries.
(1) The State Board of Education shall consist of 15 members, with one member to be elected from each State Board of Education district.
(2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2020 national decennial census as the official data for establishing State Board of Education district boundaries.
(3)
(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the Legislature enacts the district numbers and boundaries of the State Board of Education districts designated in the Board block equivalency file and resulting Board shapefile that is the electronic component of Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 10:
(i) for purposes of nominating and electing certain members of the State Board of Education beginning January 1, 2022; and
(ii) for all other purposes beginning January 2, 2023.
(b) The Legislature shall ensure that the Board shapefile, and the State Board of Education district boundaries generated from the Board shapefile, are accessible on the Utah Legislature's website.
Amended by Chapter 18, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 1 - State School Board - Nomination and Election › Section 102 - State Board of Education districts -- Filing -- Legal boundaries.

Effective 11/16/2021
20A-14-102.
State Board of Education districts -- Filing -- Legal boundaries.
(1)
(a) The Legislature shall file a copy of the Board block equivalency file enacted by the Legislature and the resulting Board shapefile with the lieutenant governor's office.
(b) The legal boundaries of State Board of Education districts are contained in the Board shapefile on file with the lieutenant governor's office.
(2)
(a) The lieutenant governor shall:
(i) verify the Board block equivalency file that the Legislature files under Subsection (1) using block equivalency file security code "3045e67dd19fd1085282c1d9a89a7873" and the resulting Board shapefile;
(ii) generate maps of each State Board of Education district from the Board shapefile; and
(iii) ensure that the district maps are available for viewing on the lieutenant governor's website.
(b) If there is any inconsistency between the district maps and the Board shapefile resulting from the Board block equivalency file, the Board shapefile is controlling.
Amended by Chapter 10, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 1 - State School Board - Nomination and Election › Section 102.1 - Omissions from maps -- How resolved.

Effective 11/16/2021
20A-14-102.1.
Omissions from maps -- How resolved.
(1) If any area of the state is omitted from a State Board of Education district in the Board shapefile in the possession of the lieutenant governor's office, the county clerk of the affected county, upon discovery of the omission, shall attach the area to the appropriate State Board of Education district according to the requirements of Subsections (2) and (3).
(2) If the omitted area is surrounded by a single State Board of Education district, the county clerk shall attach the area to that district.
(3) If the omitted area is contiguous to two or more State Board of Education districts, the county clerk shall attach the area to the district that has the least population, as determined by the Utah Population Committee.
(4) The county clerk shall certify in writing and file with the lieutenant governor any attachment made under this section.
Amended by Chapter 10, 2021 Special Session 2
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 1 - State School Board - Nomination and Election › Section 104.1 - State Board of Education -- Candidacy.

Effective 5/14/2019
20A-14-104.1.
State Board of Education -- Candidacy.
(1) A person interested in becoming a candidate for the office of State Board of Education member shall:
(a) file a declaration of candidacy in accordance with Sections 20A-9-201 and 20A-9-202;
(b) file a certificate of nomination in accordance with Sections 20A-9-501, 20A-9-502, and 20A-9-503; or
(c) seek placement on the ballot as a write-in candidate in accordance with Sections 20A-9-601 and 20A-9-602.
(2) The office of State Board of Education member may be filled by an individual running as a member of a political party, as unaffiliated, or as a write-in candidate.
Amended by Chapter 507, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 2 - Election of Members of Local Boards of Education › Section 203 - Becoming a member of a local board of education -- Declaration of candidacy -- Election.

Effective 5/4/2022
20A-14-203.
Becoming a member of a local board of education -- Declaration of candidacy -- Election.
(1) An individual may become a candidate for a local school board by:
(a) filing a declaration of candidacy with the county clerk during the declaration of candidacy filing period described in Section 20A-9-201.5; and
(b) paying the fee described in Section 20A-9-202.
(2)
(a) The term of office for an individual elected to a local board of education is four years, beginning on the first Monday in January after the election.
(b) A member of a local board of education shall serve until a successor is:
(i) elected; or
(ii) appointed and takes or signs the constitutional oath of office.
Amended by Chapter 13, 2022 General Session
Amended by Chapter 265, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 2 - Election of Members of Local Boards of Education › Section 204 - Effect of transfer of a district on composition of local school board.

20A-14-204.
Effect of transfer of a district on composition of local school board.
If a portion of one school district becomes part of another school district, any member of the board of education residing within the transferred portion becomes a member of the board of the transferee district and shall serve the remainder of the term to which the member was elected.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 2 - Election of Members of Local Boards of Education › Section 205 - Vacancies on local school boards.

20A-14-205.
Vacancies on local school boards.
Vacancies on local school boards shall be filled as provided in Section 20A-1-511.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 14 - Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards › Part 2 - Election of Members of Local Boards of Education › Section 206 - Student petition for student member on local school board.

Effective 3/22/2018
20A-14-206.
Student petition for student member on local school board.
(1) A student petition requesting that a local school board appoint a nonvoting student member to the board may be submitted to the board under this section.
(2) The petition shall have the signatures of at least 500 students regularly enrolled in high school in the district or at least 10% of the number of students regularly enrolled in high school in the district, whichever is less.
(3)
(a) Upon receipt of the petition, the board may appoint a nonvoting student member to serve a one-year term on the local school board as an addition to the number of regular members authorized by law.
(b) A student member's term begins July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year.
(4) A student board member shall be enrolled in a high school in the district and may be less than 18 years old.
(5) A student member may participate in all board meetings, except executive sessions.
(6)
(a) A student board member shall receive the same expense allowance granted other board members under Section 53G-4-204.
(b) A student member is not liable for any acts of the governing board.
Amended by Chapter 415, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 15 - Convention to Ratify Amendments to the Constitution of the United States › Part 1 - Selection of Delegates to the Convention › Section 101 - Scope and application of chapter.

20A-15-101.
Scope and application of chapter.
(1) The procedures contained in this section govern when the Congress of the United States:
(a) proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
(b) directs that the amendment be ratified by conventions in each state.
(2) If Congress prescribes the manner in which the conventions shall be constituted and does not except those states that have established procedures for constituting ratification conventions:
(a) this chapter is inoperative;
(b) the convention shall be constituted and shall operate as the congressional resolution or Act of Congress directs; and
(c) all state officers who are authorized or directed to take any action to constitute a ratification convention in Utah shall do so.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 15 - Convention to Ratify Amendments to the Constitution of the United States › Part 1 - Selection of Delegates to the Convention › Section 102 - Election to elect convention delegates.

20A-15-102.
Election to elect convention delegates.
(1) The governor shall:
(a) issue a proclamation establishing the date of an election to elect 21 delegates to Utah's ratification convention from the state at large;
(b) ensure that the election is held at least as soon as the next regular general election occurring more than three months after the amendment has been proposed by Congress; and
(c) either call a special election or schedule the election to be held at the same time as a regular or municipal general election.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the election shall be conducted according to the procedures for a regular general election contained in this title.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 15 - Convention to Ratify Amendments to the Constitution of the United States › Part 1 - Selection of Delegates to the Convention › Section 103 - Delegates -- Candidacy -- Qualifications -- Nominating procedures.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-15-103.
Delegates -- Candidacy -- Qualifications -- Nominating procedures -- Removal of petition signature.
(1) Candidates for the office of delegate to the ratification convention shall be citizens, residents of Utah, and at least 21 years old.
(2) Persons wishing to be delegates to the ratification convention shall:
(a) circulate a nominating petition meeting the requirements of this section; and
(b) obtain the signature of at least 100 registered voters.
(3)
(a) A single nominating petition may nominate any number of candidates up to 21, the total number of delegates to be elected.
(b) Nominating petitions may not contain anything identifying a candidate's party or political affiliation.
(c) Each nominating petition shall contain a written statement signed by each nominee, indicating either that the candidate will:
(i) vote for ratification of the proposed amendment; or
(ii) vote against ratification of the proposed amendment.
(d) A nominating petition containing the names of more than one nominee may not contain the name of any nominee whose stated position in the nominating petition is inconsistent with that of any other nominee listed in the petition.
(4)
(a) Candidates shall file their nominating petitions with the lieutenant governor before 5 p.m. no later than 40 days before the proclaimed date of the election.
(b) Within 10 days after the last day for filing the petitions, the lieutenant governor shall:
(i) use the procedures described in Section 20A-1-1002 to determine whether a signer is a registered voter;
(ii) declare nominated the 21 nominees in favor of ratification and the 21 nominees against ratification whose nominating petitions have been signed by the largest number of registered voters;
(iii) decide any ties by lot drawn by the lieutenant governor; and
(iv) certify the nominated candidates of each group to the county clerk of each county within the state.
(5)
(a) A voter who signs a nomination petition under this section may have the voter's signature removed from the petition by, no later than three business days after the last day for filing the petitions, submitting to the lieutenant governor a statement requesting that the voter's signature be removed.
(b) A statement described in Subsection (5)(a) shall comply with the requirements described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(2).
(c) The lieutenant governor shall use the procedures described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(3) to determine whether to remove an individual's signature from a petition after receiving a timely, valid statement requesting removal of the signature.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2023 General Session