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2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 15 - Convention to Ratify Amendments to the Constitution of the United States › Part 2 - Ratification Convention Procedures › Section 201 - Convening -- Vacancies -- Election of officers -- Journal of proceedings.

20A-15-201.
Convening -- Vacancies -- Election of officers -- Journal of proceedings.
(1) The delegates to the convention shall convene at the state capitol at noon on the 28th day after their election to pass upon the question of whether or not the proposed amendment shall be ratified.
(2)
(a) If, at the time the convention convenes, there is a vacancy in the convention, the delegates from the group from which the delegate creating the vacancy was elected shall, by majority vote, appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(b) If the convention contains no other delegates from the group from which the delegate creating the vacancy was elected, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(3) The convention may:
(a) elect a president, secretary, and other officers; and
(b) adopt its own rules.
(4) The convention shall:
(a) keep a journal of its proceedings;
(b) record in the journal the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed amendment; and
(c) file the journal with the lieutenant governor after the convention adjourns.
(5)
(a) Delegates to the ratification convention shall:
(i) serve without pay;
(ii) receive a per diem of $4 per day while the convention is in session; and
(iii) receive mileage at the rate of 10 cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting by the most usual route.
(b) The lieutenant governor shall pay the per diem and mileage, together with the necessary expenses of the convention for printing and stenographic services, from the state treasury.
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 2 - Ratification Convention Procedures › Section 202 - Certificate of ratification.

20A-15-202.
Certificate of ratification.
(1) If the convention agrees, by vote of a majority of the total number of delegates, to ratify the proposed amendment, the president and secretary of the convention shall:
(a) prepare and sign a certificate to that effect; and
(b) transmit it to the lieutenant governor.
(2) Upon receipt of a ratification certificate, the lieutenant governor shall transmit the certificate under the great seal of the state to the Secretary of State of the United States.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 103 - Application to elections.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-103.
Application to elections -- Voting by foreign United States citizen.
(1) The voting procedures in this chapter apply to an election authorized by this title.
(2) A covered voter who is a foreign United States citizen may only vote in a federal election and may only vote for candidates for federal office.
(3) A covered voter described in Subsection 20A-16-102(1)(d)(ii) shall vote in the congressional election for the district where the covered voter established the covered voter's most recent principal place of residence in Utah.
(4) A covered voter described in Subsection 20A-16-102(1)(d)(iii) shall vote in the congressional election for the district where the covered voter's parent, legal guardian, spouse, or domestic partner established the parent's, legal guardian's, spouse's, or domestic partner's most recent United States principal place of residence in Utah.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 2 - Administration of Military and Overseas Voting › Section 201 - Duties of lieutenant governor.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-201.
Duties of lieutenant governor.
The lieutenant governor shall:
(1) implement this chapter and the state's responsibilities under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.;
(2) make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots;
(3) establish an electronic transmission system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information under this chapter;
(4)
(a) develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and transmission envelopes and electronic equivalents of the envelopes, authentication materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the state; and
(b) to the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states on the development required by Subsection (4)(a); and
(5) prescribe the form and content of a declaration:
(a) for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the voter's identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and timely and proper completion of an overseas-military ballot;
(b) that is based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter; and
(c) that is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 2 - Administration of Military and Overseas Voting › Section 202 - Report on ballots.

Effective 5/12/2020
20A-16-202.
Report on ballots.
(1) No later than 60 days after each regular general election date, each county clerk shall submit a report to the lieutenant governor indicating:
(a) the number of ballots sent to covered voters; and
(b) the number of ballots returned by covered voters that were counted.
(2) No later than 90 days after each regular general election date, the lieutenant governor shall submit a statewide report to the Election Assistance Commission that includes the information required by Subsection (1).
Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 3 - Voter Registration › Section 301 - Overseas voter's registration address.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-301.
Overseas voter's registration address.
Subject to Section 20A-16-103, in registering to vote, an overseas voter who is eligible to vote in the state shall:
(1) use and be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of the last place of residence of the voter in the state; or
(2) if the address described in Subsection (1) is no longer a recognized residential address, be assigned an address, for voting purposes, in the applicable voting precinct.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 3 - Voter Registration › Section 302 - Methods of registering to vote.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-302.
Methods of registering to vote.
(1) To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application or the application's electronic equivalent.
(2)
(a) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received before the day of the election.
(b) If the declaration is received on or after the day of the election, the declaration shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
(3)
(a) The lieutenant governor shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in Subsection 20A-16-201(3) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official.
(b) The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 401 - Methods of applying for military-overseas ballots.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-401.
Methods of applying for military-overseas ballots.
(1) A covered voter who is registered to vote in the state may apply for a military-overseas ballot:
(a) via the federal postcard application;
(b) via the federal postcard application's electronic equivalent; or
(c) by otherwise making a request in writing.
(2) A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this state may use a federal postcard application or the federal postcard application's electronic equivalent to apply simultaneously to register to vote under Section 20A-16-302 and for a military-overseas ballot.
(3)
(a) The lieutenant governor shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in Subsection 20A-16-201(3) is capable of accepting the submission of both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military-overseas ballot application sent to the appropriate election official.
(b) The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
(4) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the appropriate election official before the day of the election.
(5) To receive the benefits of this chapter, a covered voter shall inform the appropriate election official that the voter is a covered voter by:
(a) the use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee ballot;
(b) the use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; or
(c) the inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered voter.
(6) This chapter does not preclude a covered voter from voting via a manual ballot by mail.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 402 - Timeliness and scope of application for military-overseas ballot.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-402.
Timeliness and scope of application for military-overseas ballot.
(1) An application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received before the day of the election.
(2) An application for a military-overseas ballot for a regular primary election or municipal primary election, whether or not timely, is effective as an application for a military-overseas ballot for the regular general election or municipal general election.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 403 - Transmission of unvoted ballots.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-403.
Transmission of unvoted ballots.
(1) For an election for which the state has not received a waiver pursuant to the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, 52 U.S.C. Sec. 20302(g)(2), not later than 45 days before the election or, notwithstanding Section 20A-1-104, if the 45th day before the election is a weekend or holiday, not later than the business day preceding the 45th day, the election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials to all covered voters who by that date submit a valid military-overseas ballot application.
(2)
(a) A covered voter who requests that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to the voter by electronic transmission may choose:
(i) facsimile transmission;
(ii) email delivery; or
(iii) if offered by the voter's jurisdiction, Internet delivery.
(b) The election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter using the means of transmission chosen by the voter.
(3) If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter no later than two business days after the day on which the application arrives.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 404 - Timely casting of ballot.

20A-16-404.
Timely casting of ballot.
Except as provided by Section 20A-1-308, to be valid, a military-overseas ballot shall be:
(1) received by the appropriate election officer not later than the close of the polls; or
(2) submitted for mailing, electronic transmission, or other authorized means of delivery not later than 12:01 a.m., at the place where the voter completes the ballot, on the date of the election.
Amended by Chapter 219, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 405 - Federal write-in absentee ballot.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-405.
Federal write-in absentee ballot.
A covered voter may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all applicable offices and ballot propositions in an election.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 408 - Receipt of voted ballot.

20A-16-408.
Receipt of voted ballot.
(1) Except as provided by Section 20A-1-308, a valid military-overseas ballot cast in accordance with Section 20A-16-404 shall be counted if the military-overseas ballot is delivered by the end of business on the business day before the latest deadline for completing the canvass to the address that the appropriate state or local election office has specified.
(2) If, at the time of completing a military-overseas ballot and balloting materials, the voter has declared under penalty of perjury as provided in Title 76, Chapter 8, Part 5, Falsification in Official Matters, that the ballot was timely submitted, the ballot may not be rejected on the basis that it has a late postmark, an unreadable postmark, or no postmark.
Amended by Chapter 219, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 409 - Declaration.

20A-16-409.
Declaration.
A military-overseas ballot shall include or be accompanied by:
(1) a declaration signed by a covered voter that a material misstatement of fact in completing the ballot may be grounds for a conviction of perjury under the laws of the United States or Title 76, Chapter 8, Part 5, Falsification in Official Matters; and
(2) the following statement if the military-overseas ballot is electronically transmitted: "I understand that by electronically transmitting my voted ballot I am voluntarily waiving my right to a secret ballot. Signature of voter ________________ Date _______".
Enacted by Chapter 327, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 4 - Voting and Ballots › Section 410 - Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot.

20A-16-410.
Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot.
The lieutenant governor, in coordination with an election officer, shall implement an electronic free-access system by which a covered voter may determine by telephone, electronic mail, or Internet:
(1) whether the voter's federal postcard application or other registration or military-overseas ballot application has been received and accepted;
(2) whether the voter's military-overseas ballot has been received; and
(3) the current status of the ballot.
Enacted by Chapter 327, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 501 - Use of voter's email address.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-501.
Use of voter's email address.
(1) An election officer shall request an email address from each covered voter who registers to vote.
(2) An email address provided by a covered voter:
(a) is a private record under Section 63G-2-302; and
(b) may be used only for official communication with the covered voter about the voting process, including transmitting military-overseas ballots and election materials if the voter has requested electronic transmission, verifying the voter's mailing address and physical location, and informing the voter of the status of the voter's ballot in accordance with Section 20A-3a-401.5.
(3) The request for an email address shall:
(a) describe the purposes for which the email address may be used;
(b) include a statement that any other use or disclosure of the email address is prohibited; and
(c) describe how a voter may sign up to receive ballot status notifications via the ballot tracking system described in Section 20A-3a-401.5.
(4)
(a) A covered voter who provides an email address may request that the covered voter's application for a military-overseas ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the covered voter specifies.
(b) An election official shall provide a military-overseas ballot to a covered voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable.
(c) A covered voter who is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for a primary election under this Subsection (4) is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for the general election.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 502 - Publication of election notice.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-502.
Publication of election notice.
(1) At least 100 days before the day of an election, other than a statewide special election or local special election, and as soon as practicable before a statewide special election or local special election, the election officer shall prepare an election notice for the election officer's jurisdiction, to be used in conjunction with a federal write-in absentee ballot.
(2) The election notice must contain:
(a) a list of all of the ballot propositions and federal, state, and local offices that as of that date the election officer expects to be on the ballot on the date of the election; and
(b) specific instructions for how a covered voter is to indicate on the federal write-in absentee ballot the covered voter's choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot proposition to be contested.
(3)
(a) A covered voter may request a copy of an election notice.
(b) The election officer shall send the notice to the covered voter by facsimile, email, or regular mail, as the covered voter requests.
(4) As soon as the ballot is certified, and not later than the date ballots are required to be transmitted to voters under Chapter 3a, Voting, the election officer charged with preparing the election notice under Subsection (1) shall update the notice with the certified candidates for each office and ballot propositions and make the updated notice publicly available.
(5) A political subdivision that maintains a website shall make the election notice prepared under this section and updated versions of the election notice regularly available on the website.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 503 - Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements.

Effective 5/3/2023
20A-16-503.
Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements.
(1)
(a) If a covered voter's mistake or omission in the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent determining whether a covered voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document.
(b) Failure to satisfy a nonsubstantive requirement, including requirements to use paper or envelopes of a specified size or weight, does not invalidate a document submitted under this chapter.
(c) In a write-in ballot authorized by this chapter or in a vote for a write-in candidate on a regular ballot, if the intention of the covered voter is discernable under this state's uniform definition of what constitutes a vote, an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party is a valid vote.
(2)
(a) Notarization is not required for the execution of a document under this chapter.
(b)
(i) An authentication, other than the declaration described in Section 20A-16-409 or the declaration on the federal postcard application and federal write-in absentee ballot, is not required for execution of a document under this chapter.
(ii) The declaration and any information in the declaration may be compared with information on file to ascertain the validity of the document.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 504 - Equitable relief.

20A-16-504.
Equitable relief.
A court may issue an injunction or grant other equitable relief appropriate to ensure substantial compliance with, or enforce, this chapter on application by:
(1) a covered voter alleging a grievance under this chapter; or
(2) an election officer.
Enacted by Chapter 327, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 505 - Uniformity of application and construction.

20A-16-505.
Uniformity of application and construction.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Enacted by Chapter 327, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 16 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 506 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

20A-16-506.
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
Enacted by Chapter 327, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 17 - Political Campaign Signs › Section 102 - Campaign signs.

Effective 5/13/2014
20A-17-102.
Campaign signs.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person knowingly removes, alters, defaces, or otherwise vandalizes a sign:
(a) advocating the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; or
(b) advocating the approval or defeat of a ballot proposition.
(2) A person is not guilty of a violation of Subsection (1) if the person who engages in the conduct described in Subsection (1) is:
(a) as it relates to a sign described in Subsection (1)(a), the candidate or an agent of the candidate;
(b) as it relates to a sign described in Subsection (1)(b), the person who placed the sign, the person who directed the placement of the sign, or an agent of either;
(c) a property owner of property on which the sign is placed or the property owner's agent; or
(d) a public official who removes the sign in accordance with an official duty of the public official.
Enacted by Chapter 238, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 17 - Political Campaign Signs › Section 103 - Posting political signs on public property.

Effective 2/27/2023
20A-17-103.
Posting political signs on public property.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Local government entity" means:
(i) a county, municipality, or other political subdivision;
(ii) a special district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102;
(iii) a special service district, as defined in Section 17D-1-102;
(iv) a local building authority, as defined in Section 17D-2-102;
(v) a conservation district, as defined in Section 17D-3-102;
(vi) an independent entity, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;
(vii) a public corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;
(viii) a public transit district, organized under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;
(ix) a school district;
(x) a public school, including a charter school or other publicly funded school;
(xi) a state institution of higher education;
(xii) an entity that expends public funds; and
(xiii) each office, agency, or other division of an entity described in Subsections (1)(a)(i) through (xii).
(b) "Political sign" means any sign or document that advocates:
(i) the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; or
(ii) the approval or defeat of a ballot proposition.
(c)
(i) "Public property" means any real property, building, or structure owned or leased by a local government entity.
(ii) "Public property" does not include any real property, building, or structure during a period of time that the real property, building, or structure is rented out by a government entity to a private party for a meeting, convention, or similar event.
(2) A local government entity, a local government officer, a local government employee, or another person with authority or control over public property that posts or permits a person to post a political sign on public property:
(a) shall permit any other person to post a political sign on the public property, subject to the same requirements and restrictions imposed on all other political signs permitted to be posted on the public property; and
(b) may not impose a requirement or restriction on the posting of a political sign if the requirement or restriction is not politically neutral and content neutral.
Amended by Chapter 15, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 18 - Article V Convention › Section 101 - Article V convention delegates.

Effective 5/13/2014
20A-18-101.
Article V convention delegates.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Article V application" means an application or resolution passed by the Legislature applying to Congress to call an Article V convention.
(b) "Article V convention" means a convention called for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution as provided in the United States Constitution, Article V.
(c) "Delegate" means an individual elected by the Legislature, or by any other method provided by law, to represent the state at an Article V convention.
(d) "Legislative instructions" means instruction given by the Legislature to a delegate before or during an Article V convention.
(e) "Unauthorized amendment" means a proposed amendment or change to the United States Constitution that is outside the scope of the Article V application and legislative instructions.
(2) A delegate from the state to an Article V convention may not act in a manner that supports or approves the proposing of an unauthorized amendment or change to the United States Constitution by the convention.
(3)
(a) A delegate who violates Subsection (2) is immediately recalled and shall be replaced by an alternate selected by the Legislature.
(b) An alternate selected by the Legislature has the same duties and is subject to the same requirements and penalties as a delegate.
(4) Upon selection by the Legislature, or by any other method provided by law, a delegate from the state to an Article V convention shall take the following oath:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that to the best of my abilities, I will, as a delegate to an Article V convention, uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States of America and of the State of Utah, and that I will act at all times in accordance with the Article V application and the legislative instructions given to me as a delegate. I will not act in a manner that supports or approves the proposing of an unauthorized amendment or change to the United States Constitution by the convention."
(5) The Legislature shall certify in writing to the Article V convention:
(a) the selection of delegates and alternates;
(b) if a delegate is recalled, the recall and replacement of the delegate with an alternate; and
(c) if a delegate from the state violates Subsection (2), the nullification of the action that violated Subsection (2).
(6) A delegate who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony.
Enacted by Chapter 358, 2014 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section also enacted in HB200, Chapter 238.
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 20 - Utah Independent Redistricting Commission › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/28/2021
20A-20-102.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission created in Section 20A-20-201.
(2) "Committee" means the Legislature's redistricting committee.
(3) "Decennial year" means a year during which the United States Bureau of Census conducts a national decennial census.
(4) "Linked PL94-171 data" means legacy file decennial census data for Utah, published by the United States Bureau of Census, that, after publication, is linked to Utah geographic data files in a manner that the data can be used to draw maps for the purpose of redistricting.
(5) "Regular decennial redistricting" means redistricting required due to a national decennial census.
(6) "Special redistricting" means redistricting that is not a regular decennial redistricting.
Amended by Chapter 5, 2021 Special Session 1
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 20 - Utah Independent Redistricting Commission › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 103 - Review by interim committee.

Effective 3/28/2020
20A-20-103.
Review by interim committee.
During the 2022 Legislative interim, the Government Operations Interim Committee shall conduct a review of the commission and the commission's role in relation to the redistricting process.
Enacted by Chapter 288, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 20 - Utah Independent Redistricting Commission › Part 2 - Commission › Section 202 - Software and software services.

Effective 3/28/2020
20A-20-202.
Software and software services.
The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall, when procuring software, licenses for using the software, and software support services for redistricting by the Legislature, include in the requests for proposals and the resulting contracts that the commission may purchase the same software, licenses for using the software, and software support services, under the contracts at the same cost and under the same terms provided to the Legislature.
Enacted by Chapter 288, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 20 - Utah Independent Redistricting Commission › Part 2 - Commission › Section 203 - Exemptions from and applicability of certain legal requirements -- Risk management -- Code of ethics.

Effective 5/4/2022
20A-20-203.
Exemptions from and applicability of certain legal requirements -- Risk management -- Code of ethics.
(1) The commission is exempt from:
(a) except as provided in Subsection (3), Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code;
(b)Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and
(c)Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act.
(2)
(a) The commission shall adopt budgetary procedures, accounting, and personnel and human resource policies substantially similar to those from which the commission is exempt under Subsection (1).
(b) The commission is subject to:
(i)Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;
(ii) Section 67-3-12 relating to the Utah public finance website;
(iii)Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;
(iv)Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code; and
(v)Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act.
(3) Subject to the requirements of Subsection 63E-1-304(2), the commission may participate in coverage under the Risk Management Fund created by Section 63A-4-201.
(4)
(a) The commission may, by majority vote, adopt a code of ethics.
(b) The commission, and the commission's members and employees, shall comply with a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a).
(c) The executive director of the commission shall report a commission member's violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) to the appointing authority of the commission member.
(d)
(i) A violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) constitutes cause to remove a member from the commission under Subsection 20A-20-201(3)(b).
(ii) An act or omission by a member of the commission need not constitute a violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) to be grounds to remove a member of the commission for cause.
Amended by Chapter 274, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 20 - Utah Independent Redistricting Commission › Part 3 - Proceedings › Section 303 - Submission of maps to Legislature -- Consideration by Legislature.

Effective 5/5/2021
20A-20-303.
Submission of maps to Legislature -- Consideration by Legislature.
(1) The commission shall, no later than 14 days after the day of the final public hearing described in Subsection 20A-20-301(1), submit to the director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, for distribution to the committee, and make available to the public, the redistricting maps recommended under Section 20A-20-302 and a detailed written report describing each map's adherence to the commission's redistricting standards and requirements.
(2) The commission shall submit the maps recommended under Section 20A-20-302 to the committee in a public meeting of the committee as described in this section.
(3) The committee shall:
(a) hold the public meeting described in Subsection (2):
(i) for the sole purpose of considering each map recommended under Section 20A-20-302; and
(ii) for a year immediately following a decennial year, no later than 15 days after the day on which the commission complies with Subsection (1); and
(b) at the public meeting described in Subsection (2), provide reasonable time for:
(i) the commission to present and explain the maps described in Subsection (1);
(ii) the public to comment on the maps; and
(iii) the committee to discuss the maps.
(4) The Legislature may not enact a redistricting plan before complying with Subsections (2) and (3).
(5) The committee or the Legislature may, but is not required to, vote on or adopt a map submitted to the committee or the Legislature by the commission.
Amended by Chapter 306, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 21 - Electronic Signature Gathering › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 101 - Definitions.

Effective 1/1/2023
20A-21-101.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Approved device" means a device described in Subsection 20A-21-201(4).
(2) "Candidate qualification process" means the process, described in Section 20A-9-403 or 20A-9-408, of gathering signatures to seek the nomination of a registered political party.
(3) "Electronic candidate qualification process" means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-9-101.
(4) "Electronic initiative process" means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-7-101.
(5) "Electronic referendum process" means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-7-101.
(6) "Manual candidate qualification process" means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-9-101.
(7) "Petition" means:
(a) as it relates to the electronic initiative process or the electronic referendum process, the electronic record that an individual signs to indicate the individual is in favor of placing the initiative or referendum on the ballot; or
(b) as it relates to electronic candidate qualification process, the electronic record that an individual signs to indicate the individual is in favor of placing an individual's name on the ballot to run for a particular elective office.
(8) "Signature" means:
(a) as it relates to a signature gathered for an initiative or referendum, the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-7-101; or
(b) as it relates to a signature gathered for the candidate qualification process, the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-9-101.
(9) "Website" means:
(a) as it relates to the electronic initiative process or the electronic referendum process, the website designated by the lieutenant governor for collecting the signatures and other information relating to the electronic initiative process or the electronic referendum process; or
(b) as it relates to the electronic candidate qualification process, a website designated by the lieutenant governor for collecting the signatures and other information relating to the electronic candidate qualification process.
Enacted by Chapter 325, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 1 - Definitions.

22-1-1.
Definitions.
In this chapter unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
"Fiduciary" includes a trustee under any trust, expressed, implied, resulting or constructive, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, public or private, public officer, and any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, trust or estate.
"Principal" includes any person to whom a fiduciary as such owes an obligation.
A thing is done "in good faith" when it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 2 - Payments made to fiduciaries.

22-1-2.
Payments made to fiduciaries.
A person who in good faith pays or transfers to a fiduciary any money or other property which the fiduciary as such is authorized to receive is not responsible for the proper application thereof by the fiduciary; and no right or title acquired from the fiduciary in consideration of such payment or transfer is invalid in consequence of a misapplication by the fiduciary.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 4 - Transfer of negotiable instruments by fiduciaries.

22-1-4.
Transfer of negotiable instruments by fiduciaries.
If any negotiable instrument payable or indorsed to a fiduciary as such is endorsed by the fiduciary, or if any negotiable instrument payable or endorsed to his principal is endorsed by a fiduciary empowered to endorse such instrument on behalf of his principal, the indorsee is not bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in endorsing or delivering the instrument, and is not chargeable with notice that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary, unless he takes the instrument with actual knowledge of such breach or with knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounts to bad faith. If, however, such instrument is transferred by the fiduciary in payment of, or as security for, a personal debt of the fiduciary to the actual knowledge of the creditor, or is transferred in any transaction known by the transferee to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary, the creditor or other transferee is liable to the principal, if the fiduciary in fact commits a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in transferring the instrument.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 5 - Checks -- Drawn by fiduciaries, payable to third persons.

22-1-5.
Checks -- Drawn by fiduciaries, payable to third persons.
If a check or other bill of exchange is drawn by a fiduciary as such, or in the name of his principal by a fiduciary empowered to draw such instrument in the name of his principal, the payee is not bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in drawing or delivering the instrument, and is not chargeable with notice that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary, unless he takes the instrument with actual knowledge of such breach or with knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounts to bad faith. If, however, such instrument is payable to a personal creditor of the fiduciary and delivered to the creditor in payment of, or as security for, a personal debt of the fiduciary to the actual knowledge of the creditor, or is drawn and delivered in any transaction known by the payee to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary, the creditor or other payee is liable to the principal, if the fiduciary in fact commits a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in drawing or delivering the instrument.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 6 - Checks drawn by or payable to fiduciary.

22-1-6.
Checks drawn by or payable to fiduciary.
If a check or other bill of exchange is drawn by a fiduciary as such, or in the name of his principal by a fiduciary empowered to draw such instrument in the name of his principal, payable to the fiduciary personally, or payable to a third person and by him transferred to the fiduciary, and is thereafter transferred by the fiduciary, whether in payment of a personal debt of the fiduciary or otherwise, the transferee is not bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in transferring the instrument, and is not chargeable with notice that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary, unless he takes the instrument with actual knowledge of such breach or with knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounts to bad faith.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 7 - Bank deposits in name of fiduciary.

22-1-7.
Bank deposits in name of fiduciary.
If a deposit is made in a bank to the credit of a fiduciary as such, the bank is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part thereof upon the check of the fiduciary, signed with the name in which such deposit is entered, without being liable to the principal, unless the bank pays the check with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in drawing the check, or with knowledge of such facts that its action in paying the check amounts to bad faith. If, however, such a check is payable to the drawee bank and is delivered to it in payment of, or as security for, a personal debt of the fiduciary to it, the bank is liable to the principal, if the fiduciary in fact commits a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in drawing or delivering the check.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 8 - Checks drawn in name of principal.

22-1-8.
Checks drawn in name of principal.
If a check is drawn upon the account of his principal in a bank by a fiduciary who is empowered to draw checks upon his principal's account, the bank is authorized to pay such check without being liable to the principal, unless the bank pays the check with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in drawing such check, or with knowledge of such facts that its action in paying the check amounts to bad faith. If, however, such a check is payable to the drawee bank and is delivered to it in payment of, or as security for, a personal debt of the fiduciary to it, the bank is liable to the principal, if the fiduciary in fact commits a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in drawing or delivering the check.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 9 - Deposits in fiduciary's personal account.

22-1-9.
Deposits in fiduciary's personal account.
If a fiduciary makes a deposit in a bank to his personal credit of checks drawn by him upon an account in his own name as fiduciary, or of checks payable to him as fiduciary, or of checks drawn by him upon an account in the name of his principal, if he is empowered to draw checks thereon, or of checks payable to his principal and indorsed by him, if he is empowered to indorse such checks, or if he otherwise makes a deposit of funds held by him as fiduciary, the bank receiving such deposit is not bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing thereby a breach of his obligation as fiduciary; and the bank is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part thereof upon the personal check of the fiduciary without being liable to the principal, unless the bank receives the deposit or pays the check with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in making such deposit or in drawing such check, or with knowledge of such facts that its action in receiving the deposit or paying the check amounts to bad faith.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 10 - Deposits in name of several trustees.

22-1-10.
Deposits in name of several trustees.
When a deposit is made in a bank in the name of two or more persons as trustees and a check is drawn upon the trust account by any trustee or trustees authorized by the other trustee or trustees to draw checks upon the trust account, neither the payee nor other holder nor the bank is bound to inquire whether it is a breach of trust to authorize such trustee or trustees to draw checks upon the trust account, and is not liable, unless the circumstances are such that the action of the payee or other holder or the bank amounts to bad faith.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 1 - Fiduciaries › Section 11 - Transactions prior to May 12, 1925, excepted.

22-1-11.
Transactions prior to May 12, 1925, excepted.
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to transactions taking place prior to May 12, 1925.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 2 - Trusts › Section 1 - Death of trustee -- Trust estate vests in successor.

22-2-1.
Death of trustee -- Trust estate vests in successor.
Upon the death of a sole or surviving trustee of an express trust the trust estate does not descend to his heirs or pass to his personal representatives, but shall by virtue hereof, upon the appointment and qualification of a successor to such trustee, become immediately vested in such successor in trust.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 22 - Fiduciaries and Trusts › Chapter 3 - Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 101 - Title.

Effective 7/1/2020
22-3-101.
Title.
This chapter is known as the "Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act."
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 495, 2019 General Session