Utah Code 20A-12-302. Campaign committee required
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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-12-302
- Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Expenditure: means :(4)(a)(i) any disbursement from contributions or from the separate bank account required by this chapter;(4)(a)(ii) a purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value made for political purposes;(4)(a)(iii) an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make any purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value for political purposes;(4)(a)(iv) compensation paid by a corporation or reporting entity for personal services rendered by a person without charge to the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee;(4)(a)(v) a transfer of funds between the judge's personal campaign committee and another judge's personal campaign committee; or(4)(a)(vi) goods or services provided by the judge's personal campaign committee to or for the benefit of another judge for political purposes at less than fair market value. See Utah Code 20A-12-301
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Personal campaign committee: means the committee appointed by a judge to act for the judge as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-12-301
- Summary report: means the year-end report containing the summary of a reporting entity's contributions and expenditures. See Utah Code 20A-12-301
- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(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.(1)(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)(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.(2)(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.(2)(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)(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.(3)(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. - Person: means :