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Terms Used In Utah Code 36-11-303

  • 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
  • Public official: means :
         (27)(a)
              (27)(a)(i) a member of the Legislature;
              (27)(a)(ii) an individual elected to a position in the executive branch of state government; or
              (27)(a)(iii) an individual appointed to or employed in a position in the executive or legislative branch of state government if that individual:
                   (27)(a)(iii)(A) occupies a policymaking position or makes purchasing or contracting decisions;
                   (27)(a)(iii)(B) drafts legislation or makes rules;
                   (27)(a)(iii)(C) determines rates or fees; or
                   (27)(a)(iii)(D) makes adjudicative decisions;
         (27)(b) an immediate family member of a person described in Subsection (27)(a);
         (27)(c) a local official; or
         (27)(d) an education official. See Utah Code 36-11-102

     A person may not intentionally communicate to a public official any false information materially related to a matter within the responsibility of the public official.