Utah Code 20A-11-1602.5. Candidate and Officeholder Conflict of Interest Disclosure Website
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(1) The lieutenant governor shall, in cooperation with the county clerks, establish and administer a Candidate and Officeholder Conflict of Interest Disclosure Website.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-11-1602.5
- Candidate: means any person who:(4)(a) files a declaration of candidacy for a public office; or(4)(b) receives contributions, makes expenditures, or gives consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures to bring about the person's nomination or election to a public office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
- Conflict of interest: means an action that is taken by a regulated officeholder that the officeholder reasonably believes may cause direct financial benefit or detriment to the officeholder, a member of the officeholder's immediate family, or an individual or entity that the officeholder is required to disclose under the provisions of this section, if that benefit or detriment is distinguishable from the effects of that action on the public or on the officeholder's profession, occupation, or association generally. See Utah Code 20A-11-1602
- Conflict of interest disclosure: means a disclosure, on the website, of all information required under Section
20A-11-1604 . See Utah Code 20A-11-1602- Local official: means :
(4)(a) an elected officer of:(4)(a)(i) a municipality under Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act; or(4)(a)(ii) a county under Title 17, Chapter 16a, County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act;(4)(b) a special public officer under Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act; or(4)(c) another individual:(4)(c)(i) who is not a regulated officeholder; and(4)(c)(ii) who is required to annually make a conflict of interest disclosure in accordance with Subsection20A-11-1604 (6). See Utah Code 20A-11-1602- Officeholder: means a person who holds a public office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
- Person: means both natural and legal persons, including individuals, business organizations, personal campaign committees, party committees, political action committees, political issues committees, and labor organizations, as defined in Section
20A-11-1501 . See Utah Code 20A-11-101- Website: means the Candidate and Officeholder Conflict of Interest Disclosure Website described in Section
Utah Code 20A-11-1602 (2) The website shall:(2)(a) permit a candidate or officeholder to securely access the website for the purpose of:(2)(a)(i) complying with the conflict of interest disclosure requirements described in this part; and(2)(a)(ii) editing conflict of interest disclosures;(2)(b) contain a record of all conflict of interest disclosures and edits made by the candidate or officeholder for at least the preceding four years;(2)(c) permit any person to view a conflict of interest disclosure made by a candidate or officeholder; and(2)(d) contain a link to the conflict of interest disclosure made by a local official.