Utah Code 20A-17-103. Posting political signs on public property
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(1) As used in this section:
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-17-103
- Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- 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
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: includes :
(31)(a) land;(31)(b) a tenement;(31)(c) a hereditament;(31)(d) a water right;(31)(e) a possessory right; and(31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) “Local government entity” means:(1)(a)(i) a county, municipality, or other political subdivision;(1)(a)(ii) a special district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102;(1)(a)(iii) a special service district, as defined in Section 17D-1-102;(1)(a)(iv) a local building authority, as defined in Section 17D-2-102;(1)(a)(v) a conservation district, as defined in Section 17D-3-102;(1)(a)(vi) an independent entity, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;(1)(a)(vii) a public corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;(1)(a)(viii) a public transit district, organized under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;(1)(a)(ix) a school district;(1)(a)(x) a public school, including a charter school or other publicly funded school;(1)(a)(xi) a state institution of higher education;(1)(a)(xii) an entity that expends public funds; and(1)(a)(xiii) each office, agency, or other division of an entity described in Subsections (1)(a)(i) through (xii).(1)(b) “Political sign” means any sign or document that advocates:(1)(b)(i) the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; or(1)(b)(ii) the approval or defeat of a ballot proposition.(1)(c)(1)(c)(i) “Public property” means any real property, building, or structure owned or leased by a local government entity.(1)(c)(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:(2)(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(2)(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.