Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53B > Chapter 33 - Utah Data Research Center

• Address: means the number and street where an individual resides or where a reporting entity has its principal office. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Advisory board: means the Utah Data Research Advisory Board created in Section 53B-33-202. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• 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
• Ballot proposition: includes initiatives, referenda, proposed constitutional amendments, and any other ballot propositions submitted to the voters that are authorized by the Utah Code Annotated 1953. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
• 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
• Center: means the Utah Data Research Center created in Section 53B-33-201. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• Chief election officer: means :
       (5)(a) the lieutenant governor for state office candidates, legislative office candidates, officeholders, political parties, political action committees, corporations, political issues committees, state school board candidates, judges, and labor organizations, as defined in Section 20A-11-1501; and
       (5)(b) the county clerk for local school board candidates. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Data: means any information about a person stored in a physical or electronic record. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• Data research program: means the data maintained by the center in accordance with Section 53B-33-301. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• De-identified data: means data about a person that cannot, without additional information, identify the person to another person or machine. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• Director: means the director of the Utah Data Research Center created in Section 53B-33-201. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• Election: means each:
       (13)(a) regular general election;
       (13)(b) regular primary election; and
       (13)(c) special election at which candidates are eliminated and selected. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Election cycle: means the period beginning on the first day persons are eligible to file declarations of candidacy and ending when the canvass is completed. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Election officer: means :
       (23)(a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
       (23)(b) the county clerk for:

            (23)(b)(i) a county ballot and election; and

            (23)(b)(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Expenditure: means any of the following made by a reporting entity or an agent of a reporting entity on behalf of the reporting entity:
            (15)(a)(i) any disbursement from contributions, receipts, or from the separate bank account required by this chapter;
            (15)(a)(ii) a purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value made for political purposes;
            (15)(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;
            (15)(a)(iv) compensation paid by a filing entity for personal services rendered by a person without charge to a reporting entity;
            (15)(a)(v) a transfer of funds between the filing entity and a candidate's personal campaign committee;
            (15)(a)(vi) goods or services provided by the filing entity to or for the benefit of another reporting entity for political purposes at less than fair market value; or
            (15)(a)(vii) an independent expenditure, as defined in Section 20A-11-1702. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Independent expenditure: includes :
            (2)(b)(i) the cost of creating and disseminating material for a public communication, including design and production costs; and
            (2)(b)(ii) a contract or other promise to make an expenditure described in Subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b)(i). See Utah Code 20A-11-1702
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Institution of higher education: means an institution of higher education described in Section 53B-1-102. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• Office: means the Office of the Legislative Auditor General created in Section 36-12-15. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• Participating entity: means :
       (9)(a) the State Board of Education, which includes the director as defined in Section 53E-10-701;
       (9)(b) the board;
       (9)(c) the Department of Workforce Services;
       (9)(d) the Department of Health and Human Services; and
       (9)(e) the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
• 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
• 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
• Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Political purposes: means an act done with the intent or in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, any person to refrain from voting or to vote for or against any:
       (42)(a) candidate or a person seeking a municipal or county office at any caucus, political convention, or election; or
       (42)(b) judge standing for retention at any election. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Receipts: means contributions and public service assistance. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Reporting entity: means a candidate, a candidate's personal campaign committee, a judge, a judge's personal campaign committee, an officeholder, a party committee, a political action committee, a political issues committee, a corporation, or a labor organization, as defined in Section 20A-11-1501. See Utah Code 20A-11-101
• Unique student identifier: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-308. See Utah Code 53B-33-101