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PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ETHICS ACT AMENDMENTS

                 
2000 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: David Ure

                  AN ACT RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; MODIFYING
                  PROVISIONS GOVERNING ETHICS; OUTLINING PROHIBITIONS ON DONATIONS,
                  PAYMENTS, OR SERVICES TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MODIFYING PENALTIES;
                  AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      67-16-12, as last amended by Chapter 147, Laws of Utah 1989
                  ENACTS:
                      67-16-5.3, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                      67-16-5.6, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 67-16-5.3 is enacted to read:
                      67-16-5.3. Requiring donation, payment, or service to government agency in
                  exchange for approval -- When prohibited.
                      (1) It is an offense for a public officer, public employee, or legislator, under circumstances
                  not amounting to a violation of Section 63-56-72 or 76-8-105 , to demand from any person as a
                  condition of granting any application or request for a permit, approval, or other authorization, that
                  the person donate personal property, money, or services to any agency.
                      (2) (a) Subsection (1) does not apply to any donation of property, funds, or services to an
                  agency that is:
                      (i) expressly required by statute, ordinance, or agency rule;
                      (ii) mutually agreed to between the applicant and the entity issuing the permit, approval,
                  or other authorization;
                      (iii) made voluntarily by the applicant; or
                      (iv) a condition of a consent decree, settlement agreement, or other binding instrument


                  entered into to resolve, in whole or in part, an actual or threatened agency enforcement action.
                      (b) If a person donates property, funds, or services to an agency, the agency shall, as part of
                  the permit or other written authorization:
                      (i) identify that a donation has been made;
                      (ii) describe the donation;
                      (iii) certify, in writing, that the donation was voluntary; and
                      (iv) place that information in its files.
                      Section 2. Section 67-16-5.6 is enacted to read:
                      67-16-5.6. Offering donation, payment, or service to government agency in exchange
                  for approval -- When prohibited.
                      (1) It is an offense for any person, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of
                  Section 76-8-103 , to donate or offer to donate personal property, money, or services to any agency
                  on the condition that the agency or any other agency approve any application or request for a permit,
                  approval, or other authorization.
                      (2) (a) Subsection (1) does not apply to any donation of property, funds, or services to an
                  agency that is:
                      (i) otherwise expressly required by statute, ordinance, or agency rule;
                      (ii) mutually agreed to between the applicant and the entity issuing the permit, approval, or
                  other authorization;
                      (iii) a condition of a consent decree, settlement agreement, or other binding instrument
                  entered into to resolve, in whole or in part, an actual or threatened agency enforcement action; or
                      (iv) made without condition.
                      (b) The person making the donation of property, funds, or services shall include with the
                  donation a signed written statement certifying that the donation is made without condition.
                      (c) The agency receiving the donation shall place the signed written statement in its files.
                      Section 3. Section 67-16-12 is amended to read:
                       67-16-12. Penalties for violation -- Removal from office or dismissal from employment.
                      In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law[,]:

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                      (1) any public officer or public employee who knowingly and intentionally violates this
                  chapter, with the exception of Sections 67-16-6 and 67-16-7 , shall be dismissed from employment
                  or removed from office as provided by law, rule, or policy within the agency; and
                      (2) any public officer, public employee, or person who knowingly and intentionally violates
                  this chapter, with the exception of Sections 67-16-6 and 67-16-7 , shall be punished as follows:
                      [(1)] (a) as a felony of the second degree if the total value of the compensation, conflict of
                  interest, or assistance exceeds $1,000;
                      [(2)] (b) as a felony of the third degree if:
                      [(a)] (i) the total value of the compensation, conflict of interest, or assistance is more than
                  $250 but not more than $1,000; or
                      [(b)] (ii) the public officer or public employee has been twice before convicted of violation
                  of this chapter and the value of the conflict of interest, compensation, or assistance was $250 or less;
                      [(3)] (c) as a class A misdemeanor if the value of the compensation or assistance was more
                  than $100 but does not exceed $250; or
                      [(4)] (d) as a class B misdemeanor if the value of the compensation or assistance was $100
                  or less.

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