20A-11-403.   Failure to file -- Penalties.
     (1) Within 30 days after a deadline for the filing of a summary report, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed summary report to ensure that:
     (a) each officeholder that is required to file a summary report has filed one; and
     (b) each summary report contains the information required by this part.
     (2) If it appears that any officeholder has failed to file the summary report required by law, if it appears that a filed summary report does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of any summary report, the lieutenant governor shall, within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the officeholder of the violation or written complaint and direct the officeholder to file a summary report correcting the problem.
     (3) (a) It is unlawful for any officeholder to fail to file or amend a summary report within 14 days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section.
     (b) Each officeholder who violates Subsection (3)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
     (c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (3)(a) to the attorney general.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 355, 1997 General Session
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