20A-11-801. Political issues committees -- Registration -- Criminal penalty for
providing false information or accepting unlawful contribution.
(1) (a) Each political issues committee shall file a statement of organization with the
lieutenant governor's office by January 10 of each year, unless the political issues committee has
filed a notice of dissolution under Subsection (4).
(b) If a political issues committee is organized after the January 10 filing date, the
political issues committee shall file an initial statement of organization no later than seven days
after:
(i) receiving political issues contributions totaling at least $750; or
(ii) disbursing political issues expenditures totaling at least $50.
(2) Each political issues committee shall designate two officers that have primary
decision-making authority for the political issues committee.
(3) The statement of organization shall include:
(a) the name and street address of the political issues committee;
(b) the name, street address, phone number, occupation, and title of the two primary
officers designated under Subsection (2);
(c) the name, street address, occupation, and title of all other officers of the political
issues committee;
(d) the name and street address of the organization, individual, corporation, association,
unit of government, or union that the political issues committee represents, if any;
(e) the name and street address of all affiliated or connected organizations and their
relationships to the political issues committee;
(f) the name, street address, business address, occupation, and phone number of the
committee's treasurer or chief financial officer;
(g) the name, street address, and occupation of each member of the supervisory and
advisory boards, if any; and
(h) the ballot proposition whose outcome they wish to affect, and whether they support or
oppose it.
(4) (a) Any registered political issues committee that intends to permanently cease
operations during a calendar year shall file a notice of dissolution with the lieutenant governor's
office.
(b) Any notice of dissolution filed by a political issues committee does not exempt that
political issues committee from complying with the financial reporting requirements of this
chapter.
(5) (a) Unless the political issues committee has filed a notice of dissolution under
Subsection (4), a political issues committee shall file, with the lieutenant governor's office, notice
of any change of an officer described in Subsection (2).
(b) Notice of a change of a primary officer described in Subsection (2) shall:
(i) be filed within ten days of the date of the change; and
(ii) contain the name and title of the officer being replaced and the name, street address,
occupation, and title of the new officer.
(6) (a) A person is guilty of providing false information in relation to a political issues
committee if the person intentionally or knowingly gives false or misleading material information
in the statement of organization or the notice of change of primary officer.
(b) Each primary officer designated in Subsection (2) is guilty of accepting an unlawful
contribution if the political issues committee knowingly or recklessly accepts a contribution from
a corporation that:
(i) was organized less than 90 days before the date of the general election; and
(ii) at the time the political issues committee accepts the contribution, has failed to file a
statement of organization with the lieutenant governor's office as required by Section
20A-11-704.
(c) A violation of this Subsection (6) is a third degree felony.
Amended by Chapter 225, 2008 General Session
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