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H.B. 308

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LOBBYIST FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

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REQUIREMENTS

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1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Jordan Tanner

             6      AN ACT RELATING TO LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE AND REGULATION; MODIFYING AND
             7      CLARIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING OF AGGREGATE DAILY
             8      EXPENDITURES; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
             9      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             10      AMENDS:
             11          36-11-201, as last amended by Chapter 192, Laws of Utah 1995
             12      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             13          Section 1. Section 36-11-201 is amended to read:
             14           36-11-201. Disclosure requirements -- Prohibition for related person to make
             15      expenditures.
             16          (1) Each lobbyist, principal, and government officer who makes expenditures totaling $50
             17      or more to benefit public officials or members of their immediate families in any calendar quarter
             18      of the last calendar year shall file a report with the lieutenant governor by January 10 of each year
             19      or on the next succeeding business day if January 10 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
             20      The report shall be considered timely filed if postmarked on its due date. Any report required shall
             21      contain:
             22          (a) the total amount of expenditures made to benefit public officials during the last
             23      calendar year;
             24          (b) (i) total travel expenditures that the lobbyist, principal, or government officer made to
             25      benefit public officials and their immediate families during the last calendar year; and
             26          (ii) a travel expenditure statement that:
             27          (A) describes the destination of each trip and its purpose;


             28          (B) identifies the total amount of expenditures made to benefit each public official and his
             29      immediate family for each trip;
             30          (C) names all individuals that took each trip;
             31          (D) provides the name and address of the organization that sponsored each trip; and
             32          (E) identifies specific expenditures for food, lodging, gifts, and sidetrips;
             33          (c) for aggregate daily expenditures made to benefit public officials or their immediate
             34      families that are not reportable under Subsection (1)(b):
             35          (i) when the amount spent to benefit a public official or his immediate family does not
             36      exceed [$50 per person] $25:
             37          (A) the date of the expenditure;
             38          (B) the purpose of the expenditure; and
             39          (C) the total monetary worth of the benefit conferred on the public officials or members
             40      of their immediate families;
             41          (ii) when the amount spent to benefit a public official or his immediate family exceeds
             42      [$50 per person] $25:
             43          (A) the date, location, and purpose of the event, activity, or expenditure;
             44          (B) the name of the public official or member of his immediate family who attended the
             45      event or activity or received the benefit of the expenditure; and
             46          (C) the total monetary worth of the benefit conferred on the public official or member of
             47      his immediate family by each lobbyist, principal, and government officer providing the benefit;
             48          (d) a list of each public official that was employed by the lobbyist, principal, or
             49      government officer or who performed work as an independent contractor for the lobbyist,
             50      principal, or government officer during the last year that details the nature of the employment or
             51      contract;
             52          (e) each bill or resolution by number and short title on behalf of which the lobbyist,
             53      principal, or government officer made an expenditure to a public official for which a report is
             54      required by this section;
             55          (f) a description of each executive action on behalf of which the lobbyist, principal, or
             56      government officer made an expenditure to a public official for which a report is required by this
             57      section; and
             58          (g) the general purposes, interests, and nature of the organization or organizations that the


             59      lobbyist, principal, or government officer filing the report represents.
             60          (2) A related person may not, while assisting a lobbyist, principal, or government officer
             61      in lobbying, make an expenditure that benefits a public official or member of his immediate family
             62      under circumstances which would otherwise fall within the disclosure requirements of this chapter
             63      if the expenditure was made by the lobbyist, principal, or government officer.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 2-4-99 9:27 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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