This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:22 AM by ryoung.
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POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION REPORTING AMENDMENTS

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2017 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Brad M. Daw

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends the Election Code in relation to reporting campaign contributions.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     makes it a class B misdemeanor to conspire to make a campaign contribution
13     through one or more persons in order to avoid disclosing the original source of the
14     campaign contribution.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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17     Other Special Clauses:
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19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     ENACTS:
21          20A-11-101.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 20A-11-101.7 is enacted to read:
25          20A-11-101.7. Concealing contributor's identity.
26          A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person conspires with another to
27     make a contribution through one or more persons with the intent that:

28          (1) the contribution will ultimately be made to a filing entity specified by the original
29     contributor or a designee of the original contributor; and
30          (2) by making the contribution through one or more persons, the original contributor's
31     identity will not be disclosed in a manner that would be required by law Ĥ→ [
if the original
32     contributor had made the contribution directly to the filing entity
] ←Ĥ
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