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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill addresses election funding.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ prohibits a government entity from accepting or using funds for an election if those
13 funds are provided by a person other than a government entity.
14 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15 None
16 Other Special Clauses:
17 None
18 Utah Code Sections Affected:
19 REPEALS AND REENACTS:
20 20A-5-207, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapters 156, 299
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22 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23 Section 1. Section 20A-5-207 is repealed and reenacted to read:
24 20A-5-207. Donated funding prohibited.
25 (1) As used in this section:
26 (a) (i) "Government entity" means:
27 (A) the state;
28 (B) a county, city, town, metro township, school district, special district, community
29 reinvestment agency, an entity created by an interlocal agreement adopted under Title 11,
30 Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or another political subdivision of the state;
31 (C) the United States; or
32 (D) an independent entity.
33 (ii) "Public entity" includes an agency, bureau, office, department, division, board,
34 commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of an entity described in
35 Subsection (1)(a)(i).
36 (b) "Independent entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63E-1-102.
37 (2) A government entity may not accept or use funds for an election if those funds are
38 provided by a person other than a government entity.
39 Section 2. Effective date.
40 This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.