Effective 5/14/2019 20A-11-1203. Public entity prohibited from expending public funds on certain electoral matters. (1) Unless specifically required by law, and except as provided in Section 20A-11-1206, a public entity may not: (a) make an expenditure from public funds for political purposes, to influence a ballot proposition, or to influence a proposed initiative or proposed […]
Effective 5/12/2015 20A-11-1204. Criminal penalty. Each public official who violates Section 20A-11-1203 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Amended by Chapter 435, 2015 General Session
Effective 5/12/2020 20A-11-1205. Use of public email for a political purpose. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a person may not send an email using the email of a public entity: (a) for a political purpose; (b) to advocate for or against a proposed initiative, initiative, proposed referendum, referendum, a proposed bond, a bond, […]
Effective 5/14/2019 20A-11-1206. Exclusions. (1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public official from speaking, campaigning, contributing personal money, or otherwise exercising the public official’s individual First Amendment rights for political purposes. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from providing factual information about a ballot proposition to […]
