Effective 5/9/2017
68-3-14. Submitting reports to the Legislature, governor, and state auditor.
68-3-14. Submitting reports to the Legislature, governor, and state auditor.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) “Governmental entity” means:
- (i) the state or any department, division, agency, or other instrumentality of the state; or
- (ii) a political subdivision of the state.
- (b) “Legislative committee” means a standing, interim, or other committee of the Legislature.
- (c) “Required annual report” means a written annual report that a governmental entity is required by statute to submit to the governor, whether or not the governmental entity is also required to submit the report to someone other than the governor.
- (d) “Required financial report” means a written report that a governmental entity is required by statute to submit to the state auditor.
- (e) “Specified report” means:
- (i) a written annual or other report that a governmental entity is required by statute to submit to the Legislature or a legislative committee, whether or not the governmental entity is also required to submit the report to someone other than the Legislature or a legislative committee; or
- (ii) a written report that a governmental entity submits to the Legislature or a legislative committee without a statutory requirement to do so.
- (a) “Governmental entity” means:
- (2) A governmental entity may fulfill a statutory requirement to submit a required annual report to the governor by:
- (a) sending the governor:
- (i) an executive summary of the report, highlighting the contents of the report; and
- (ii)
- (A) the address of an electronic copy of the report; or
- (B) a hard copy of the report; and
- (b) providing an electronic copy of the report on the state’s Internet web site.
- (a) sending the governor:
- (3) To submit a specified report to the Legislature or a legislative committee, a governmental entity shall:
- (a) electronically submit the report to:
- (i) each member of the Legislature, if the governmental entity submits the report to the Legislature; or
- (ii) each member of the legislative committee, if the governmental entity submits the report to a legislative committee;
- (b) provide a printed copy of the report to each member of the Legislature who requests a printed copy, but only if one or more members request a printed copy and only to the one or more members who request a printed copy;
- (c)
- (i) post an electronic copy of the report on the state’s Internet web site, if the governmental entity is the state or a department, division, agency, or other instrumentality of the state; or
- (ii) post an electronic copy of the report on the Internet web site of the governmental entity, if the governmental entity is a political subdivision that has an Internet web site; and
- (d)
- (i) submit an electronic copy of the report to the director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, if the governmental entity submits the report to the Legislature; and
- (ii) submit an electronic copy of the report to staff of the legislative committee, if the governmental entity submits the report to a legislative committee.
- (a) electronically submit the report to:
- (4) To submit a required financial report to the state auditor, a governmental entity shall:
- (a) submit the report electronically to the state auditor, in the manner prescribed by the state auditor; and
- (b) provide a printed copy of the report to the state auditor, but only if the state auditor requests a printed copy.
- (5) Subsections (3) and (4) supersede any other statutory provision specifying the manner of a governmental entity submitting:
- (a) a specified report to the Legislature or a legislative committee; and
- (b) a required financial report to the state auditor.
- (6) Nothing in this section may be construed to require the disclosure of a report or information in a report that is not subject to disclosure under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, or other applicable law.
Amended by Chapter 18, 2017 General Session