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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 20A - Election Code » Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges » Part 3 - Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements for Judicial Retention Elections

Section 301 – Definitions.

Effective 5/12/2015 20A-12-301. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) (a) “Contribution” means any of the following when done for political purposes: (i) a gift, subscription, donation, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value given to the judge or the judge’s personal campaign committee; (ii) an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or […]

Section 301.5 – Disclosure of actual source or recipient required.

Effective 3/13/2014 20A-12-301.5. Disclosure of actual source or recipient required. (1) As used in this section, “transactional intermediary” means a person, including a credit card company, a financial institution, or a money transfer service, that pays or transfers money to a person on behalf of another person. (2) When, under this chapter, a person makes […]

Section 302 – Campaign committee required.

20A-12-302. Campaign committee required. (1) (a) When permitted to do so by the Code of Judicial Conduct promulgated by the Utah Supreme Court, and if the judge chooses to solicit contributions or make expenditures to promote his retention, the judge may establish no more than one retention election personal campaign committee, consisting of one or […]

Section 303 – Separate account for campaign funds — Reporting contributions.

Effective 3/5/2021 20A-12-303. Separate account for campaign funds — Reporting contributions. (1) The judge or the judge’s personal campaign committee shall deposit each contribution in one or more separate personal campaign accounts in a financial institution. (2) The judge or the judge’s personal campaign committee may not deposit or mingle any contributions received into a […]

Section 304 – Judicial retention election candidates — Financial reporting requirements — Year-end summary report.

20A-12-304. Judicial retention election candidates — Financial reporting requirements — Year-end summary report. (1) The judge’s personal campaign committee shall file a summary report with the lieutenant governor by January 10 of the year after the regular general election year. (2) (a) Each summary report shall include the following information as of December 31 of […]

Section 305 – Judicial retention election candidates — Financial reporting requirements — Interim report.

Effective 5/14/2019 20A-12-305. Judicial retention election candidates — Financial reporting requirements — Interim report. (1) The judge’s personal campaign committee shall file an interim report with the lieutenant governor on the date seven days before the regular general election date. (2) Each interim report shall include the following information: (a) a detailed listing of each […]

Section 306 – Judges — Failure to file reports — Penalties.

20A-12-306. Judges — Failure to file reports — Penalties. (1) (a) If a judge’s personal campaign committee fails to file the interim report due before the regular general election, the lieutenant governor shall, after making a reasonable attempt to discover if the report was timely filed: (i) inform the county clerk and other appropriate election […]