2006 Utah Code - 10-3-1305 — Compensation for assistance in transaction involving municipality -- Public disclosure and filing required.

     10-3-1305.   Compensation for assistance in transaction involving municipality -- Public disclosure and filing required.
     (1) As used in this section, "municipal body" means any public board, commission, committee, or other public group organized to make public policy decisions or to advise persons who make public policy decisions.
     (2) It is an offense for an elected officer, or appointed officer, who is a member of a public body, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of Section 63-56-1001 or 76-8-105, to receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting any person or business entity in any transaction involving the municipality in which he is an officer unless he:
     (a) files with the mayor a sworn statement giving the information required by this section; and
     (b) discloses the information required by Subsection (5) in an open meeting to the members of the body of which he is a member immediately before the discussion.
     (3) It is an offense for an appointed officer who is not a member of a public body or a municipal employee to receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting any person or business entity in any transaction involving the municipality by which he is employed unless the officer or employee:
     (a) files with the mayor a sworn statement giving the information required by this section; and
     (b) discloses the information required by Subsection (5) to:
     (i) his immediate supervisor; and
     (ii) any other municipal officer or employee who may rely upon the employee's representations in evaluating or approving the transaction.
     (4) (a) The officer or employee shall file the statement required to be filed by this section ten days before the date of any agreement between the elected or appointed officer or municipal employee and the person or business entity being assisted or ten days before the receipt of compensation by the officer or employee, whichever is earlier.
     (b) The statement is public information and shall be available for examination by the public.
     (5) The statement and disclosure shall contain:
     (a) the name and address of the officer or municipal employee;
     (b) the name and address of the person or business entity being or to be assisted or in which the appointed or elected official or municipal employee has a substantial interest; and
     (c) a brief description of the transaction as to which service is rendered or is to be rendered and of the nature of the service performed or to be performed.

Amended by Chapter 25, 2005 General Session