2006 Utah Code - 20A-9-803 — Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.

     20A-9-803.   Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.
     (1) (a) Candidates for President of the United States who are affiliated with a registered political party in Utah that has elected to participate in Utah's Western States Presidential Primary and who wish to participate in the primary shall:
     (i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), file a declaration of candidacy, in person or via a designated agent, with the lieutenant governor between July 1 of the year before the primary election will be held and 5 p.m. on January 15 of the year in which the primary election will be held;
     (ii) identify the registered political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking;
     (iii) provide a letter from the registered political party certifying that the candidate may participate as a candidate for that party in that party's presidential primary election; and
     (iv) pay the filing fee of $500.
     (b) If January 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the filing time shall be extended until 5 p.m. on the following business day.
     (2) The lieutenant governor shall develop a declaration of candidacy form for presidential candidates participating in the primary.

Amended by Chapter 355, 2006 General Session