2012 Utah Code
Title 63A - Utah Administrative Services Code
Article 14 - Review of Executive Branch Ethics Complaints
Section 102 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission, created in Section 63A-14-202.

(2) "Complainant" means an individual who files a complaint under Subsection 63A-14-402(1)(a).

(3) "Executive branch elected official" means:

(a) the governor;

(b) the lieutenant governor;

(c) the state auditor;

(d) the state treasurer; or

(e) the attorney general.

(4) "Improper purpose" includes harassing a respondent, causing unwarranted harm to a respondent's reputation, or causing unnecessary expenditure of public funds.

(5) "Respondent" means the executive branch elected official against whom an ethics complaint described in Section 63A-14-402 is filed.

(6) "Violation" means a high crime, a misdemeanor, or malfeasance in office.

Enacted by Chapter 426, 2013 General Session