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2024 Utah Code
Title 17 - Counties
Chapter 16a - County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act
Section 13 - Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- County clerk -- Penalties.
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UT Code § 17-16a-13 (2024)
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Effective 5/1/2024
17-16a-13. Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- County clerk -- Penalties.
Enacted by Chapter 443, 2024 General Session
17-16a-13. Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- County clerk -- Penalties.
- (1)In addition to any other disclosure obligation described in this part, an elected officer shall, no sooner than January 1 and no later than January 31 of each year during which the elected officer holds county elective office:
- (a)prepare a written conflict of interest disclosure statement that contains a response to each item of information described in Subsection 20A-11-1604(6); and
- (b)submit the written disclosure statement to the county clerk.
- (2)
- (a)No later than 10 business days after the day on which an elected officer submits the written disclosure described in Subsection (1) to the county clerk, the county clerk shall:
- (i)post an electronic copy of the written disclosure statement on the county's website; and
- (ii)provide the lieutenant governor with a link to the electronic posting described in Subsection (2)(a)(i).
- (b)The county clerk shall ensure that the elected officer's written disclosure statement remains posted on the county's website until the elected officer leaves office.
- (a)No later than 10 business days after the day on which an elected officer submits the written disclosure described in Subsection (1) to the county clerk, the county clerk shall:
- (3)A county clerk shall take the action described in Subsection (4) if:
- (a)an elected officer fails to timely submit the written disclosure statement described in Subsection (1); or
- (b)a submitted written disclosure statement does not comply with the requirements of Subsection 20A-11-1604(6).
- (4)If a circumstance described in Subsection (3) occurs, the county clerk shall, within five days after the day on which the county clerk determines that a violation occurred, notify the elected officer of the violation and direct the elected officer to submit an amended written disclosure statement correcting the problem.
- (5)
- (a)It is unlawful for an elected officer to fail to submit or amend a written disclosure statement within seven days after the day on which the elected officer receives the notice described in Subsection (4).
- (b)A regulated officeholder who violates Subsection (5)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
- (c)The lieutenant governor shall report a violation of Subsection (5)(a) to the attorney general.
- (d)In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (5)(b), the county clerk shall impose a civil fine of $100 against an elected officer who violates Subsection (5)(a).
- (6)The county clerk shall deposit a fine collected under this part into the county's general fund as a dedicated credit to pay for the costs of administering this section.
Enacted by Chapter 443, 2024 General Session
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