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UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
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Title 20A. Election Code |
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Chapter 11. Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements |
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Part 6. Political Action Committee Registration and Financial Reporting Requirements |
§ 20A-11-603. Criminal penalties -- Fines.
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(1) (a) Each political action committee that fails to file a financial statement by the deadline is subject to a fine imposed in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005. (b) Each political action committee that fails to file the financial statement due before the regular primary election, on August 31, before the municipal general election, or before the regular general election is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (1)(b) to the attorney general. (3) If it appears that any political action committee has failed to file the January 10 statement, if it appears that a filed statement does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of any statement, the lieutenant governor shall, within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the political action committee of the violation or written complaint and direct the political action committee to file a statement correcting the problem. (4) (a) It is unlawful for any political action committee to fail to file or amend a statement within seven days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section. (b) Each political action committee that violates Subsection (4)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (4)(a) to the attorney general. (d) In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (4)(b), the lieutenant governor shall impose a civil fine of $1,000 against a political action committee that violates Subsection (4)(a).