A. Reporting Required: Each candidate shall report the candidate's itemized and total campaign contributions and expenditures at least once within the two (2) weeks before the election and at least once within two (2) months after the election.
B. Contents Of Report: Financial reports provided by candidates shall include the name, if known, and the amount of each contribution, as well as the name and amount of the recipient of each expenditure.
C. Separate Account Required: Candidates shall deposit contributions in a separate campaign account in a financial institution.
D. Commingling Prohibited: Candidates may not deposit or mingle any contributions received into a personal or business account.
E. Contributions Exceeding Fifty Dollars From Unknown Donors: Candidates who receive a contribution that is cash or a negotiable instrument which exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00) and is from a donor whose name is unknown, shall, within thirty (30) days after receiving the contribution, disburse the amount of the contribution to:
1. The Treasurer of the State or a political subdivision for deposit into the State or political subdivision's general fund; or
2. An organization that is exempt from Federal income taxation under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3).
F. Deposits, Expenditures Included: Candidates shall include on a financial report required under this chapter any contribution deposited in or an expenditure made from an account:
1. Since the last financial report was filed or from an account; or
2. That has not been reported under a statute or ordinance that governs the account.
G. Elimination At Primary Election: Candidates who are eliminated at a primary election, should there be one, shall file a signed campaign financial statement containing the information required under this chapter not later than thirty (30) days after the primary election.
H. Failure To File; Notice: The County Clerk may impose a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) on any candidate who fails to file an interim report due before the election as required under this chapter. In addition, the County Clerk may send an electronic notice to any candidate who fails to file an interim report. Such electronic notice shall state that:
1. The candidate failed to timely file the report;
2. The candidate will be disqualified from the election if he or she fails to file the report within twenty four (24) hours after the deadline for filing the report has passed; and
3. A political party will not be permitted to replace the candidate who is disqualified.
I. Disqualification: Any candidate who fails to file an interim report within twenty four (24) hours after the established deadline for filing required under this chapter shall be disqualified by the County Clerk. The County Clerk shall inform the appropriate election officials of the disqualification.
J. Replacement Of Candidate Prohibited: The political party of a candidate who is disqualified under subsection I of this section may not replace the candidate.
K. Removal From Ballot: An election official shall, if practicable, remove the name of any disqualified candidate by blacking out the candidate's name before the ballots are delivered to voters, or shall inform voters by any practicable method that the candidate has been disqualified and that votes cast for the candidate will not be counted. The election official may not count votes for any disqualified candidate.
L. Timely Financial Report: A financial report is considered timely if:
1. The report is received in the County Clerk's Office no later than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, Mountain Standard Time, at the end of the day on which the report is due;
2. The report is received in the County Clerk's Office with a United States Postal Service postmark three (3) days or more before the date that the report was due; or
3. The candidate has proof that the report was mailed, with appropriate postage and addressing, three (3) days before the report was due.
M. Electronic Reporting: The County Clerk shall permit a candidate to file the report via e-mail or another electronic means designated by the County Clerk if the Clerk's Office is not open until twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight at the end of the day on which the report is due.
N. Duties Of County Clerk: The County Clerk shall:
1. Make each campaign finance report filed by a candidate available for public inspection by:
a. Posting an electronic copy or the contents of the statement on the County website no later than seven (7) business days after the statement is filed; and
b. Verifying that the address of the County website has been provided to the Lieutenant Governor in order to meet the requirements of Utah Code Annotated section 20A-11-103(5); or
2. Submitting a copy of the statement to the Lieutenant Governor for posting on the website established by the Lieutenant Governor under Utah Code Annotated section 20A-11-103 no later than two (2) business days after the statement is filed. (Ord. 16-09, 6-14-2016)