A. Statement Required: Each candidate for municipal office shall file with the city recorder a campaign finance statement disclosing his or her itemized and total campaign contributions and expenditures in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth herein and in Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-208, as amended.
B. Time For Filing: Each candidate for municipal office who is eliminated at a municipal primary election shall file with the city recorder a campaign finance statement no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the municipal primary election. Each candidate for municipal office who is not eliminated at a municipal primary election shall file with the city recorder a campaign finance statement no later than seven (7) days before the date of the municipal general election and another campaign finance statement no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the municipal general election. A campaign finance statement required under this section is considered filed if it is received in the city recorder's office by five o'clock (5:00) P.M. on the date that it is due.
C. Definitions: For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meanings set forth:
CONTRIBUTION: All monies, in-kind contributions and contributions of tangible things given to the candidate or to the organization(s) representing the candidate, for the purpose of enhancing the candidate's campaign.
EXPENDITURE: The monetary, in-kind payment or payment of tangible things to any person or entity, by the candidate's campaign.
REPORTING DATE: Ten (10) days before a municipal general election (for a campaign finance statement required to be filed no later than 7 days before a municipal general election) and the day of filing (for a campaign finance statement required to be filed no later than 30 days after a municipal primary or general election).
REPORTING LIMIT: Any contribution or expenditure in an amount equal to fifty dollars ($50.00) or more.
D. Campaign Finance Statement: Except as provided in subsection E of this section, each campaign finance statement shall:
1. Report all of the candidate's itemized and total campaign contributions, including in-kind and other nonmonetary contributions received before the close of the reporting date, and for each contribution that exceeds the reporting limit, identify the name and address of the donor, the date the contribution was received, and the amount of the contribution or the estimated value and type of the in-kind contribution;
2. Report all of the candidate's itemized and total campaign expenditures made through the close of the reporting date, and for each expenditure that exceeds the reporting limit, identify the name of the recipient of the expenditure, and the date, purpose and amount of the expenditure; and
3. Report the aggregate summary of the total campaign contributions and expenditures received or made to date, i.e., totals from previous reports and the current report.
E. Alternative Statement: If the candidate receives five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less in campaign contributions and spends five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less on the candidate's campaign, the candidate shall be required to merely report the total amount of all campaign contributions and expenditures.
F. Notice To Candidates: The city recorder shall, at the time a candidate for municipal office files a declaration of candidacy with the city, and again fourteen (14) days before each municipal general election, notify the candidate in writing of:
1. The provisions of state statutes and city ordinances governing the disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures;
2. The dates when the candidate's campaign finance statement is required to be filed; and
3. The penalties that apply for failure to file a timely campaign finance statement, including the statutory provisions that require removal of the candidate's name from the ballot for failure to file the required campaign finance statement when required.
G. Failure To File: Except as provided in subsection H of this section, if a candidate fails to file a campaign finance statement in accordance with the provisions of this section and applicable provisions of state law, the city recorder shall inform the appropriate election official who shall, if practical, remove the candidate's name from the ballot by blacking out the candidate's name before the ballots are delivered to voters; or if removing the candidate's name from the ballot is not practicable, inform the voters by any practicable method that the candidate has been disqualified and that the votes cast for the candidate will not be counted.
H. Inadvertent Omissions: Notwithstanding subsection G of this section, a candidate who timely files a campaign finance statement seven (7) days before a municipal general election is not disqualified if: 1) the statement details accurately and completely the information required herein, except for inadvertent omissions or insignificant errors or inaccuracies; and 2) the omissions, errors or inaccuracies are corrected in an amended report or in the next scheduled report.
I. Public Records: Financial disclosure reports filed pursuant to this section are considered public documents open to inspection in accordance with Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-208, as amended, and the Utah government records access and management act, as amended. The city recorder shall make each campaign finance statement filed by a candidate available for public inspection and copying and post an electronic copy of the same in accordance with applicable provisions of Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-208(5), as amended. (Ord. 2012-10, 3-20-2012)