A. The City Recorder shall, at the time the candidate for City office files a declaration of candidacy or was nominated and again fourteen (14) days before each City general election, notify the candidate in writing of:
1. The provisions of City ordinance 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 provisions that require removal of the candidate's name from the ballot for failure to file the required campaign finance statement when required.
B. Each candidate who will participate in a City primary election shall file a campaign finance statement with the City Recorder no later than seven (7) days before the date of the primary election as described in section 20A-1-201.5(2) of the Utah Code.
C. 1. Each candidate for City office who is not eliminated at a City primary election shall report in writing to the City Recorder their itemized and total campaign contributions and expenditures:
a. No later than seven (7) days before the City general election for all campaign contributions received up to ten (10) days before the City general election; and
b. No later than thirty (30) days after the date of the City general election for final itemized campaign contributions and expenditures.
2. Each candidate for City office who is eliminated at a City primary election shall report in writing to the City Recorder their itemized and total campaign contributions and expenditures no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the City primary election.
D. All financial reports shall identify:
1. For each contribution of more than fifty dollars ($50.00), the name of the donor of the contribution and the amount of the contribution excluding any contributions by the candidates to their own campaign; and
2. For each expenditure, the name of the recipient and the amount of the expenditure.
E. All financial disclosure statements will be available for public inspection at the City Recorder's Office.
F. Notwithstanding any provision of the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act, the City Recorder shall make the campaign finance statement filed by a candidate available for public inspection by:
1. Posting an electronic copy or the contents of the statement on the City's website no later than seven (7) business days after the statement is filed; and
2. Verifying that the address of the City's website has been provided to the Lieutenant Governor in order to meet the requirements of section 20A-11-103(5) of the Utah Code; or
3. Submitting a copy of the statement to the Lieutenant Governor for posting on the website established by the Lieutenant Governor under section 20A-11-103 of the Utah Code no later than two (2) business days after the statement is filed.
G. If a candidate fails to file a campaign finance statement before the City general election by the deadline specified in section 10-3-208(3)(b) of the Utah Code, the City Recorder shall inform the appropriate election official who shall:
1. If practicable, remove the candidate's name from the ballot by blacking out the candidate's name before the ballots are delivered to voters; or
2. 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 votes cast for the candidate will not be counted; and
3. Not count any votes for that candidate.
H. Notwithstanding subsection G of this section, a candidate who files a campaign finance statement seven (7) days before a City general election is not disqualified if:
1. The statement details accurately and completely the information required under section 10-3-208(4) of the Utah Code, 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. 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.
J. Candidates who are eliminated at a primary election shall file, with the City Recorder, a signed campaign financial statement containing the information required by this section not later than thirty (30) days after the primary election. (Ord. 17-13)