For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings as defined in this section:
ADDRESS: An address of a person shall include: a) the physical street address at which the person resides or does business, or at which its chief administrative or financial officer resides or does business, or b) the mailing address of the person at which the person commonly receives its mail. Any address reported pursuant to this chapter shall be a complete address, with sufficient information required by the U.S. postal service to accomplish mail delivery to the address.
CANDIDATE: Any person who:
A. Files a declaration of candidacy for an elected office of the city; or
B. Receives contributions or makes expenditures or consents to another person receiving contributions or making expenditures with a view to bringing about such person's nomination or election to such office; or
C. Causes on his or her behalf, any written material or advertisement to be printed, published, broadcast, distributed or disseminated which indicates an intention to seek such office.
CONTRIBUTIONS: A. Contributions shall include:
1. A gift, subscription, donation, unpaid or partially unpaid loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value;
2. A contract to make a contribution;
3. A transfer of funds from a political action committee, a party committee, another candidate, an office holder, or a personal campaign committee to a candidate or a candidate's personal campaign committee;
4. A payment for the personal services of another person by a person other than the candidate's personal campaign committee for services rendered to the candidate or such candidate's personal campaign committee; and
5. Goods or services provided at less than fair market value to or for the benefit of a candidate or a candidate's personal campaign committee.
B. Contributions shall not include:
1. Personal services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering their time on behalf of a candidate or such candidate's personal campaign committee; or
2. A loan of money by a national or state bank or financial institution made in accordance with the applicable banking laws and regulations and in the ordinary course of business.
ELECTION: A general or primary election conducted by the city.
ELECTION CYCLE: An election cycle shall include:
A. With respect to a general election or a primary election for a city elective position, the four (4) year period that ends thirty (30) days immediately following the general election for such elective position; and
B. With respect to a city election to fill an unexpired term of office, the period that begins on the earlier of: 1) the day the vacancy occurs, or 2) the day the impending vacancy is publicly announced, and ends thirty (30) days immediately following the general election for such elective position.
EXPENDITURE: An expenditure shall include:
A. A purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money or anything of value made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of any candidate;
B. A contract to make any expenditure;
C. A transfer of funds by a candidate or a personal campaign committee to another candidate, another candidate's personal campaign committee or a political action committee;
D. Goods or services provided to or for the benefit of another candidate, another candidate's personal campaign committee, or a political action committee for political purposes at less than fair market value.
NAME: The name of a person required to be reported shall include:
A. In the case of a natural person, the first and last name of the person.
B. In the case of an organization, the legal name of the organization or the common name by which the organization is known to the general public or its clients.
PERSON: Both natural and legal persons, including, but not limited to, business organizations, personal campaign committees, party committees, labor unions, labor organizations and any other organized group of individuals.
PERSONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: The political committee appointed by a particular candidate to act for such candidate as hereinafter provided.
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: An entity, or any group of individuals or entities that constitute a political action committee as defined by Utah Code Annotated section 20A-11-101(27) (2009), as amended. That subsection defines a political action committee as follows:
A. Political action committee means an entity, or any group of individuals or entities within or outside this state, that solicits or receives contributions from any other person, group, or entity or makes expenditures:
1. For political purposes; or
2. With the intent or in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, any person to refrain from voting or to vote for or against any candidate for a municipal or county office.
B. Political action committee includes groups affiliated with a registered political party but not authorized or organized by the governing board of the registered political party that receive contributions or make expenditures for political purposes.
C. Political action committee does not mean:
1. A party committee;
2. Any entity that provides goods or services to a candidate or committee in the regular course of its business at the same price that would be provided to the general public;
3. An individual;
4. Individuals who are related and who make contributions from a joint checking account;
5. A corporation; or
6. A personal campaign committee.
POLITICAL PURPOSE: An act done with intent or in such way as to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, the election of a candidate at a municipal election.
PRIMARY ELECTION: Any primary election held pursuant to Utah Code Annotated title 20A, or its successor, and/or any election held prior to the general election as provided by Utah Code Annotated title 20A, or its successor.
REPORTING DATE: A. Ten (10) days before the election, for a campaign finance statement required to be filed not later than seven (7) days before a primary or general election conducted by the city;
B. Three (3) days before the filing date, for any other campaign finance statement required to be filed pursuant to this chapter.
REPORTING PERIOD: The period beginning from the date of either the first contribution or the first expenditure in an election cycle, or since the reporting date of the last filed financial statement, if any, and the reporting date of a financial statement to be filed.
(Ord. 2009-39, 6-9-2009)