A. Disclosure Duty: Each candidate for elected municipal office shall report financial contributions and expenditures in full compliance with this code, Utah Code Ann. section 10-3-208, and title 20A, chapter 11, or its successor provisions. If the city adopts stricter disclosure requirements than Utah Code the disclosure requirements of this chapter shall apply.
B. Report Filing: The filings required by this section shall be made with the city recorder. The statements so filed shall be public records.
C. Campaign Finance Reports:
1. Campaign finance reports shall detail accurately and completely the information required concerning contributions and expenditures.
2. Campaign finance reports shall identify the amount of each contribution, regardless of amount, and the name of the contributor, if known. The monetary value of in-kind contributions should be estimated.
3. Campaign finance reports shall identify each expenditure, regardless of amount, and the name of the recipient of the expenditure.
4. Campaign finance reports shall identify any anonymous donations. Campaign finance reports must include a statement of the date of transfer to state, county, city, or a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and identify the organization funds were transferred to on any anonymous contributions greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) as an expenditure.
D. Current Elected Officials: Current elected officials must submit an updated campaign finance report no later than April 1 each year in office to disclose campaign contributions and expenditures made or received since the immediately prior reporting period.
E. Campaign finance reports shall include a statement certifying that all contributions and expenditures not previously reported have been reported.
F. City Recorder Notifications:
1. The city recorder shall notify each candidate for municipal office upon declaration of candidacy and again fourteen (14) days before each municipal election, of the provisions of this section and Utah law that govern disclosure of contributions, expenditures, and the penalties for failing to file a campaign finance report, including the statutory provisions that require the removal of the candidate's name from the ballot for failure to file required campaign finance reports.
2. The city recorder shall notify all elected officials of their obligation to file an annual updated campaign finance report by April 1 as required by this section and the penalties for failing to do so at least fourteen (14) days but no more than twenty one (21) days before such campaign finance report is due. (Ord. 20-44, 12-2-2020; amd. Ord. 23-13, 3-8-2023)