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1-8-1: - CONDUCT OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS:#
Municipal elections in the city shall be conducted as specified in Utah Code Annotated title 20A and all other applicable sections. Such elections shall be conducted under a nonpartisan system.
(1985 Code § 2-9-1)
1-8-2: - CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE:#
A.
Compliance: All candidates for elective municipal office shall comply with the following campaign disclosure requirements.
B.
Definitions:
CANDIDATE: Any person who files a declaration of candidacy for an elective office of the city; or is nominated by a committee or party; or received contributions or made 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 causes on his behalf any written material or advertisement to be printed, published, broadcast, distributed or disseminated which indicates an intention to seek such office.
CONTRIBUTION: Monetary and nonmonetary contributions such as in-kind contributions and contributions of tangible things, but shall not include personal services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering their time on behalf of a candidate.
ELECTION: Both primary and general elections.
EXPENDITURE: A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of any candidate.
C.
Filing of Disclosure Reports:
1.
Each candidate who will participate in the municipal primary shall file a campaign finance statement with the municipal clerk or recorder no later than seven (7) days before the date of the municipal primary election.
2.
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 municipal primary election.
3.
Each candidate for municipal office who is not eliminated at a municipal primary election shall file with the city recorder a campaign finance statement:
a.
No later than twenty-eight (28) days before the municipal general election; and
b.
No later than seven (7) days before the municipal general election; and
c.
No later than thirty (30) days after the municipal general election.
D.
Contents of Statements: Each statement filed, as required herein, shall contain the candidate's itemized and total:
1.
Contributions, including in-kind and other nonmonetary contributions, received up to and including the five days before the fin ance statement is due. excluding any contributions previously reported; and
2.
Expenditures made up to and including five days before the financial statement is due. excluding any expenditures previously reported; and
3.
Identify:
a.
For each contribution. the amount, and the name of the donor, if known; and
b.
For each expenditure the amount, and the name of the recipient; or
4.
If the candidate receives five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less in contributions and spends five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less on the campaign, report the total amount of all contributions and expenditures.
E.
Public Information: The statements required by this section shall be public documents and shall be available for public inspection and copying during all regular city business hours.
F.
Notice: Each recorder shall, at the time the candidate for municipal office files a declaration of candidacy, and again thirty-five (35) days before each municipal general election, notify the candidate in writing of:
1.
The provisions of statute or municipal 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.
G.
If a candidate fails to timely file a campaign finance statement as required, the city recorder:
1.
May send an electronic notice to the candidate that states:
a.
That the candidate failed to timely file the campaign finance statement; and
b.
That, if the candidate fails to file the report within twenty-four (24) hours after the deadline, the candidate will be disqualified; and
2.
May impose a fine of fifty dollars ($50) on the candidate.
H.
Penalty: Any candidate who fails to comply with this section is guilty of an infraction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this title. Penalty can also include the statutory provision that requires removal of the candidate's name from the ballot for failure to file the required campaign finance statement when required.
(1985 Code §§ 2-9a-1, 2-9a-2; Ord. 654, 2-21-2006; amd. Ord. 966, 6-6-2023)
1-8-3: - FILING FEE:#
A.
Individuals filing as candidates for the city council or for mayor shall pay a fee established in section1-12-12 of this title at the time of filing their candidacy with the city recorder. This filing fee shall be refundable only if it is determined that the person filing is not qualified to be a candidate, or who is found to have improperly filed. In lieu of the filing fee, the option exists that a petition, with at least fifty (50) registered voter signatures in support of the candidate, may be filed with the city recorder.
(Ord. 686, 6-19-2007)