Utah § 36-11-304 Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.

Utah Statutes

§ 36-11-304 — Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.

Utah § 36-11-304

Title 36Legislature

Ch. 36-11Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act

Part 36-11-3Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities

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Utah Code Ann. § 36-11-304 (2026).

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(1)Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), a lobbyist, principal, or government officer may not make or offer to make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed:

(1)(a) for food or beverage, the food reimbursement rate; or

(1)(b) $10 for expenditures other than food or beverage.

(2)A lobbyist, principal, or government officer may make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed the limits described in Subsection (1):

(2)(a) for the following items, if the expenditure is reported in accordance with Section 36-11-201:

(2)(a)(i) food;

(2)(a)(ii) beverage;

(2)(a)(iii) travel;

(2)(a)(iv) lodging; or

(2)(a)(v) admission to or attendance at a tour or meeting that is not an approved activity; or

(2)(b) if the expenditure is made for a purpose solely unrelated to the public official's position

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(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), a lobbyist, principal, or government officer may not make or offer to make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed:

(1)(a) for food or beverage, the food reimbursement rate; or
(1)(b) $10 for expenditures other than food or beverage.
(2) A lobbyist, principal, or government officer may make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed the limits described in Subsection (1):

(2)(a) for the following items, if the expenditure is reported in accordance with Section 36-11-201:
(2)(a)(i) food;
(2)(a)(ii) beverage;
(2)(a)(iii) travel;
(2)(a)(iv) lodging; or
(2)(a)(v) admission to or attendance at a tour or meeting that is not an approved activity; or
(2)(b) if the expenditure is made for a purpose solely unrelated to the public official's position as a public official.
(3) (3)(a) As used in this Subsection (3), "same local government type" means:
(3)(a)(i) for a county government, the same county government or another county government;
(3)(a)(ii) for a municipal government, the same municipal government or another municipal government;
(3)(a)(iii) for a board of education, the same board of education;
(3)(a)(iv) for a local school board described in Title 53G, Chapter 4, School Districts, the same local school board or another local school board;
(3)(a)(v) for a special district, the same special district or another special district or a special service district;
(3)(a)(vi) for a special service district, the same special service district or another special service district or a special district; or
(3)(a)(vii) for a participant in an interlocal agreement, another participant in the same interlocal agreement.
(3)(b) This section does not apply to an expenditure made by a local official or an education official to another local official or education official of the same local government type as the local official or education official making the expenditure.