§ 63G-23-103 — Gifts to the state.

(1) A public official may accept a gift on behalf of the state if the public official, after accepting the gift, promptly:

(1)(a) notifies the property administrator appointed under Subsection (2) for the branch of state government with which the public official is affiliated of the public official's acceptance of the gift; and
(1)(b) remits the gift to the branch of state government with which the public official is affiliated.
(2) The following persons shall select a property administrator for the person's branch of state government:

(2)(a) for the executive branch, the governor or the governor's designee;
(2)(b) for the legislative branch, the Legislative Management Committee or the Legislative Management Committee's designee; and
(2)(c) for the judicial branch, the chief justice of the Supreme Court or the chief justice's designee.
(3) A property administrator appointed under Subsection (2):

(3)(a) shall manage the retention or disposal of a gift that a public official remits to the state under Subsection (1); and
(3)(b) may reject a gift that a public official accepts on behalf of the state.
(4) If a property administrator rejects a gift under Subsection (3)(b), the public official who accepted the gift shall promptly:

(4)(a) return the gift; or
(4)(b) dispose of the gift in a manner authorized by law.

Legislative History

Enacted by Chapter 67, 2018 General Session