§ UCA § 20A-11-1002Retention and public inspection of financial statements -- Written complaint if statement is false or unlawful

Effective 5/6/2026

20A-11-1002. 
Retention and public inspection of financial statements -- Written complaint if statement is false or unlawful.




(1)
The chief election officer shall:


(a)
make each financial statement required by this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention Elections:


(i)
open to public inspection in the office of the chief election officer; and





(ii)
available for viewing on the Internet in accordance with Section 20A-11-103;








(b)
preserve those statements for at least five years; and





(c)
provide certified copies of the financial statements in the same manner as for other public records.








(2)
Any candidate or voter may file a written complaint with the chief election officer alleging that a filed financial statement does not conform to law or to the truth.





(3)



(a)
As used in this Subsection (3), "required report" means a report, a financial statement, or any other type of statement or disclosure that a person is required to make under this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention Elections.





(b)
Before posting or otherwise publicly disclosing a required report, the lieutenant governor shall redact from the report the following information relating to each individual referenced in the report:


(i)
the phone number of the individual; and





(ii)
the street number and street name in the address of the individual.








(c)
The information required to be redacted under Subsection (3)(b) is not a record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.





(d)
It is unlawful to publicly disclose the information required to be redacted under Subsection (3)(b).





(e)
A government officer or employee who knowingly violates Subsection (3)(d) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.






Amended by Chapter 202, 2026 General Session