Detailed listing and report requirements -- Rulemaking authority.
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Advertising" includes:
(i) website development and maintenance;
(ii) social media;
(iii) television, newspaper, or radio; or
(iv) a convention booth.
(b) "Association expense" means a membership fee for:
(i) a political association; or
(ii) an association related to an activity of a candidate or an officeholder.
(c) "Campaign Expense" includes:
(i) district mapping;
(ii) voter data;
(iii) a phone bank;
(iv) fund-raising expenses;
(v) campaign assistance or consulting;
(vi) campaign technology;
(vii) campaign management;
(viii) campaign interns; or
(ix) food, and related expenses, purchased:
(A) for a campaign event; or
(B) for consumption by a candidate or campaign staff while conducting work relating to a campaign.
(d) "Donations" includes giving to a charitable organization.
(e) "Loans" includes repaying loans.
(f) "Office expense" includes:
(i) an email server;
(ii) phones;
(iii) phone service;
(iv) computers;
(v) printers;
(vi) furniture;
(vii) tools and hardware; or
(viii) food, and related expenses, purchased for consumption during an officeholder activity.
(g) "Political support" includes contributions made to other candidates or political action committees.
(h) "Supplies" includes:
(i) signs;
(ii) sign holders;
(iii) parade supplies;
(iv) t-shirts;
(v) other campaign goods;
(vi) repair or replacement of clothing that is damaged while the candidate or officeholder is engaged in an activity of a candidate or an officeholder;
(vii) printed materials; or
(viii) postage.
(i) "Travel expenses" includes:
(i) political conference registration;
(ii) airfare;
(iii) hotels;
(iv) food, and related expenses, purchased for consumption during travel;
(v) vehicle mileage reimbursement; or
(vi) incidental expenses while traveling.
(2) As it relates to an expenditure, a detailed listing includes identifying the expenditure as falling within one of the following categories:
(a) advertising;
(b) association expense;
(c) campaign expense;
(d) constituent services;
(e) donations;
(f) loans;
(g) office;
(h) political support;
(i) return of a contribution;
(j) signature gathering;
(k) supplies;
(l) travel expenses; or
(m) other expenditures that do not fall within a category described in Subsections (2)(a) through (l), followed by a description of the expenditure.
(3) The director of elections, within the Lieutenant Governor's Office, may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in relation to the form, type, and level of detail required in a detailed listing or a financial disclosure form.