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(1) A public official may accept a gift on behalf of the state if the public official, after accepting the gift, promptly:
(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
(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:
(a) for the executive branch, the governor or the governor's designee;
(b) for the legislative branch, the Legislative Management Committee or the Legislative Management Committee's designee; and
(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):
(a) shall manage the retention or disposal of a gift that a public official remits to the state under Subsection (1); and
(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:
(a) return the gift; or
(b) dispose of the gift in a manner authorized by law.