Gifts to the state.

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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.




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