20A-11-1203 - Public entity prohibited from expending public funds on certain electoral matters. - Utah Statutes

20A-11-1203. Public entity prohibited from expending public funds on certainelectoral matters.
(1) Unless specifically required by law, a public entity may not make an expenditurefrom public funds for political purposes or to influence a ballot proposition.
(2) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public official from speaking, campaigning,contributing personal money, or otherwise exercising the public official's individual FirstAmendment rights for political purposes.
(3) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from providing factual informationabout a ballot proposition to the public, so long as the information grants equal access to both theopponents and proponents of the ballot proposition.
(4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from the neutral encouragement ofvoters to vote.
(5) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from preparing information analyzingthe pros and cons of a ballot proposition when requested to do so by the public entity's governingbody.
(6) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an elected official from campaigning or advocatingfor or against a ballot proposition.
(7) A violation of this section does not invalidate an otherwise valid election.

Amended by Chapter 225, 2008 General Session