Utah Code Title 20A. Election Code § 20A-1-107. Elections training--Training required--Reimbursement

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section, “election administrator” means:

(a) a county clerk; and

(b) if the county clerk employs one or more individuals who assist with elections:

(i) the most senior employee who assists with elections; or

(ii) if more than one employee qualifies as the most senior employee under Subsection (1)(b)(i), one of those employees, as designated by the election officer.

(2) The lieutenant governor shall, in accordance with this section:

(a) design and provide training to election officers and government workers who perform functions relating to elections; and

(b) provide the training described in this section without charge to the officers and workers described in Subsection (2)(a).

(3) The training shall include:

(a) a course designed for election administrators:

(i) that may include multiple sessions;

(ii) that may require attendance on multiple occasions; and

(iii) for which the lieutenant governor may, notwithstanding Section 63G-22-103, require live attendance; and

(b) a course designed for government workers, who perform functions relating to elections, that consists of modules relating to individual election processes.

(4)(a) An election administrator who was elected, appointed, or hired before May 3, 2023, shall:

(i) begin the first session described in Subsection (3)(a) before July 1, 2024; and

(ii) complete all sessions within four years after the election administrator takes the first session.

(b) An election administrator who is elected, appointed, or hired on or after May 3, 2023, shall:

(i) begin the first session described in Subsection (3)(a) within one year after the day on which the election administrator is elected, appointed, or hired; and

(ii) complete all sessions within four years after the election administrator takes the first session.

(5) The lieutenant governor shall reimburse an election administrator who is required under this section to attend the training described in Subsection (3)(a) per diem and travel expenses for attending the training, in accordance with:

(a)Section 63A-3-106;

(b)Section 63A-3-107; and

(6) An individual may not perform an election process for which the lieutenant governor has developed an online training module described in Subsection (3)(b), unless the individual has completed the training module developed for that election process.

(7) The director of elections, within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing requirements for:

(a) complying with the training requirements described in this section; and

(b) supplemental or refresher training that the lieutenant governor determines is needed to ensure the integrity of elections in the state.

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