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Utah Code Title 20A. Election Code § 20A-11-1404. Establishment and administration of political fund

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

(1) A labor organization wishing to make expenditures for political purposes shall establish a political fund.

(2) Each labor organization that establishes a political fund shall:

(a) maintain the political fund as a separate, segregated account apart from any account containing money received by a labor organization as union dues;

(b) ensure that each contribution to the political fund is voluntary; and

(c) register the political fund as a political action committee or political issues committee as required by this chapter.

(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a labor organization may only make expenditures for political purposes from a political fund established in accordance with this part.

(b) A labor organization may not expend union dues for political purposes or transfer union dues to a political fund.

(4) Nothing in this part precludes a labor organization from making expenditures of union dues to communicate directly with its own members about political candidates or political issues.

(5) Nothing in this part precludes a labor organization from making expenditures of union dues either for the establishment and administration of a political fund or to solicit contributions from its members to a political fund.

(6) Nothing in this part is intended to, or may be construed to, preempt any requirement of federal law.

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