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Utah Code Title 20A. Election Code § 20A-20-203. Exemptions from and applicability of certain legal requirements--Risk management--Code of ethics

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

(1) The commission is exempt from:

(a) except as provided in Subsection (3), Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code;

(b) Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and

(c) Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act.

(2)(a) The commission shall adopt budgetary procedures, accounting, and personnel and human resource policies substantially similar to those from which the commission is exempt under Subsection (1).

(b) The commission is subject to:

(i) Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;

(ii)Section 67-3-12 relating to the Utah public finance website;

(iii) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;

(iv) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code; and

(v) Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act.

(3) Subject to the requirements of Subsection 63E-1-304(2), the commission may participate in coverage under the Risk Management Fund created by Section 63A-4-201.

(4)(a) The commission may, by majority vote, adopt a code of ethics.

(b) The commission, and the commission's members and employees, shall comply with a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a).

(c) The executive director of the commission shall report a commission member's violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) to the appointing authority of the commission member.

(d)(i) A violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) constitutes cause to remove a member from the commission under Subsection 20A-20-201(3)(b).

(ii) An act or omission by a member of the commission need not constitute a violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) to be grounds to remove a member of the commission for cause.

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