Title 20A Chapter 11 Section 1203
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Election Code | |
Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements | |
Section 1203 | Public entity prohibited from expending public funds on certain electoral matters. |
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20A-11-1203. Public entity prohibited from expending public funds
on certain electoral matters.
(1) Unless specifically required by law, a public entity may not make an expenditure from 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 First Amendment rights for political purposes. (3) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from providing factual information about a ballot proposition to the public, so long as the information grants equal access to both the opponents and proponents of the ballot proposition. (4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from the neutral encouragement of voters to vote. (5) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from preparing information analyzing the pros and cons of a ballot proposition when requested to do so by the public entity's governing body. (6) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an elected official from campaigning or advocating for 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 | |
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