36-11-304. Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)Except as provided in Subsection

(2)or

(3), a lobbyist, principal, or government officer may not make or offer to make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed:

(a)for food or beverage, the food reimbursement rate;

(b)except as provided in Subsection (1)(c) , $25 for expenditures other than food or beverage; or

(c)$50 for expenditures for a publication or a commemorative item.

(2)A lobbyist, principal, or government officer may make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed the limits described in Subsection

(1):

(a)for the following items, if the expenditure is reported in accordance with Section 36-11-201 :

(i)food;

(ii)beverage;

(iii)travel;

(iv)lodging; or

(v)admission to or attendance at a tour or meeting that is not an approved activity; or

(b)if the expenditure is made for a purpose solely unrelated to the public official's position as a public official.

(a)As used in this Subsection

(3), "same local government type" means:

(i)for a county government, the same county government or another county government;

(ii)for a municipal government, the same municipal government or another municipal government;

(iii)for a board of education, the same board of education;

(iv)for a local school board described in Title 53G, Chapter 4, School Districts , the same local school board or another local school board;

(v)for a special district, the same special district or another special district or a special service district;

(vi)for a special service district, the same special service district or another special service district or a special district; or

(vii)for a participant in an interlocal agreement, another participant in the same interlocal agreement.

(b)This section does not apply to an expenditure made by a local official or an education official to another local official or education official of the same local government type as the local official or education official making the expenditure.

Amended by Chapter 49 , 2026 General Session