{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-20a-11-1404","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 20A-11-1404","heading":"Establishment and administration of political fund.","body":"(1) A labor organization wishing to make expenditures for political purposes shall establish a political fund.\n(2) Each labor organization that establishes a political fund shall:\n(a) maintain the political fund as a separate, segregated account apart from any account containing money received by a labor organization as union dues;\n(b) ensure that each contribution to the political fund is voluntary; and\n(c) register the political fund as a political action committee or political issues committee as required by this chapter.\n(3)\n(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.\n(b) A labor organization may not expend union dues for political purposes or transfer union dues to a political fund.\n(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.\n(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.\n(6) Nothing in this part is intended to, or may be construed to, preempt any requirement of federal law.","path":["Title 20A Election Code","Chapter 20A-11 Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements","Part 20A-11-14 Voluntary Contributions Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title20A/Chapter11/20A-11-S1404.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"61a631a7520e3529255124e01df718e0319a86d28044671dc2bba21980a19caf","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-20a-11-1403","next":"us-ut/utah-code-20a-11-1406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}