{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-36-11-304","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 36-11-304","heading":"Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.","body":"(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:\n(a) for food or beverage, the food reimbursement rate;\n(b) except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), $25 for expenditures other than food or beverage; or\n(c) $50 for expenditures for a publication or a commemorative item.\n(2) A lobbyist, principal, or government officer may make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed the limits described in Subsection (1):\n(a) for the following items, if the expenditure is reported in accordance with Section 36-11-201:\n(i) food;\n(ii) beverage;\n(iii) travel;\n(iv) lodging; or\n(v) admission to or attendance at a tour or meeting that is not an approved activity; or\n(b) if the expenditure is made for a purpose solely unrelated to the public official's position as a public official.\n(3)\n(a) As used in this Subsection (3), \"same local government type\" means:\n(i) for a county government, the same county government or another county government;\n(ii) for a municipal government, the same municipal government or another municipal government;\n(iii) for a board of education, the same board of education;\n(iv) for a local school board described in Title 53G, Chapter 4, School Districts, the same local school board or another local school board;\n(v) for a special district, the same special district or another special district or a special service district;\n(vi) for a special service district, the same special service district or another special service district or a special district; or\n(vii) for a participant in an interlocal agreement, another participant in the same interlocal agreement.\n(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.","path":["Title 36 Legislature","Chapter 36-11 Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act","Part 36-11-3 Regulation of Lobbyists' Activities"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title36/Chapter11/36-11-S304.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"ca2318d99dc69359505cecdffefc3c23782f93903c3166d42574ca56b850a231","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-36-11-303","next":"us-ut/utah-code-36-11-304.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}