Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to PART IV to read:
/ SECTION ___. Chapter 13, Title 8 of the 1976 Code of Laws is amended by adding:
"Section 8-13-712. (A) If a public official is permitted, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 17 of Title 2, to appear before any governmental entity of the State, a county, municipality, or political subdivision, at the request of another and is compensated for the appearance or any service related to the appearance, the public official must disclosure the nature of the relationship and the amount of the compensation therefore.
(B) If a public official is permitted, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 17 of Title 2, to appear before any governmental entity of the State, a county, municipality, or political subdivision, for any matter that could impact a business with which the public official, or a member of the public official's immediate family, is associated, and is not otherwise required by law to be disclosed, the public official must provide a written statement to the governmental entity. This statement must identify:
(1) which office the public official holds;
(2) the matter for which the public official is appearing; and
(3) the business with which the public official or a member of the public official's immediate family, is associated.
This statement must be referenced in the governmental entity's minutes of the meeting.
(C) For purposes of this section, a public official is an official of the State, a county, municipality, or a political subdivision, who was elected to that position, or appointed to fill a vacancy for a position that would otherwise have been an elected position.
(D) The provisions of this section do not apply to any court within the unified judicial system or to a matter in a contested case or a matter that may become a contested case, as defined in Section 1-23-310, or otherwise permitted by law." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.