36-11-304. Expenditures over certain amounts prohibited -- Exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in Subsectionor, a lobbyist, principal, or government officer may not make or offer to make aggregate daily expenditures that exceed: (2) (3) for food or beverage, the food reimbursement rate; except as provided in Subsection, $25 for expenditures other than food or beverage; or (1)(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) for the following items, if the expenditure is reported in accordance with Section: 36-11-201 food; beverage; travel; lodging; or admission to or attendance at a tour or meeting that is not an approved activity; or if the expenditure is made for a purpose solely unrelated to the public official's position as a public official.
(3) As used in this Subsection, "same local government type" means: (3) for a county government, the same county government or another county government; for a municipal government, the same municipal government or another municipal government; for a board of education, the same board of education; for a local school board described in, the same local school board or another local school board; Title 53G, Chapter 4, School Districts for a special district, the same special district or another special district or a special service district; for a special service district, the same special service district or another special service district or a special district; or for a participant in an interlocal agreement, another participant in the same interlocal agreement. 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.