Gifts to the state.

Utah Code § 63G-23-103, under Chapter 63G-23: Property Donated to State by Public Official.

Utah Code § 63G-23-103

63G-23-103. Gifts to the state.

(1) A public official may accept a gift on behalf of the state if the public official, after accepting the gift, promptly: notifies the property administrator appointed under Subsectionfor the branch of state government with which the public official is affiliated of the public official's acceptance of the gift; and (2) remits the gift to the branch of state government with which the public official is affiliated.

(2) The following persons shall select a property administrator for the person's branch of state government: for the executive branch, the governor or the governor's designee; for the legislative branch, the Legislative Management Committee or the Legislative Management Committee's designee; and for the judicial branch, the chief justice of the Supreme Court or the chief justice's designee.

(3) A property administrator appointed under Subsection: (2) shall manage the retention or disposal of a gift that a public official remits to the state under Subsection; and (1) may reject a gift that a public official accepts on behalf of the state.

(4) If a property administrator rejects a gift under Subsection, the public official who accepted the gift shall promptly: (3)(b) return the gift; or dispose of the gift in a manner authorized by law.