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