Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 20A-11-1503 - Criminal penalties - Fines(1) Within 60 days after a deadline for the filing of a financial statement required by this part, the lieutenant governor shall review each filed financial statement to ensure that:(a) each labor organization that is required to file a financial statement has filed one; and(b) each financial statement contains the information required by this part.(2) If it appears that any labor organization has failed to file a financial statement, if it appears that a filed financial statement does not conform to the law, or if the lieutenant governor has received a written complaint alleging a violation of the law or the falsity of a financial statement, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) impose a fine against the labor organization in accordance with Section 20A-11-1005; and(b) within five days of discovery of a violation or receipt of a written complaint, notify the labor organization of the violation or written complaint and direct the labor organization to file a financial statement correcting the problem.(3)(a) It is unlawful for any labor organization to fail to file or amend a financial statement within seven days after receiving notice from the lieutenant governor under this section.(b) Each labor organization that violates Subsection (3)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.(c) The lieutenant governor shall report all violations of Subsection (3)(a) to the attorney general.(d) In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (3)(b), the lieutenant governor shall impose a civil fine of $1,000 against a labor organization that violates Subsection (3)(a).Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session ,§ 28, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 420, 2013 General Session ,§ 18, eff. 5/14/2013.Amended by Chapter 396, 2011 General Session