Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission 2022 Annual Summary Data Report to the Utah Legislative Management Committee

This Annual Summary Data Report to the Utah Legislative Management Committee was prepared in accordance with Utah Code Annotated Section 63A-14-203(3). The foregoing statute requires the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission to prepare an annual summary data report of the Commission's activities. The Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission was created legislatively in 2013 by SB 86; later codified in Utah Code Ann. Title 63A, Chapter 14. The Commission's duties include reviewing ethics complaints regarding the following executive branch elected officials: Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, State Auditor and State Treasurer. If the Commission concludes by clear and convincing evidence that a complaint has merit, it shall make its findings public and forward them to the Legislature for further review.