20A-17 - Political Campaign Signs
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20A-17-101 - Title.
This chapter is known as “Political Campaign Signs.”
Enacted by Chapter 238, 2014 General Session
20A-17-102 - Campaign signs.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person knowingly removes, alters, defaces, or otherwise vandalizes a sign: advocating the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; oradvocating the approval or defeat of a ballot proposition.
(2) A person is not guilty of a violation of Subsection (1) if the person who engages in the conduct described in Subsection (1) is: as it relates to a sign described in Subsection (1)(a), the candidate or an agent of the candidate;as it relates to a sign described in Subsection (1)(b), the person who placed the sign, the person who directed the placement of the sign, or an agent of either;a property owner of property on which the sign is placed or the property owner’s agent; ora public official who removes the sign in accordance with an official duty of the public official.
Enacted by Chapter 238, 2014 General Session
20A-17-103 - Posting political signs on public property.
(1) As used in this section: “Local government entity” means:a county, municipality, or other political subdivision;a special district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102;a special service district, as defined in Section 17D-1-102;a local building authority, as defined in Section 17D-2-102;a conservation district, as defined in Section 17D-3-102;an independent entity, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;a public corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;a public transit district, organized under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;a school district;a public school, including a charter school or other publicly funded school;a state institution of higher education;an entity that expends public funds; andeach office, agency, or other division of an entity described in Subsections (1)(a)(i) through (xii).”Political sign” means any sign or document that advocates:the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; orthe approval or defeat of a ballot proposition.”Public property” means any real property, building, or structure owned or leased by a local government entity.”Public property” does not include any real property, building, or structure during a period of time that the real property, building, or structure is rented out by a government entity to a private party for a meeting, convention, or similar event.
(2) A local government entity, a local government officer, a local government employee, or another person with authority or control over public property that posts or permits a person to post a political sign on public property: shall permit any other person to post a political sign on the public property, subject to the same requirements and restrictions imposed on all other political signs permitted to be posted on the public property; andmay not impose a requirement or restriction on the posting of a political sign if the requirement or restriction is not politically neutral and content neutral.
Amended by Chapter 15, 2023 General Session