Legislative Ethics Reform

The following pledge represents part of the commitment that I feel necessary to work towards as I represent the constitutents of House District 34. Additionally I think we need to put in place some type of campaign finance limits. The way money is finding its way into the political process needs to be evaluated and in my opinion needs to be limited.

Pledge for
Legislative Ethics Reform
May it be publicly known by the voters in the State of Utah that the candidate or legislator whose
signature appears on this page does hereby pledge and vow to actively support and work for the
passage of legislation during the 58th Session of the Utah State Legislature, in the year 2009, that
seeks reform in the areas listed below, which, upon passage, will provide the citizens of the State of
Utah a more open, honest, ethical and transparent government:
1. Require full disclosure of any and all gifts and meals, (not including those provided
to the entire legislative body), by both the recipient legislator and the provider of the
gift/meal when that provider is a registered lobbyist, PAC, or acting on behalf of a
company or corporation.
2. Prohibit legislators or campaign committees from using campaign contributions for
anything other than “legitimate” (i.e.: directly related to their campaign for election to
public office) campaign expenditures, or for the execution of duties directly related to
their public office.
3. Require that unexpended campaign funds, upon defeat or retirement from the office in
which the legislator served while generating the funds, be donated to a registered public
charity or political party, or transferred to the School Trust Land Permanent Fund.
4. Establish appropriate sanctions for legislators and others who fail to comply with the
requirements listed above.
5. Encourage transparency by providing sanctions for candidates, legislators, lobbyists,
PACs, PICs and corporations who fail to file timely and accurate reports.