COBI 2014 - Attorney General

Compendium of Budget Information for the 2014 General Session

Executive Offices and Criminal Justice
Appropriations Subcommittee

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Agency: Attorney General

Function

The Attorney General is the constitutional legal officer of the state, who serves as counsel in all cases in which the state or its officers are a party, and provides legal services for the state. The Attorney General's mission is to uphold the constitutions of the United States and of Utah, enforce the law, provide counsel to state agencies and public officials, work with law enforcement, and protect the interests of Utah, its people, environment and resources. The office's goals are to protect people from crime, protect children from abuse and neglect, protect the state as an entity, and protect the state's natural resources.

The Office of the Attorney General has six line items. They are:

Attorney General
Contract Attorneys
Children's Justice Centers
Prosecution Council
Domestic Violence, and
State Settlement Agreements

Statutory Authority

The Attorney General is governed by several statutes and the Utah Constitution. The Attorney General is cited throughout the Utah Code to provide legal assistance and to represent all state agencies. The following laws principally establish the Attorney General's responsibilities and powers:

Utah Constitution, Article VII Section 16 states that "the Attorney General shall be the legal advisor of the State officers, except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, and shall perform such other duties as provided by law."

UCA 67 Chapter 5 states the official duties and powers of the Attorney General. Significant duties and powers include:

prosecute or defend all causes to which the state, or any officer, board, or commission in an official capacity is a party
take charge, as an attorney, of all civil legal matters in which the state is interested
maintain files for a successor
supervise district and county attorneys
give legal opinions in writing and without fee to the Legislature, any state officer, any county or district attorney, upon any question of law relating to their office
assist any county, district, or city attorney in his/her duties
prosecute Medicaid fraud
report twice yearly to the Legislature on any pending or anticipated lawsuits that would cost the state more than $500,000
undertake special duties such as child protection services, Internet Crimes Against Children services, identity theft reporting, and others
assign legal assistants to perform legal services for any agency of state government

Funding Detail

Slightly more than half of the Attorney General's budget comes from the General Fund. The other significant funding source is Dedicated Credits from billings to state agencies who receive the A.G.'s legal services.

The $223,800 discrepancy between FY 2012 revenues and expenditures results from a settlement payment the Attorney General made during the 2012 General Session. The Attorney General will appear before the Board of Examiners in late November 2012 to receive direction for reconciling this amount. Please refer to the Contract Attorneys line item and in the 'performance' section for further details.

Table 1: Operating and Capital Budget Including Expendable Funds and Accounts

Sources of Finance (click linked fund name for more info)
General Fund
General Fund, One-time
Federal Funds
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Dedicated Credits Revenue
GFR - Constitutional Defense
GFR - Mortgage and Financial Fraud
GFR - Domestic Violence
GFR - General Rainy Day Fund
GFR - Public Safety Support
GFR - Tobacco Settlement
Attorney General Litigation Fund
Transfers
Transfers - Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Transfers - Fed Pass-thru
Transfers - Federal
Transfers - Other Agencies
Beginning Nonlapsing
Closing Nonlapsing
Lapsing Balance
Beginning Fund Balance
Ending Fund Balance
Total

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
$25,582,850	$27,922,350	$27,343,650	$29,548,800	$30,696,400	$0	$30,696,400	$1,882,000	$32,578,400
$2,270,300	$1,000,000	$5,938,100	$13,850,000	$13,892,500	$551,300	$14,443,800	($14,111,100)	$332,700
$1,641,900	$2,326,400	$2,292,100	$1,985,200	$1,906,200	$216,800	$2,123,000	$17,500	$2,140,500
$397,400	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$19,137,000	$18,876,200	$18,308,800	$19,089,900	$18,632,200	($283,800)	$18,348,400	$1,733,600	$20,082,000
$0	$0	$350,000	$359,200	$359,200	$800	$360,000	$11,000	$371,000
$0	$0	$0	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$78,300	$78,300	$78,300	$78,300	$78,300	$0	$78,300	$0	$78,300
$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,995,000	$0	$2,995,000	($2,995,000)	$0
$586,900	$586,600	$585,900	$591,200	$603,400	$500	$603,900	$11,000	$614,900
$274,300	$276,100	$66,600	$73,500	$73,500	$0	$73,500	$0	$73,500
$332,900	$336,500	$336,900	$345,000	$356,000	$700	$356,700	$9,900	$366,600
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$263,400	$263,400
$858,400	$863,100	$510,300	$170,500	$123,000	$12,600	$135,600	($135,600)	$0
$96,800	$36,700	$85,500	$103,800	$148,700	($15,900)	$132,800	($132,800)	$0
$314,600	$367,100	$573,100	$549,600	$615,700	($26,600)	$589,100	$100	$589,200
$59,300	$60,000	$60,000	$59,100	$62,100	($10,000)	$52,100	$0	$52,100
$1,375,600	$3,409,500	$4,428,800	$3,288,500	$3,405,800	$420,600	$3,826,400	($1,518,500)	$2,307,900
($3,409,500)	($4,428,800)	($3,288,400)	($3,826,400)	($1,957,000)	($127,100)	($2,084,100)	$1,121,300	($962,800)
($2,100)	($75,800)	($78,300)	($349,800)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$168,500	$168,500
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	($88,500)	($88,500)
$49,594,950	$51,634,250	$57,591,350	$67,916,400	$71,991,000	$739,900	$72,730,900	($13,763,200)	$58,967,700

Line Items (click linked line item name to drill-down)
Attorney General
Contract Attorneys
Children's Justice Centers
Prosecution Council
Domestic Violence
State Settlement Agreements
Crime and Violence Prevention Fund
Total

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
$45,092,450	$45,726,550	$46,760,150	$47,511,900	$50,637,300	($595,000)	$50,042,300	$3,842,500	$53,884,800
$612,200	$1,592,300	$6,513,600	$15,738,800	$13,800,000	$774,000	$14,574,000	($14,274,000)	$300,000
$3,013,700	$3,434,500	$3,334,900	$3,592,300	$3,518,500	$530,400	$4,048,900	($425,100)	$3,623,800
$798,300	$802,600	$904,400	$995,100	$961,900	$30,500	$992,400	$8,400	$1,000,800
$78,300	$78,300	$78,300	$78,300	$78,300	$0	$78,300	$0	$78,300
$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,995,000	$0	$2,995,000	($2,995,000)	$0
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$80,000	$80,000
$49,594,950	$51,634,250	$57,591,350	$67,916,400	$71,991,000	$739,900	$72,730,900	($13,763,200)	$58,967,700

Categories of Expenditure (mouse-over category name for definition)
Personnel Services
In-state Travel
Out-of-state Travel
Current Expense
DP Current Expense
DP Capital Outlay
Capital Outlay
Other Charges/Pass Thru
Transfers
Total

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
$41,444,200	$41,838,600	$42,455,300	$43,621,300	$45,906,300	$142,800	$46,049,100	$3,875,500	$49,924,600
$119,700	$138,700	$148,200	$209,600	$145,100	$64,600	$209,700	$11,800	$221,500
$103,000	$120,400	$186,900	$150,700	$182,600	($36,500)	$146,100	$100	$146,200
$4,039,100	$5,259,550	$9,950,700	$5,286,100	$3,972,900	($281,100)	$3,691,800	$107,400	$3,799,200
$641,800	$881,000	$1,278,500	$992,100	$1,168,000	$86,200	$1,254,200	$67,700	$1,321,900
$7,500	$0	$0	$0	$2,000	($2,000)	$0	$0	$0
$273,800	$49,300	$0	$5,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$2,927,650	$3,346,700	$3,571,800	$17,651,100	$20,614,100	$765,900	$21,380,000	($17,825,700)	$3,554,300
$38,200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$49,594,950	$51,634,250	$57,591,400	$67,916,400	$71,991,000	$739,900	$72,730,900	($13,763,200)	$58,967,700

Other Indicators
Budgeted FTE
Actual FTE
Vehicles

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
431.6	406.5	412.6	427.0	430.0	8.5	438.5	0.5	439.0
404.2	405.4	416.8	423.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	50	53	54	53	0	53	0	53

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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.