COBI 2014 - School and Inst Trust Lands

Compendium of Budget Information for the 2014 General Session

Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality
Appropriations Subcommittee

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Agency: School and Inst Trust Lands

Function

Mission: To maximize the commercial gain from trust land uses consistent with long-term support of beneficiaries, and to manage school and institutional trust lands for their highest and best trust land use.

The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) was established under UCA 53C-1-201 as a quasi-governmental independent state agency to manage all school and institutional trust lands and associated assets. A seven-member Board of Trustees establishes the agency's policies.

Utah is divided into townships that are six miles square. Each of these township squares is divided into 36 numbered sections, each being one mile square. Under the terms of the Enabling Act, as part of Congress' granting Utah statehood, the federal government awarded sections 2, 16, 32, and 36 in each thirty-six section township for the support of the common schools. The state was also given 1.6 million acres to fund higher and special education needs within the state (click on the link http://trustlands.utah.gov/home/index.html to go to the website).

It is important to understand that these lands are not like other state lands but are granted to the state in trust for the financial benefit of the various beneficiaries (primarily public education). State law says that "As trustee, the state must manage the lands and revenues generated from the lands in the most prudent and profitable manner possible, and not for any purpose inconsistent with the best interests of the trust beneficiaries... the beneficiaries do not include other governmental institutions or agencies, the public at large, or the general welfare of this state" (UCA 53C-1-102).

Administrative expenditures are funded from the various beneficiary land-use revenues and is allocated based on the beneficiary's pro-rata share of mineral, surface, and miscellaneous income.

Funding Detail

For more detail about a particular source of finance or organizational unit, click a linked entry in the left column of the table(s) below.

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

Sources of Finance (click linked fund name for more info)
Land Grant Management Fund
Land Grant Mgt Fund, One-time
Lapsing Balance
Total

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
$22,348,600	$18,262,400	$17,919,700	$18,172,600	$18,449,800	$0	$18,449,800	$174,500	$18,624,300
$0	$4,511,300	$721,300	$1,112,300	$346,300	$116,600	$462,900	$18,400	$481,300
($1,475,200)	($11,595,100)	($6,419,300)	($8,931,600)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$20,873,400	$11,178,600	$12,221,700	$10,353,300	$18,796,100	$116,600	$18,912,700	$192,900	$19,105,600

Line Items (click linked line item name to drill-down)
School and Inst Trust Lands
Land Stewardship and Restoration
SITLA Capital
Total

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
$8,586,100	$9,204,800	$9,626,900	$9,576,000	$9,996,100	$116,600	$10,112,700	$192,900	$10,305,600
$0	$0	$0	$798,400	$500,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$500,000
$12,287,300	$1,973,800	$2,594,800	($21,100)	$8,300,000	$0	$8,300,000	$0	$8,300,000
$20,873,400	$11,178,600	$12,221,700	$10,353,300	$18,796,100	$116,600	$18,912,700	$192,900	$19,105,600

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
Trust and Agency Disbursements
Total

2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Actual	2014 Approp	2014 Change	2014 Revised	2015 Change	2015 Approp
$6,397,700	$6,424,600	$6,423,100	$6,697,700	$7,333,200	($516,900)	$6,816,300	$133,921	$6,950,221
$88,100	$59,300	$62,100	$67,100	$133,200	($2,400)	$130,800	$0	$130,800
$59,700	$56,900	$73,800	$84,500	$82,600	($6,100)	$76,500	$0	$76,500
$2,022,600	$2,008,300	$2,434,100	$3,146,800	$5,574,400	($2,240,200)	$3,334,200	$2,873,779	$6,207,979
$192,600	$809,300	$659,300	$270,400	$137,300	$42,900	$180,200	$2,600	$182,800
$35,400	$48,600	$20,100	($66,100)	$0	$2,900	$2,900	$0	$2,900
$11,008,000	$1,278,000	$2,557,900	($19,100)	$5,535,400	$2,660,600	$8,196,000	($2,641,600)	$5,554,400
$1,069,300	$493,600	($8,700)	($20,000)	$0	$175,800	$175,800	($175,800)	$0
$0	$0	$0	$192,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
$20,873,400	$11,178,600	$12,221,700	$10,353,300	$18,796,100	$116,600	$18,912,700	$192,900	$19,105,600

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
67.5	77.1	75.0	79.2	67.5	0.5	68.0	(0.5)	67.5
73.0	71.4	71.2	70.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	18	19	21	18	0	18	0	18

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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.