FY 2016 Appropriation

The Utah State Library promotes the advancement of library services across the state.

Funding History

Funding Issues

Community Library Enhancement Funding

All Utah public libraries that fulfill the requirements for State Library Certification are eligible for an annual Community Library Enhancement Fund (CLEF) allocation. Community Library Enhancement Funds may be used for the following three areas: Collection Development, Technology,Community Outreach. Funding was reduced during the recession the legislature has been restoring the base incrementally for the past three years.
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $8,291,000 from all sources for State Library. This is a 0.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $4,534,100 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 4.4 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Community Library Enhancement Funding$0$100,000
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$100,000General Fund, One-time
All Utah public libraries that fulfill the requirements for State Library Certification are eligible for an annual Community Library Enhancement Fund (CLEF) allocation. Community Library Enhancement Funds may be used for the following three areas: Collection Development, Technology,Community Outreach. Funding was reduced during the recession the legislature has been restoring the base incrementally for the past three years.

The State Library uses the number of Pioneer searches as a measure of demand. Data for this measure is shown below.

Pioneer Users and Searches

The Blind and Disabled program measures the circulation of materials to measure demand for services. The data for this program is shown below.

Blind Library Circulation of Material

Bookmobiles also use circulation of materials as a measure of demand. The data for this program is shown below.

Bookmobile Average Circulation

Statute

Statutory authority for the Utah State Library (USL) is provided in UCA 9-7. The statute provides the Division with the ability to function as the library authority for the state. It also gives USL responsibility for "general library services, extension services, the preservation, distribution and exchange of state publications, legislative reference, and other services considered proper for a state library."

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 54

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that up to $230,000 of the $4,209,500 ongoing General Fund provided by Item 6, Chapter 10, Laws of Utah 2014 for the Department of Heritage and Arts - State Library not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. The State Library shall use the funds for CLEF (Community Library Enhancement Fund) grants in FY 2016.


The Utah State Library Division utilizes funding from the General Fund, federal funds, and dedicated credit revenues.

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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.