Compendium of Budget Information for the 2011 General Session

Natural Resources, Agriculture, & Environmental Quality
Appropriations Subcommittee
Subcommittee Table of Contents

Group: Natural Resources, Agriculture, & Environment

Agency: School & Institutional Trust Lands

Function

The state is divided into townships that are six miles square. Each of these township squares is divided into 36 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 of Utah 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 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).

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.

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

Performance

The Board of Trustees did not set a revenue goal for FY 2010.

SITLA Revenues

As in the past, the largest portion of revenues in FY 2010 came from oil and gas explorations.

SITLA Revenue by source

Funding Detail

Sources of Finance
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Approp
Land Grant Mgt Fund $17,586,800 $19,791,000 $26,471,900 $22,348,600 $18,262,400
Land Grant Mgt Fund, One-time $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,376,300
Lapsing Balance ($33,500) ($605,400) ($2,231,000) ($1,475,200) $0
Total
$17,553,300
$19,185,600
$24,240,900
$20,873,400
$22,638,700
 
Line Items
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Approp
School & Inst Trust Lands $17,553,300 $9,050,400 $9,385,200 $8,586,100 $10,438,700
SITLA Capital $0 $10,135,200 $14,855,700 $12,287,300 $12,200,000
Total
$17,553,300
$19,185,600
$24,240,900
$20,873,400
$22,638,700
 
Categories of Expenditure
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Approp
Personnel Services $5,841,800 $6,251,900 $6,963,600 $6,397,700 $6,718,100
In-state Travel $111,800 $113,600 $85,300 $88,100 $130,800
Out-of-state Travel $69,500 $63,900 $79,500 $59,700 $78,300
Current Expense $2,874,600 $2,882,800 $2,566,700 $2,022,600 $2,680,500
DP Current Expense $378,200 $226,600 $242,200 $192,600 $807,100
DP Capital Outlay $0 $63,300 $0 $35,400 $0
Capital Outlay $7,879,300 $5,600,400 $10,889,000 $11,008,000 $12,223,900
Other Charges/Pass Thru $64,300 $3,983,100 $3,414,600 $1,069,300 $0
Operating Transfers $333,800 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total
$17,553,300
$19,185,600
$24,240,900
$20,873,400
$22,638,700
 
Other Indicators
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Approp
Budgeted FTE 68.7 71.3 69.8 67.5 77.2
Vehicles 18 18 17 19 18






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