Compendium of Budget Information for the 2012 General Session

Executive Offices & Criminal Justice
Appropriations Subcommittee

Function

The Governor's Emergency Fund is a separate line item in the Governor's Office. The Legislature appropriates funds with which the Governor may address a crisis or disaster without calling a special session. If funds are not used in a given fiscal year, they carry forward into the next fiscal year.

Statutory Authority

UCA 63J-1-217(4) authorizes the governor to allocate emergency funds to state agencies to cover costs that exceed revenues in a fiscal year.

Intent Language

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the Governor's Office - Emergency Fund in Item 2 of Chapter 2 Laws of Utah 2010 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2011.

Funding Detail

This line item hasn't received a new appropriation since FY 2006. Unexpended funds carry forward in the line item.

Sources of Finance	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Beginning Nonlapsing	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000
Closing Nonlapsing	($100,000)	($100,000)	($100,000)	($98,500)	($100,000)
Total	$0	$0	$0	$1,500	$0

Programs:	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Governor's Emergency Fund	$0	$0	$0	$1,500	$0
Total	$0	$0	$0	$1,500	$0

Categories of Expenditure	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Current Expense	$0	$0	$0	$1,500	$0
Total	$0	$0	$0	$1,500	$0

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