COBI 2013 - Legislature

Compendium of Budget Information for the 2013 General Session

Executive Appropriations Committee

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Agency: Legislature

Function

The Legislature represents the citizens of the State of Utah. It establishes Utah's laws and sets the State's budget. The Legislature consists of 104 elected officials - 75 members of the House of Representatives and 29 Senators.

Background

The Legislature employs about 115 professional, policy, and support staff, including those in the nonpartisan offices of the Legislative Auditor General, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Printing, and Legislative Research and General Counsel. Temporary staff hired during the General Session account for another 14 or so full time equivalent (FTE) employees when their combined time worked is normalized over an entire year.

Legislative staff office budgets are reviewed and approved by the Subcommittee on Oversight each fall. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House then certify to the Governor the budget for the entire Legislative Department. As the Legislature is a separate branch of Government, the Governor must include in his/her budget recommendations the Legislature's certified budget without revision (UCA 63J-1-201).

Annual appropriations for the Legislature are considered in the Executive Appropriations Committee. Like any other department of state government, ultimate spending authority must be provided in an appropriations act passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor.

Statutory Authority

The Legislature is established in the Utah Constitution.

Article VI empowers the Legislature and specifies certain procedures for its operation.
Article VI, Section 32 authorizes the appointment of legal counsel and other employees.
Article VI, Section 33 appoints the Legislative Auditor General.

The Legislature is also governed by certain sections of Utah code.

Title 36 further delineates legislative organization and authority.
The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is authorized in UCA 36-12-12.
The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst is established in UCA 36-12-13.
The Office of the Legislative Auditor General is empowered in UCA 36-12-15.

Funding Detail

Nearly all of the Legislature's operating budget is from General Fund appropriations. The Legislative Printing Office and Bill Room generate some dedicated credits revenue from sale of goods and services. Per UCA 63J-1-602.1, the Legislature's budget does not lapse at the end of a fiscal year.

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

Sources of Finance (click linked fund name for more info)	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
General Fund	$18,352,000	$17,135,700	$18,321,300	$18,991,000	$19,787,700
General Fund, One-time	$696,200	$1,935,100	$1,115,200	$78,800	$46,000
Dedicated Credits Revenue	$191,200	$184,500	$168,100	$173,500	$175,000
GFR - Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force	$0	$0	$4,000	$0	$0
Transfers	$16,900	$0	($68,100)	$0	$0
Beginning Nonlapsing	$5,084,400	$4,842,500	$5,489,400	$5,376,000	$5,376,000
Closing Nonlapsing	($4,842,500)	($5,489,400)	($5,376,000)	($5,561,200)	($5,376,000)
Lapsing Balance	$0	$0	($4,000)	$0	$0
Total	$19,498,200	$18,608,400	$19,649,900	$19,058,100	$20,008,700

Line Items (click linked line item name to drill-down)	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
Senate	$2,184,000	$2,029,100	$1,927,200	$1,749,800	$2,013,400
House of Representatives	$3,658,000	$3,272,400	$3,407,300	$3,344,600	$3,680,600
Legislative Auditor General	$3,136,300	$3,099,900	$3,187,300	$3,093,200	$3,323,900
Legislative Fiscal Analyst	$2,417,500	$2,410,100	$2,459,800	$2,385,000	$2,639,000
Legislative Printing	$745,900	$707,100	$722,400	$720,400	$704,500
Legislative Research and General Counsel	$7,261,000	$6,988,500	$7,850,700	$7,670,100	$7,552,400
Tax Review Commission	$45,400	$48,200	$45,100	$45,000	$45,200
Constitutional Revision Commission	$50,100	$53,100	$50,100	$50,000	$49,700
Total	$19,498,200	$18,608,400	$19,649,900	$19,058,100	$20,008,700

Categories of Expenditure (mouse-over category name for definition)	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
Personnel Services	$16,388,500	$16,406,700	$16,862,800	$16,681,100	$17,503,200
In-state Travel	$546,600	$342,100	$376,300	$359,400	$378,200
Out-of-state Travel	$199,100	$161,500	$121,100	$155,300	$120,500
Current Expense	$1,876,600	$1,348,900	$1,485,500	$1,259,400	$1,531,800
DP Current Expense	$479,400	$318,000	$774,400	$597,100	$460,000
DP Capital Outlay	$8,000	$6,000	$29,800	$5,800	$15,000
Capital Outlay	$0	$25,200	$0	$0	$0
Total	$19,498,200	$18,608,400	$19,649,900	$19,058,100	$20,008,700

Other Indicators	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
Budgeted FTE	134.0	133.0	132.0	130.5	130.0
Actual FTE	129.0	128.1	125.1	129.2	0.0

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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.