The State Law Library was created to serve the courts, the executive agencies, the Legislature, and the public. The Library is located in the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse and is open to the public. Legislative General Counsel, the Attorney General, and the Supreme Court Chief Justice serve as the Board of Control for the Library.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,065,700 from all sources for Law Library. This is an 8.2 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $952,400 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 2.7 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
The Legislature began charging for the cost of sets of the Laws of Utah beginning in FY 2014, which the Courts previously received for no cost to them. The increase in current expense largely makes up for this amount.
The State Law Library is a statutorily created entity under UCA 9-7 (301 through 312). The authorizing code is under the section for Heritage, Arts, Libraries, and Cultural Development.
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.