COBI 2015 - Lt. Governor's Office

Overview
Issues
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The Lieutenant Governor represents the Governor in a number of capacities including on many boards and commissions. He serves as Utah's Secretary of State, whereby he oversees the Elections Office, financial disclosures, lobbying, Notary Public, and document authentication.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $2,379,800 from all sources for Lt. Governor's Office. This is a 6.6 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,215,500 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 5 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 Executive Compensation$39,500 ($39,500)

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$39,500$0General Fund

$0 ($39,500)General Fund, One-time

H.B. 368 - Executive Office Compensation (Rep. Wilson) Increases Governor salary from $109,900 to $150,000 beginning Jan. 2017. Also adjusts salary for Lt. Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Auditor (as a percentage of the Governor's salary). Fiscal note is $184,900 ongoing GF and $32,400 from dedicated credits, but due to the delayed implementation, 100% would be backed out one-time for FY 2016 and 50% would be backed out one-time for FY 2017.

Federal Fund Carryover from FY14$0$111,300

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$111,300Federal Funds

Defense Human Resources Activity and Help America Vote Grants. Carried $161,200 over from FY14 that was unused. Lt Gov Help America Vote grant was only $50,000 instead of $80,500. Total amount of $211,300 with a difference from FY15 Appr of $111,300. The Defense Human Resources Activity grant money was and is being used for a pilot project through 2016 to test different types of electronic voting for military and overseas voters and to report the data collections.

Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act Amendments$25,000$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$25,000$0Dedicated Credits Revenue

Enactment of this legislation will reduce ongoing revenue to the General Fund beginning in FY 2016 and will increase Dedicated Credits revenue by the same amount. The decrease to the General Fund and corresponding increase to Dedicated Credits will vary on a two-year cycle based on when lobbyist registrations occur, with approximately $15,000 in even-numbered years and $35,000 in odd-numbered years, or $25,000 on average. Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.

Staffing for Lt. Governor's Office$0$250,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$250,000General Fund, One-time

These funds will be used to implement changes to election law from S.B. 54, 2014 General Session. Funds will be used to purchase necessary equipment, rent space for staff and equipment, hire temporary staff for signature verification, transport and store an estimated 300,000 - 1,000,000 signatures, and make IT system changes to support random sampling verification techniques.

Statute

Utah Code Title 46 "Notarization and Authentication of Documents and Electronic Signatures" delineates the Lt. Governor's responsibilities regarding notarization and authentication.

The Lt. Governor's responsibilities concerning elections are spelled out in Utah Code Title 20A, otherwise known as the "Election Code."

The Notary Public Office provides information about the procedural and legal requirements individuals must follow to become a Notary in the state.

The Document Authentications function oversees verification of documents for foreign use and documents certification.

The Lt. Governor is the Chief Election Officer of the state and administers and enforces Utah's election laws. The office provides the public with voter registration information and manages the development and distribution of voter registration forms. It oversees the campaign finance disclosure of candidates, political action and issue committees, state and county political parties and corporations. It also oversees the registration and financial disclosure of Utah lobbyists.

The Lt. Governor's Office produces the voter information pamphlet and funds other election year requirements. It certifies voting equipment to ensure that the equipment meets established standards. It maintains several websites and makes elections information available to the public via the Internet. The Office also conducts statewide canvassing of election results, oversees the certification of political parties, and maintains a statewide voter registration database.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 1

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Governor's Office in Item 13, Chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

Federal funds in this program come from the Department of Health and Human Services for poll accessibility. Dedicated Credits revenue is from various fees for service, including notary filing fees, apostils fees (certain documents which have been notarized by a notary public and then certified with a conformant apostils are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention), authentication fees, and sale of custom reports and copies.

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	802,300	809,900	809,900	856,400	942,700	0	942,700	58,200	1,000,900
General Fund, One-time	169,400	220,000	50,600	412,500	214,700	0	214,700	(100)	214,600
Federal Funds	124,700	267,900	129,700	79,300	80,500	111,300	191,800	(92,800)	99,000
Dedicated Credits Revenue	985,500	924,400	1,000,500	934,400	1,047,200	700	1,047,900	17,400	1,065,300
Trust and Agency Funds	0	0	0	20,600	0	0	0	0	0
Transfers - Governor's Office Administra	16,100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beginning Nonlapsing	431,000	384,100	518,200	460,800	250,000	(99,500)	150,500	(150,500)	0
Closing Nonlapsing	(384,100)	(601,000)	(460,900)	(150,500)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$2,144,900	$2,005,300	$2,048,000	$2,613,500	$2,535,100	$12,500	$2,547,600	($167,800)	$2,379,800

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	735,300	841,000	875,500	857,800	1,077,400	(34,200)	1,043,200	280,300	1,323,500
In-state Travel	10,300	7,300	22,900	15,600	24,700	4,700	29,400	0	29,400
Out-of-state Travel	8,400	9,200	10,000	10,100	9,300	7,700	17,000	0	17,000
Current Expense	580,100	402,000	489,300	492,900	572,800	137,800	710,600	(426,300)	284,300
DP Current Expense	686,100	744,300	633,600	930,300	775,900	(109,000)	666,900	(21,800)	645,100
Other Charges/Pass Thru	124,700	1,500	16,700	60,700	75,000	5,500	80,500	0	80,500
Total	$2,144,900	$2,005,300	$2,048,000	$2,367,400	$2,535,100	$12,500	$2,547,600	($167,800)	$2,379,800

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	8.80	10	10	10.80	12.75	12.75	12.75
Actual FTE	9.30	9.20	9.20	8.70	0	0	0
Vehicles	2	1	2	1	1	1	1

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.