FY 2016 Appropriation

This program provides management, strategic planning, organizational development and public relations for the division. It develops the state's archives and records management system and establishes standards for records creation, care, storage, disposition, preservation, and access to those records. The program is responsible for budget and accounting procedures. The director of Archives is the governor's representative on the State Records Committee. The program oversees the records ombudsman services and also administers the Utah Public Notice Website.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $853,700 from all sources for Archives Administration. This is a 52.9 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $929,300 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 49.2 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 Government Records Amendments$28,600$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$28,600$0General Fund
Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Administrative Services $28,600 from the General Fund ongoing beginning in FY 2016 for 1,040 hours of staff time to handle appeals.
New Open Records Appropriation Unit ($730,000)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($730,000)$0General Fund
No Description

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 42

Under the terms of 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for State Archives in Item 17, Chapter 11, Laws of Utah 2014, shall not lapse at the close of FY 2015. Expenditures of these funds are limited to regional repository program support, electronic archives preservation and management, GRAMA and transparency improvements, and building Automated Storage and Retrieval System software and maintenance needs: $300,000.


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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.