FY 2016 Appropriation

The director of the Division of Finance is the state's chief fiscal officer and is responsible for the accounting structure within state government. This includes:

  • Procedures for the approval and allocation of funds
  • Accounting control over fund assets
  • Procedures for approval of proposed expenditures
  • Statewide payroll and accounting policies
  • Financial reporting
  • Budgetary compliance monitoring

The director is also responsible for directing and maintaining a financial control system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (UCA 63A-3-204.)

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $553,600 from all sources for Finance Director's Office. This is a 10.5 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $553,600 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 21.4 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 DAS Database Administrator ($74,400)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($74,400)$0General Fund
Eliminate a database administrator (DTS IT expense) associated with payroll and FINET.
DAS Database Administrator - Part 2$74,400$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$74,400$0General Fund
Database administrator associated with payroll and FINET.
Executive Branch Ethics Commission Line Item ($3,000)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($3,000)$0General Fund
New line item created in Finance Mandated for Executive Branch Ethics Commission.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 43

Under the terms of 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for Finance Administration in Item 18, Chapter 11, Laws of Utah 2014, shall not lapse at the close of FY 2015. Expenditures of these funds are limited to maintenance and operation of statewide systems and websites, studies, training, information technology support and hardware and administration costs for the Executive Branch Ethics Commission: $2,900,000.


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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.