This program is responsible for overseeing approximately 2,350 safety inspection stations, as well as inspecting all school buses in the state. Each safety inspection station and each school bus is checked twice each year to ensure compliance with safety regulations. Safety Inspections is responsible for regulating after-market automobile parts and alternative fuel systems.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,422,400 from all sources for Highway Patrol - Safety Inspections. This is a 4.4 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $202,700 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 11.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
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.