The Federal Projects program funds one-time or special expenditures of the Utah Highway Patrol with federal funds. These projects include such items as overtime paid on holidays, highway speed control, community traffic safety, fatigued drivers prevention, alcohol/drug prevention, seat belt demos, and equipment purchases. Because the federal funds are often initially received by another agency and then passed on to Public Safety, they may appear as transfer funds in budget documentation.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $5,223,000 from all sources for Highway Patrol - Federal/State Projects. This is a 15.2 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.
For FY 2015, the Department is requesting $750,000 in Federal Funds from the Federal Asset Forfeiture grant. Certain qualified expenses may be made from these funds. While the Department is requesting $750,000 there is approximately $1.6 million available from this grant. The Legislature could reasonably decide to increase the amount to pay for qualified expenses. This is an alternative revenue source that may pay for items that previuolsy might have been paid with General Fund money.
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.