The primary responsibility of this section is to favorably control human interaction with wildlife resources by enforcing state wildlife laws and, through voluntary compliance, seeking protection of resources and orderly use of resources. Officers in the wildlife law enforcement section have all the powers of law enforcement officers throughout the state.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $8,561,100 from all sources for Law Enforcement. This is a 5.4 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $2,276,600 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 6.3 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.