The State Engineer is the Director of the division and is responsible for management of all activities within the division. The State Engineer acts in a quasi-judicial capacity. Any decision of the State Engineer may be challenged in court. Included among the responsibilities of this section are setting policy, budget and accounting, personnel issues, public information, and overall office management.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,190,300 from all sources for Administration. This is a 4.3 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,172,500 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 5.1 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
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.