The Executive Director's Office sets department policies and procedures. The office provides information to the part-time Liquor Control Commission on where to locate liquor stores, issuance of licenses and permits, and other direction in keeping with state statute.
Within this budget is funding for licensing and liquor compliance specialists. Specialists train licensees to comply with Utah's liquor laws and make recommendations regarding license applications, suspensions, and revocations. The Department of Public Safety also has liquor enforcement officers who police the licensees. They are funded through the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,760,300 from all sources for Executive Director. This is a 9.5 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.
The Executive Director's Office draws the majority of its funding from the Liquor Control Fund.
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.