The State Auditor performs five main functions: Administration, Financial Audit, Performance Audit, Special Projects, and Local Government.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $6,309,500 from all sources for State Auditor. This is a 17.9 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $3,212,300 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 9.1 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:
In past fiscal years, the State Auditor line item consisted of three programs: Administration, Auditing, and State and Local Government. These functions were formerly organized as three programs within the State Auditor line item. With the passage of S.B. 2, "New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Act," 2013 General Session, Item 8, they are now rolled up into one program titled State Auditor. This action did not go before the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, but was voted on by the Legislature as a whole.
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.