Each year the Legislature funds items that impact several agencies, don't apply to any specific agency, or pose a conflict of interest to agency management. For these programs, the Legislature directs the Division of Finance to administer payment as intended for each appropriation. In the past, the Legislature funded Y2K, critical land issues, and inmate issues by placing the funds in dedicated accounts managed by the Division of Finance.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $12,404,000 from all sources for Finance - Mandated. This is a 31.5 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $384,900 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 97.2 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.