COBI 2015 - Highway Safety

Overview
Issues
Performance
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The Utah Highway Safety program has the purpose of proposing, negotiating and managing the state's contract with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for federal funds to be expended on highway safety projects within the state. The Utah Highway Safety program acts to subcontract with state, local, and private organizations in Utah to expend resources to implement highway safety activities.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $6,746,500 from all sources for Highway Safety. This is a 26.5 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $56,500 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 1.4 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

The primary objective of the Utah Highway Safety program is to "to develop, promote and coordinate traffic safety initiatives designed to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities on Utah's roadways." Included below are metrics that indicate relevant outicomes related to this purpose. Measures inlcude observed seatbelt usage, motor vehicle crash fatalities, and off-premise retailer compliance rate.

Statute

Statutory Authority for Highway Safety is found in UCA 41-19.

The activities associated with the subcontracting process are project development, technical assistance, consultation, liaison, evaluation, reporting, accounting, data collection, problem identification, resource analysis, project monitoring, and subcontract negotiations. The program also contracts for special projects, negotiates with subcontractors for expenditure of these funds, and manages the implementation and progress of these projects.

The Utah Highway Safety program coordinates the highway safety efforts within the state and maintains communications with all involved agencies and individuals. These include entities such as the Board of Education, Department of Transportation, Health Department, State Planning Office, State Court Administrator, Department of Public Safety, local police departments and sheriffs, the National Safety Council, PTA, and news media. Since the Utah Highway Safety program is a state agency, it responds to requests for information from other agencies and from private citizens.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 30

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for The Department of Public Safety -Highway Safety line item not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

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Programs	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Highway Safety	6,042,100	6,094,700	5,318,700	5,518,200	5,335,100	0	5,335,100	1,411,400	6,746,500
Total	$6,042,100	$6,094,700	$5,318,700	$5,518,200	$5,335,100	$0	$5,335,100	$1,411,400	$6,746,500

Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	53,700	53,200	54,200	55,200	55,600	0	55,600	800	56,400
General Fund, One-time	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	0	100
Federal Funds	5,170,100	5,375,000	4,489,200	4,274,600	4,328,800	0	4,328,800	765,100	5,093,900
Dedicated Credits Revenue	0	7,500	10,600	19,900	10,600	0	10,600	0	10,600
Dept. of Public Safety Rest. Acct.	400,600	700,600	900,600	900,600	900,600	0	900,600	0	900,600
Transfers	0	0	0	336,200	0	0	0	336,200	336,200
Transfers - Other Agencies	4,400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pass-through	214,500	59,100	39,400	2,200	39,400	0	39,400	(37,200)	2,200
Beginning Nonlapsing	198,800	0	100,700	276,000	0	346,500	346,500	0	346,500
Closing Nonlapsing	0	(100,700)	(276,000)	(346,500)	0	(346,500)	(346,500)	346,500	0
Total	$6,042,100	$6,094,700	$5,318,700	$5,518,200	$5,335,100	$0	$5,335,100	$1,411,400	$6,746,500

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	1,883,200	1,927,200	1,730,200	1,715,700	1,755,100	(35,100)	1,720,000	62,500	1,782,500
In-state Travel	40,800	40,100	35,600	53,800	35,500	18,500	54,000	0	54,000
Out-of-state Travel	39,200	38,400	35,400	38,600	35,500	4,500	40,000	0	40,000
Current Expense	1,735,000	1,491,000	1,120,500	1,429,400	1,118,900	381,100	1,500,000	11,300	1,511,300
DP Current Expense	168,100	229,400	210,300	304,200	218,800	81,200	300,000	14,000	314,000
DP Capital Outlay	29,400	129,300	53,500	1,600	53,500	(53,500)	0	0	0
Capital Outlay	17,500	16,500	127,400	7,500	127,500	(127,500)	0	0	0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	2,128,900	2,222,800	2,005,800	1,967,400	1,990,300	(269,200)	1,721,100	1,323,600	3,044,700
Total	$6,042,100	$6,094,700	$5,318,700	$5,518,200	$5,335,100	$0	$5,335,100	$1,411,400	$6,746,500

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	15.70	22	23.80	25.30	24	24	24
Actual FTE	25.90	25.40	20.50	17.90	0	0	0
Vehicles	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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.