FY 2016 Appropriation

The DAF Administration line item currently contains the following programs: General Administration, Chemistry Laboratory, Horse Racing Commission, and Sheep Promotion.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $4,175,400 from all sources for Administration. This is an 11.9 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $2,521,500 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 22.2 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time 02. Capital Development - Unified State Lab$188,800 ($188,800)
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$188,800$0General Fund
$0 ($188,800)General Fund, One-time
Prioritized #2 by the subcommittee. Estimated O&M is $747,100.
Federal Grants$0$168,800
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$168,800Federal Funds
Requests for approval to apply for additional federal grants with details included in the Issue Brief, "Agencies' Requests for Federal Funds."

The Legislature reduced the number of programs in the Administration line item by making the following changes:

  • Moved the Regulatory Services and the Marketing and Development programs to be separate line items (2014 General Session).
  • The following programs were moved to the newly established Animal Health line item: Animal Health, Auction Market Veterinarians, Brand Inspections, and Meat Inspection (2013 General Session).
  • The following programs were moved to the newly established Plant Industry line item: Environmental Quality, Grain Inspection, Grazing Improvement, Insect Infestation, and Plant Industry (2013 General Session).

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 121

Under the terms of 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the General Administration line item in Item 26, Chapter 5, Laws of Utah 2014, shall not lapse at the close of FY 2015. Expenditures of these funds are limited to: Computer Equipment/Software $35,000; Employee Training/Incentives $140,000; Equipment/Supplies $75,000; Special Projects/Studies $250,000.


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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.