Free revenue transfers are line item appropriations that authorize the Division of Finance to move resources from a restricted fund or account into the General Fund or Education Fund. This most often happens when the Legislature "sweeps" an account balance. The resources then offset other appropriations from free revenue. These items are shown separately to avoid double-counting them in a budget roll-up.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $14,139,000 from all sources for Rev Transfers - IGG. This is a 64.1 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.
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.