FY 2016 Appropriation

The Governor's Office Line Item consists of the following programs:

  1. Administration
  2. Governor's Residence
  3. Washington Office/Funding
  4. Lieutenant Governor's Office
  5. Literacy Projects
  6. Federal Law Evaluation and Response
  7. Governor's Energy Advisor
Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $6,955,800 from all sources for Governor's Office. This is a 1.9 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $5,540,800 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 6.8 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 Executive Compensation$123,100 ($123,100)
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$90,700$0General Fund
$0 ($90,700)General Fund, One-time
$32,400 ($32,400)Dedicated Credits Revenue
H.B. 368 - Executive Office Compensation (Rep. Wilson) Increases Governor salary from $109,900 to $150,000 beginning Jan. 2017. Also adjusts salary for Lt. Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Auditor (as a percentage of the Governor's salary). Fiscal note is $184,900 ongoing GF and $32,400 from dedicated credits, but due to the delayed implementation, 100% would be backed out one-time for FY 2016 and 50% would be backed out one-time for FY 2017.
Federal Fund Carryover from FY14$0$111,300
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$111,300Federal Funds
Defense Human Resources Activity and Help America Vote Grants. Carried $161,200 over from FY14 that was unused. Lt Gov Help America Vote grant was only $50,000 instead of $80,500. Total amount of $211,300 with a difference from FY15 Appr of $111,300. The Defense Human Resources Activity grant money was and is being used for a pilot project through 2016 to test different types of electronic voting for military and overseas voters and to report the data collections.
Governor's Office Operations$210,000$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$210,000$0General Fund
This ongoing funding for Governor's Office Operations would support increasing constituent demands and internal needs related to communications and technology.
Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act Amendments$25,000$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$25,000$0Dedicated Credits Revenue
Enactment of this legislation will reduce ongoing revenue to the General Fund beginning in FY 2016 and will increase Dedicated Credits revenue by the same amount. The decrease to the General Fund and corresponding increase to Dedicated Credits will vary on a two-year cycle based on when lobbyist registrations occur, with approximately $15,000 in even-numbered years and $35,000 in odd-numbered years, or $25,000 on average. Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.
Staffing for Lt. Governor's Office$0$250,000
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$250,000General Fund, One-time
These funds will be used to implement changes to election law from S.B. 54, 2014 General Session. Funds will be used to purchase necessary equipment, rent space for staff and equipment, hire temporary staff for signature verification, transport and store an estimated 300,000 - 1,000,000 signatures, and make IT system changes to support random sampling verification techniques.

The Governor's Office declined to submit performance measures for this line item.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 1

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Governor's Office in Item 13, Chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

The $244,900 difference in the FY 2011 Closing Nonlapsing Balance and the FY 2012 Beginning Nonlapsing Balance results from the consolidation of the Governor's Energy Advisor with the Office of Energy Development. Please refer to the Governor's Energy Advisor Program for further details.

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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.