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H.B. 41

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LEGISLATIVE BUDGETING FOR COLA FOR

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LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES

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2003 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Jack A. Seitz

             6      This act modifies the Budgetary Procedures Act to require the Legislature to consider
             7      providing an increase for certain local human services agencies that is consistent with the
             8      increase for state employees.
             9      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             10      AMENDS:
             11          63-38-2, as last amended by Chapter 8, Laws of Utah 2002, Fifth Special Session
             12      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             13          Section 1. Section 63-38-2 is amended to read:
             14           63-38-2. Governor to submit budget to Legislature -- Contents -- Preparation --
             15      Appropriations based on current tax laws and not to exceed estimated revenues.
             16          (1) (a) The governor shall, within three days after the convening of the Legislature in
             17      the annual general session, submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year by delivering it to the
             18      presiding officer of each house of the Legislature together with a schedule for all of the
             19      proposed appropriations of the budget, clearly itemized and classified.
             20          (b) The budget message shall include a projection of estimated revenues and
             21      expenditures for the next fiscal year.
             22          (2) At least 34 days before the submission of any budget, the governor shall deliver a
             23      confidential draft copy of his proposed budget recommendations to the Office of the
             24      Legislative Fiscal Analyst.
             25          (3) (a) The budget shall contain a complete plan of proposed expenditures and
             26      estimated revenues for the next fiscal year based upon the current fiscal year state tax laws and
             27      rates.



             28          (b) The budget may be accompanied by a separate document showing proposed
             29      expenditures and estimated revenues based on changes in state tax laws or rates.
             30          (4) The budget shall be accompanied by a statement showing:
             31          (a) the revenues and expenditures for the last fiscal year;
             32          (b) the current assets, liabilities, and reserves, surplus or deficit, and the debts and
             33      funds of the state;
             34          (c) an estimate of the state's financial condition as of the beginning and the end of the
             35      period covered by the budget;
             36          (d) a complete analysis of lease with an option to purchase arrangements entered into
             37      by state agencies;
             38          (e) the recommendations for each state agency for new full-time employees for the next
             39      fiscal year; which recommendation should be provided also to the State Building Board under
             40      Subsection 63A-5-103 (2);
             41          (f) any explanation the governor may desire to make as to the important features of the
             42      budget and any suggestion as to methods for the reduction of expenditures or increase of the
             43      state's revenue; and
             44          (g) the information detailing certain regulatory fee increases required by Section
             45      63-38-3.2 .
             46          (5) The budget shall include an itemized estimate of the appropriations for:
             47          (a) the Legislative Department as certified to the governor by the president of the
             48      Senate and the speaker of the House;
             49          (b) the Executive Department;
             50          (c) the Judicial Department as certified to the governor by the state court administrator;
             51          (d) payment and discharge of the principal and interest of the indebtedness of the state;
             52          (e) the salaries payable by the state under the Utah Constitution or under law for the
             53      lease agreements planned for the next fiscal year;
             54          (f) other purposes that are set forth in the Utah Constitution or under law; and
             55          (g) all other appropriations.
             56          (6) Deficits or anticipated deficits shall be included in the budget.
             57          (7) (a) (i) For the purpose of preparing and reporting the budget, the governor shall
             58      require from the proper state officials, including public and higher education officials, all heads


             59      of executive and administrative departments and state institutions, bureaus, boards,
             60      commissions, and agencies expending or supervising the expenditure of the state moneys, and
             61      all institutions applying for state moneys and appropriations, itemized estimates of revenues
             62      and expenditures. The entities required by this Subsection (7)(a)(i) to submit itemized
             63      estimates of revenues and expenditures to the governor, shall also report to the Utah
             64      Information Technology Commission created in Title 63D, Chapter 1, Information Technology
             65      Act, before October 30 of each year. The report to the Information Technology Commission
             66      shall include the proposed information technology expenditures and objectives, the proposed
             67      appropriation requests and other sources of revenue necessary to fund the proposed
             68      expenditures and an analysis of:
             69          (A) the entity's need for appropriations for information technology;
             70          (B) how the entity's development of information technology coordinates with other
             71      state or local government entities;
             72          (C) any performance measures used by the entity for implementing information
             73      technology goals; and
             74          (D) any efforts to develop public/private partnerships to accomplish information
             75      technology goals.
             76          (ii) (A) The governor may also require other information under these guidelines and at
             77      times as the governor may direct.
             78          (B) These guidelines may include a requirement for program productivity and
             79      performance measures, where appropriate, with emphasis on outcome indicators.
             80          (b) The estimate for the Legislative Department as certified by the presiding officers of
             81      both houses shall be included in the budget without revision by the governor. Before preparing
             82      the estimates for the Legislative Department, the Legislature shall report to the Information
             83      Technology Commission the proposed information technology expenditures and objectives, the
             84      proposed appropriation requests and other sources of revenue necessary to fund the proposed
             85      expenditures, including an analysis of:
             86          (i) the Legislature's implementation of information technology goals;
             87          (ii) any coordination of information technology with other departments of state and
             88      local government;
             89          (iii) any efforts to develop public/private partnerships to accomplish information


             90      technology goals; and
             91          (iv) any performance measures used by the entity for implementing information
             92      technology goals.
             93          (c) The estimate for the Judicial Department, as certified by the state court
             94      administrator, shall also be included in the budget without revision, but the governor may make
             95      separate recommendations on it. Before preparing the estimates for the Judicial Department,
             96      the state court administrator shall report to the Information Technology Commission the
             97      proposed information technology expenditures and objectives, the proposed appropriation
             98      requests and other sources of revenue necessary to fund the proposed expenditures, including
             99      an analysis of:
             100          (i) the Judicial Department's information technology goals;
             101          (ii) coordination of information technology statewide between all courts;
             102          (iii) any efforts to develop public/private partnerships to accomplish information
             103      technology goals; and
             104          (iv) any performance measures used by the entity for implementing information
             105      technology goals.
             106          (d) Before preparing the estimates for the State Office of Education, the state
             107      superintendent shall report to the Information Technology Commission the proposed
             108      information technology expenditures and objectives, the proposed appropriation requests and
             109      other sources of revenue necessary to fund the proposed expenditures, including an analysis of:
             110          (i) the Office of Education's information technology goals;
             111          (ii) coordination of information technology statewide between all public schools;
             112          (iii) any efforts to develop public/private partnerships to accomplish information
             113      technology goals; and
             114          (iv) any performance measures used by the Office of Education for implementing
             115      information technology goals.
             116          (e) Before preparing the estimates for the state system of Higher Education, the
             117      commissioner shall report to the Information Technology Commission the proposed
             118      information technology expenditures and objectives, the proposed appropriation requests and
             119      other sources of revenue necessary to fund the proposed expenditures, including an analysis of:
             120          (i) Higher Education's information technology goals;


             121          (ii) coordination of information technology statewide within the state system of higher
             122      education;
             123          (iii) any efforts to develop public/private partnerships to accomplish information
             124      technology goals; and
             125          (iv) any performance measures used by the state system of higher education for
             126      implementing information technology goals.
             127          (f) The governor may require the attendance at budget meetings of representatives of
             128      public and higher education, state departments and institutions, and other institutions or
             129      individuals applying for state appropriations.
             130          (g) The governor may revise all estimates, except those relating to the Legislative
             131      Department, the Judicial Department, and those providing for the payment of principal and
             132      interest to the state debt and for the salaries and expenditures specified by the Utah
             133      Constitution or under the laws of the state.
             134          (8) The total appropriations requested for expenditures authorized by the budget may
             135      not exceed the estimated revenues from taxes, fees, and all other sources for the next ensuing
             136      fiscal year.
             137          (9) If any item of the budget as enacted is held invalid upon any ground, the invalidity
             138      does not affect the budget itself or any other item in it.
             139          (10) (a) In submitting the budgets for the Departments of Health and Human Services
             140      and the Office of the Attorney General, the governor shall consider a separate recommendation
             141      in his budget for funds to be contracted to:
             142          (i) local mental health authorities under Section 62A-15-110 ;
             143          (ii) local substance abuse authorities under Section 62A-15-110 ;
             144          (iii) area agencies under Section 62A-3-104.2 ;
             145          (iv) programs administered directly by and for operation of the Divisions of Substance
             146      Abuse and Mental Health and Aging and Adult Services;
             147          (v) local health departments under Title 26A, Chapter 1, Local Health [Departments]
             148      Department Act; and
             149          (vi) counties for the operation of Children's Justice Centers under Section 67-5b-102 .
             150          (b) In his budget recommendations under Subsections (10)(a)(i), (ii), and (iii), the
             151      governor shall consider an amount sufficient to grant local health departments, local mental


             152      health authorities, local substance abuse authorities, and area agencies the same percentage
             153      increase for wages and benefits that he includes in his budget for persons employed by the
             154      state.
             155          (c) If the governor does not include in his budget an amount sufficient to grant the
             156      increase described in Subsection (10)(b), he shall include a message to the Legislature
             157      regarding his reason for not including that amount.
             158          (11) (a) In submitting the budget for the Division of Services for People with
             159      Disabilities, the Division of Child and Family Services, and the Division of Youth Corrections
             160      within the Department of Human Services, the governor shall consider an amount sufficient to
             161      grant employees of corporations that provide direct services under contract with those
             162      divisions, the same percentage increase for cost-of-living that he includes in his budget for
             163      persons employed by the state.
             164          (b) If the governor does not include in his budget an amount sufficient to grant the
             165      increase described in Subsection (11)(a), he shall include a message to the Legislature
             166      regarding his reason for not including that amount.
             167          (12) (a) The Families, Agencies, and Communities Together Council may propose to
             168      the governor under Subsection 63-75-4 (4)(e) a budget recommendation for collaborative
             169      service delivery systems operated under Section 63-75-6.5 .
             170          (b) The Legislature may, through a specific program schedule, designate funds
             171      appropriated for collaborative service delivery systems operated under Section 63-75-6.5 .
             172          (13) The governor shall include in his budget the state's portion of the budget for the
             173      Utah Communications Agency Network established in Title 63C, Chapter 7, Utah
             174      Communications Agency Network Act.
             175          (14) In adopting a budget for each fiscal year, the Legislature shall consider an amount
             176      sufficient to grant local health departments, local mental health authorities, local substance
             177      abuse authorities, and area agencies on aging the same percentage increase for wages and
             178      benefits that is included in the budget for persons employed by the state.





Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-10-02 2:24 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


Interim Committee Note
    as of 12-12-02 4:45 PM


The Health and Human Services Interim Committee recommended this bill.


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