1     
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FEES AMENDMENTS

2     
2023 GENERAL SESSION

3     
STATE OF UTAH

4     
Chief Sponsor: Sahara Hayes

5     
Senate Sponsor: ____________

6     

7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill addresses Department of Commerce (department) reporting requirements.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     requires the department to include information regarding funding, revenue, and fees
13     in an annual report to the governor and the Business and Labor Interim Committee;
14     and
15          ▸     makes technical changes.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          13-1-8, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1983, Chapter 322
23     

24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 13-1-8 is amended to read:
26          13-1-8. Annual report.
27          (1) [The] Before October 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and submit to the
28     governor and the [Legislature by October 1 of each year an annual] Business and Labor Interim
29     Committee a written report of the operation, activities and goals of the department, [its]
30     including the department's divisions[,] and agencies, for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
31          (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), for the department and each of the
32     department's divisions and agencies, the department shall include in the written report:
33          (a) the total amount of:
34          (i) funds appropriated by the Legislature during the immediately preceding fiscal year;
35          (ii) restricted account funds available;
36          (iii) revenue received during the immediately preceding fiscal year; and
37          (iv) expenditures made during the immediately preceding fiscal year;
38          (b) the percentage change in revenue over the immediately preceding two fiscal years;
39     and
40          (c) a description of each set fee that changed during the immediately preceding fiscal
41     year and the amount of change.
42          (3) The report described in Subsection (2) does not include:
43          (a) the Division of Public Utilities; or
44          (b) the Office of Consumer Services.