Title 63J, Title 63J: Budgeting

63J-1-1005. Legal Services and Litigation Program. (1) There is created within the office the Legal Services and Litigation Program to be funded by appropriations made by the Legislature. (2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the office shall administer the program for t…

63J-1-101. Title. (1) This title is known as "Budgeting." (2) This chapter is known as the "Budgetary Procedures Act."

63J-1-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means a unit of accounting, typically associated with a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government, that includes line items a…

63J-1-103. Agency exempt from act. The Utah Housing Corporation is exempt from this act.

63J-1-104. Revenue types -- Disposition of free revenue and restricted revenue. (1) The Division of Finance shall: account for revenues in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and use the major revenue types in internal accounting. Each agency shall: use the …

63J-1-105. Revenue types -- Disposition of dedicated credits and expendable receipts. (1) Dedicated credits are subject to appropriations and the restrictions in this chapter. An agency may expend dedicated credits for any purpose within the program or line item. (2) Except as pr…

63J-1-201. Governor's proposed budget to Legislature -- Contents -- Preparation -- Appropriations based on current tax laws and not to exceed estimated revenues. (1) The governor shall deliver, not later than 30 days before the date the Legislature convenes in the annual general …

63J-1-201.5. Financial statement to be submitted annually. The governor shall submit an audited financial statement no later than December 31 of each year that shows: (1) the revenues and expenditures for the last fiscal year; (2) payment and discharge of the principal and intere…

63J-1-205. Revenue volatility report. (1) Beginning in 2011 and continuing every three years after 2011, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget shall submit a joint revenue volatility report to the Executive Appropriations Committee prior …

63J-1-205.1. Legislature to pay debt service first. The Legislature shall appropriate money each fiscal year sufficient to pay the principal, premium, and interest due on the state's outstanding general obligation bonds before making any other appropriation in the fiscal year.

63J-1-206. Appropriations governed by chapter -- Restrictions on expenditures -- Transfer of funds -- Exclusion. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, or where expressly exempted in the appropriating act: (1)(b) (2)(e) all money appropriated by the Legislature is appropriated…

63J-1-207. Uniform School Fund -- Appropriations. (1) Appropriations made from the General Fund to the Uniform School Fund to assist in financing the state's portion of the minimum school program, as provided by law, shall be conditioned upon available revenue. (2) If revenues to…

63J-1-208. Conditions on appropriations binding. A condition that is attached to an item of appropriation that is not inconsistent with law is binding upon the recipient of the appropriation.

63J-1-209. Director of finance to exercise accounting control -- Budget execution plans -- Allotments and expenditures. (1) The director of finance shall exercise accounting control over all state departments, institutions, and agencies other than the Legislature and legislative …

63J-1-209.5. Reporting requirements for budget execution plans for fiscal year 2021. (1) Notwithstanding Subsection, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the director of the Division of Finance may extend the deadline described in Subsectionfor up…

63J-1-210. Restrictions on agency expenditures of money -- Lobbyists. (1) As used in this section: "Agency" means: a department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau,…

63J-1-211. Appropriating from restricted accounts. (1) As used in this section, "operating deficit" means that estimated General Fund or Uniform School Fund revenues are less than budgeted for the current or next fiscal year. (2) Notwithstanding any other statute that limits the …

63J-1-212. Duplicate payment of claims prohibited. No claim against the state, the payment of which is provided for, shall be duplicated, and the amount of any appropriation for the payment of any such claim shall be withheld if it is covered by any other appropriation.

63J-1-213. Appropriations from special funds or accounts -- Transfer by proper official only. Whenever appropriations are made from special funds, or a fund account, the transfer of money from those funds, or accounts, to the General Fund or any other fund for budgetary purposes …

63J-1-214. Warrants -- Not to be drawn until claim processed -- Redemption. (1) No warrant to cover any claim against any appropriation or fund shall be drawn until such claim has been processed as provided by law. (2) The state treasurer shall return all redeemed warrants to the…

63J-1-215. Cash funds -- Application for account -- Preference for purchasing card accounts -- Cash advances -- Revolving fund established by law excepted -- Elimination of cash funds. (1) Before any new petty cash funds may be established, the commission, department, or agency r…

63J-1-216. Allotment of funds to higher education. (1) The state fiscal officer may permit advances to be made from allotments to state institutions of higher education in sufficient amounts to provide necessary working bank balances to facilitate an orderly management of institu…

63J-1-217. Overexpenditure of budget by agency -- Prorating budget income shortfall. (1) Expenditures of departments, agencies, and institutions of state government shall be kept within revenues available for such expenditures. (2) Line items of appropriation shall not be overexp…

63J-1-218. Reduction in federal funds -- Agencies to reduce budgets. In any fiscal year in which federal grants to be received by state agencies, departments, divisions, or institutions are reduced below the level estimated in the appropriations acts for that year, the programs s…

63J-1-312. Establishing a General Fund Budget Reserve Account -- Providing for deposits and expenditures from the account -- Providing for interest generated by the account. (1) As used in this section: "General Fund appropriations" means the sum of the spending authority for a f…

63J-1-313. Establishing an Income Tax Fund Budget Reserve Account -- Providing for deposits and expenditures from the account -- Providing for interest generated by the account. (1) As used in this section: " Income Tax Fund appropriations" means the sum of the spending authority…

63J-1-314. Deposits related to the Utah Wildfire Fund and the Disaster Recovery Funding Act. (1) As used in this section, "operating deficit" means that, at the end of the fiscal year, the unassigned fund balance in the General Fund is less than zero. (2) Except as provided under…

63J-1-315. Medicaid Growth Reduction and Budget Stabilization Account -- Transfers of Medicaid growth savings -- Base budget adjustments. (1) As used in this section: "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section. 26B-1-201 "Division" means the…

63J-1-410. Internal service funds -- Governance and review. (1) For purposes of this section: "Agency" means a department, division, office, bureau, or other unit of state government, and includes any subdivision of an agency. "Agency cost" means all of an internal service fund a…

63J-1-411. Internal service funds -- End of fiscal year -- Unused authority for capital acquisition. (1) An internal service fund agency's authority to acquire capital assets under Subsectionshall lapse if the acquisition of the capital asset does not occur in the fiscal year in …

63J-1-504. Fees -- Adoption, procedure, and approval -- Establishing and assessing fees without legislative approval -- Report summarizing fees. (1) As used in this section: "Agency" means each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fun…

63J-1-505. Payment of fees prerequisite to service -- Exception. (1) State and county officers required by law to charge fees may not perform any official service unless the fees prescribed for that service are paid in advance. When the fee is paid, the officer shall perform the …

63J-1-506. Parking fees at court buildings. (1) State-owned or leased court facilities may not charge or collect fees for parking without prior approval by the Legislature. (2) The Legislature may approve, increase, decrease and approve, or reject any parking fee submitted to it …

63J-1-601. End of fiscal year -- Unexpended balances -- Funds not to be closed out -- Pending claims -- Transfer of amounts from item of appropriation -- Nonlapsing accounts and funds -- Institutions of higher education to report unexpended balances. (1) As used in this section: …

63J-1-602. Nonlapsing appropriations. (1) Each appropriation listed in Sectionoris nonlapsing. 63J-1-602.1 63J-1-602.2 (2) No appropriation from a fund or account or appropriation to a program may be treated as nonlapsing unless: it is listed in Sectionor; 63J-1-602.1 63J-1-602.2…

63J-1-602.1. List of nonlapsing appropriations from accounts and funds. Appropriations made from the following accounts or funds are nonlapsing: (1) The Native American Repatriation Restricted Account created in Section. 9-9-407 (2) Certain money payable for expenses of the Pete …

63J-1-602.1. List of nonlapsing appropriations from accounts and funds. Appropriations made from the following accounts or funds are nonlapsing: (1) The Native American Repatriation Restricted Account created in Section. 9-9-407 (2) Certain money payable for expenses of the Pete …

63J-1-602.2. List of nonlapsing appropriations to programs. Appropriations made to the following programs are nonlapsing: (1) The Legislature and the Legislature's committees. (2) The Veterinarian Education Loan Repayment Program created in Section. 4-2-902 (3) The Rangeland Impr…

63J-1-603. Nonlapsing authority. (1) As used in this section: "Agency" means each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative uni…

63J-1-901. Title. This part is known as "Government Performance Reporting and Efficiency Process."

63J-1-902. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Appropriated entity" means any entity that receives state funds. (2) "Funding item" means an increase to an agency's state funding that: is $50,000 or more; and results from action during a legislative session. "Funding item" doe…

63J-1-903. Performance measure and funding item reporting. (1) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst may develop an information system to collect, track, and publish agency performance measures. (2) Except as provided in Sub…

63J-1-904. Efficiency improvement process. (1) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall jointly operate a process to identify and prioritize government processes to target for efficiency improvements. (2) The Governor's O…

63J-2-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Revenue Procedures and Control Act."

63J-2-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the …

63J-2-201. Accounting for fee revenues. (1) The Division of Finance shall: establish revenue types; develop a computerized master file of revenue types containing, for each revenue type: the definition of each revenue type; if available, a historical record of the amount collecte…