63J-1-602. Nonlapsing appropriations.
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The appropriations from a fund or account and appropriations to a program that are listed in Section 63J-1-602.1 or 63J-1-602.2 are nonlapsing. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 63J-1-602
- 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 and programs. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Program: means a unit of accounting included on a schedule of programs within a line item used to track budget authorizations, collections, and expenditures on specific purposes or functions. See Utah Code 63J-1-102
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No appropriation from a fund or account or appropriation to a program may be treated as nonlapsing unless:
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it is designated in a condition of appropriation in the appropriations bill; or |
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nonlapsing authority is granted under Section 63J-1-603. |
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Each legislative appropriations subcommittee shall review the accounts and funds that have been granted nonlapsing authority under the provisions of this section or Section 63J-1-603. |
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On or before October 1 of each calendar year, an agency shall submit to the legislative appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the agency’s budget a report that describes the agency’s plan to expend any nonlapsing appropriations, including:
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if applicable, the results of the prior year’s planned use of the agency’s nonlapsing appropriations; and |
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if the agency plans to save all or a portion of the agency’s nonlapsing appropriations over multiple years to pay for an anticipated expense:
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the estimated cost of the expense; and |
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the number of years until the agency will accumulate the amount required to pay for the expense. |
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Amended by Chapter 409, 2023 General Session
