(1) 

Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-9-301

  • 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(a)  The Board of Examiners shall audit any claim presented to it, if the settlement of the claim is required by law.

(b)  If the claim is approved, the board shall transmit it to the Legislature with a statement of the reasons for the approval.

(2)  When an agency’s line item appropriation has been overexpended and a written report is submitted to the board as required by Section 63J-1-217, the board shall review the report and either:

(a)  recommend and submit to the Legislature any supplemental appropriations or corrective legislation that may be needed; or

(b)  recommend other internal procedures or policies that will make an overexpenditure in the future unlikely.

Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session