Utah Code 63J-1-902. Definitions

63J-1-902. Definitions.
As used in this part:

(1)	“Appropriated entity” means any entity that receives state funds.

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
Appropriated entity: means any entity that receives state funds. See Utah Code 63J-1-902
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Product or service: means an appropriated entity's final output or outcome. See Utah Code 63J-1-902
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
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)

(a)

“Funding item” means an increase to an agency‘s state funding that:

(i)	is $50,000 or more; and

(ii)	results from action during a legislative session.

(b)

“Funding item” does not include:

(i)	a technical budget adjustment;

(ii)	restoration of a recent reduction;

(iii)

a standardized adjustment, including an internal service fund increase or compensation increase; or

(iv)	any increase that the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst agree is similar to an increase described in Subsections (2)(b)(i) through (iii).

(3)	“Performance measure” means a program objective, effectiveness measure, program size indicator, or other related measure.

(4)	“Product or service” means an appropriated entity‘s final output or outcome.

(5)	“Government process” means a set of functions and procedures by which an appropriated entity creates a product or service.

Amended by Chapter 24, 2023 General Session