(1) 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.

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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
  • 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) No appropriation from a fund or account or appropriation to a program may be treated as nonlapsing unless:

     (2)(a) it is listed in Section 63J-1-602.1 or 63J-1-602.2;
     (2)(b) it is designated in a condition of appropriation in the appropriations bill; or
     (2)(c) nonlapsing authority is granted under Section 63J-1-603.
(3) 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.
(4) Except as provided in Subsection (5), 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:

     (4)(a) if applicable, the results of the prior year’s planned use of the agency’s nonlapsing appropriations; and
     (4)(b) 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:

          (4)(b)(i) the estimated cost of the expense; and
          (4)(b)(ii) the number of years until the agency will accumulate the amount required to pay for the expense.
(5) The State Board of Education shall submit the report described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b) on or before October 10 of each calendar year.