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 and programs.
- (2) "Budget execution plan" means a proposal submitted by an administrative unit of state government to the Division of Finance enumerating expected revenues and authorized expenditures within line items and among programs.
- (3) "Debt service" means the money that is required annually to cover the repayment of interest and principal on state debt.
(4)
- (a) "Dedicated credits" means collections by an agency that fund agency operations.
(b) "Dedicated credits" includes:
- (i) assessments;
- (ii) sales of goods and materials;
- (iii) sales of services;
- (iv) permits, licenses, and other fees;
- (v) fines, penalties, and forfeitures; and
- (vi) rental revenue.
(c) "Dedicated credits" does not include:
- (i) expendable receipts;
- (ii) revenues otherwise designated by law for deposit into another fund or account;
- (iii) federal revenues and the related pass through; or
- (iv) revenues that are not deposited in governmental funds.
(5)
- (a) "Expendable receipts" means collections by an agency for expenditures that are limited by a nonstate entity that provides the funds.
(b) "Expendable receipts" includes:
- (i) grants;
- (ii) state matches for federal revenues paid by a nonstate entity; and
- (iii) rebates, including pharmacy rebates, that have similar restrictions on expenditures as the original program.
(c) "Expendable receipts" does not include:
- (i) dedicated credits;
- (ii) revenues otherwise designated by law for deposit into another fund or account;
- (iii) federal revenues and the related pass through; or
- (iv) revenues that are not deposited into governmental funds.
- (6) "Federal revenues" means collections by an agency from a federal source that are deposited into an account for expenditure by the agency.
(7) "Free revenue" includes:
(a) collections that are required by law to be deposited in:
- (i) the General Fund;
- (ii) the Income Tax Fund;
- (iii) the Uniform School Fund; or
- (iv) the Transportation Fund;
- (b) collections that are not otherwise designated by law;
- (c) collections that are not externally restricted; and
- (d) collections that are not included in an approved budget execution plan.
- (8) "Grant" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63J-7-101.
(9)
(a) "Item of appropriation" means an authorization of expenditure contained in legislation that appropriates funds and includes the following:
- (i) the name of the agency and line item to which authorization is granted; and
- (ii) sources of finance from which authorization is granted and associated amounts authorized.
(b) "Item of appropriation" also includes:
- (i) a schedule of programs;
- (ii) intent language;
- (iii) approved full-time equivalent employment;
- (iv) authorized capital outlay; and
- (v) other conditions of appropriation.
- (10) "Line item" means a unit of accounting, typically representing an administrative unit of state government within an agency, that contains one or more programs.
(11) "Major revenue types" means:
- (a) free revenue;
- (b) federal revenue;
- (c) restricted revenue;
- (d) dedicated credits; and
- (e) expendable receipts.
- (12) "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.
(13) "Restricted revenue" means collections that are:
- (a) deposited, by law, into a separate fund, subfund, or account; and
- (b) designated for a specific program or purpose.
- (14) "Schedule of programs" means a list of programs and associated authorization amounts within an item of appropriation.
Amended by Chapter 456, 2022 General Session