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This chapter is known as the "Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act."
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This chapter is known as the "Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act."
As used in this chapter: (1) "Accounting reports" means an audit, a review, a compilation, or a fiscal report. (2) "Audit" means an examination that: (a) is performed in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, or for a nonprofit corporation or a governmental nonprofit corporation, in accordanc…
(1) The governing board of an entity whose revenues or expenditures of all funds is $1,000,000 or more shall cause an audit to be made of its accounts by a competent certified public accountant. (2) The governing board of an entity whose revenues or expenditures of all funds is less than $1,000,000 shall cause a financ…
(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Federal pass through money" means federal money received by a nonprofit corporation through a subaward or contract from the state or a political subdivision. (ii) "Federal pass through money" does not include federal money received by a nonprofit corporation as payment for goods or…
(1) The governing board of each entity required to have an audit, review, compilation, or fiscal report shall ensure that the audit, review, compilation, or fiscal report is: (a) made at least annually; and (b) filed with the state auditor within six months of the close of the fiscal year of the entity. (2) If the poli…
(1) The governing body of each political subdivision and each interlocal organization or other local entity required to submit an accounting report shall: (a) file and preserve all accounting reports; and (b) file copies of all accounting reports with the state auditor. (2) Copies of the accounting reports are open to…
(1) Except for political subdivisions that do not receive or expend public funds, the state auditor shall adopt guidelines, qualifications criteria, and procurement procedures for use in the procurement of audit services for all entities that are required by Section 51-2a-201 to cause an accounting report to be made. (…
(1) If a political subdivision, interlocal organization, or other local entity does not comply with the accounting report requirements of Section 51-2a-201, the state auditor may: (a) withhold allocated state funds to pay the cost of the accounting report, in accordance with Subsection (2); or (b) prohibit financial ac…
(1) The state auditor shall make, or shall cause an accounting report to be made, of any entity that does not comply with the accounting report requirements as provided in Title 51, Chapter 2a, Part 2, Accounting Reports. (2) The state auditor shall contract with a licensed certified public accountant to complete the a…
(1) The General Fund shall be reimbursed by the entity for which an audit, review, or compilation are in whole or in part performed, whenever the state auditor or legislative auditor general is required by law or constitutional provision to perform that audit, review, or compilation or cause that audit, review, or comp…
(1) As used in this section, "agency" means each officer, board, commission, institution, department, division, agency, and other similar instrumentality of the state of Utah. (2) Except as provided under Section 53H-8-502, or through the receipt of a written variance from the state treasurer, each agency shall deposit…
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Officer" means each: (i) county treasurer, county auditor, county assessor, county clerk, clerk of the district court, city treasurer, city clerk, justice court judge; and (ii) other officer of a political subdivision. (b) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, town, school dist…
This chapter is known as the "Funds Consolidation Act."
(1) Each administrative unit of state government shall comply with this chapter, which establishes the state's fiscal procedures for state government funds. (2) Except when in conflict with constitutional and statutory provisions, each administrative unit of state government shall apply generally accepted accounting pr…
As used in this chapter: (1) "Account groups" means a self-balancing set of accounts used to establish accounting control and accountability for the state's general fixed assets and general long-term obligations. (2) "Accrual basis" means the basis of accounting under which revenues are recorded when earned and expendi…
(1) (a) (i) The funds enumerated in this section are established as major fund types. (ii) All resources and financial transactions of Utah state government shall be accounted for within one of these major fund types. (b) (i) All funds or subfunds shall be consolidated into one of the state's major fund types. (ii) Whe…
The Utah Housing Corporation is exempt from this chapter.
The Division of Finance shall, when necessary, establish funds or subfunds, including budgetary and proprietary accounting funds or subfunds within the framework of the major fund types established by this chapter.
(1) The Division of Finance shall: (a) use generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental units in: (i) its accounting procedures; and (ii) its reports of the state's financial position and results of operations in each fiscal period; and (b) note any deviation for budget purposes in the state's fi…
The revenues and other resources of the governmental funds are subject to legislative review and appropriation for each fiscal period.
(1) Direct or indirect references to the word "fund," or any other synonymous word contained in the Utah Code Annotated 1953, that is used to identify a separate accounting entity, means a fund account or subfund except where that fund meets the definition of a major fund type according to generally accepted accounting…
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Money Management Act."
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the following funds are exempt from this chapter: (a) funds invested in accordance with the participating employees' designation or direction pursuant to a public employees' deferred compensation plan established and operated in compliance with Section 457 of the Internal Reven…
As used in this chapter: (1) "Agent" means the same as that term is defined in Section 61-1-13. (2) "Certified dealer" means: (a) a primary reporting dealer recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who is certified by the director as having met the applicable criteria of council rule; or (b) a broker dealer w…
The fiscal year of the state of Utah shall commence on the first day of July of each year.