Utah Code § 63J-1-901 Title.
63J-1-901. Title.
This part is known as "Government Performance Reporting and Efficiency Process."
Enacted by Chapter 421, 2021 General Session
Government Performance Reporting and Efficiency Process
Utah Code tit. 63J, ch. 63J-1, pt. 63J-1-P9
in effectUtah Code § 63J-1-902 Definitions.
63J-1-902. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Appropriated entity" means any entity that receives state funds.
(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
Utah Code § 63J-1-903 Performance measure and funding item reporting.
63J-1-903. Performance measure and funding item reporting.
(1) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst may develop an information system to collect, track, and publish agency performance measures.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), each executive department agency shall:
(a) in consultation with the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, develop performance measures to include in an appropriations act for each fiscal year; and
(b) on or before August 15 of each calendar year, provide to the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst:
(i) any recommendations for legislative changes for the next fiscal year to the agency's previously adopted performance measures or targets; and
(ii) a report of the final status of the agency's performance measures included in the appropriations act for the fiscal year ending the previous June 30.
(3) The State Board of Education and the Utah Board of Higher Education shall comply with the requirements in Subsections (2)(a) and (b) on or before November 1 of each calendar year.
(4) Each judicial department agency shall:
(a) develop performance measures to include in an appropriations act for each fiscal year; and
(b) annually submit to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst a report that contains:
(i) any recommendations for legislative changes for the next fiscal year to the agency's previously adopted performance measures; and
(ii) the final status of the agency's performance measures included in the appropriations act for the fiscal year ending the previous June 30.
(5) Within 21 days after the day on which the Legislature adjourns a legislative session sine die, the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall:
(a) create a list of funding items passed during the legislative session;
(b) from the list described in Subsection (5)(a), identify in a sublist each funding item that increases state funding by $500,000 or more from state funds; and
(c) provide the lists described in this subsection to each executive department agency.
(6) Except as provided in Subsection (6), each executive department agency shall provide to the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst:
(a) for each funding item on the list described in Subsection (5)(b), within 60 days after the day on which the Legislature adjourns a legislative session sine die:
(i) one or more proposed performance measures; and
(ii) a target for each performance measure described in Subsection (6)(a)(i); and
(b) for each funding item on the list described in Subsection (5)(a), on or before August 15 of each year after the close of the fiscal year in which the funding item was first funded, a report that includes:
(i) the status of each performance measure relative to the measure's target as described in Subsection (6)(a), if applicable;
(ii) the actual amount the agency spent, if any, on the funding item; and
(iii)
(A) the month and year in which the agency implemented the program or project associated with the funding item; or
(B) if the program or project associated with the funding item is not fully implemented, the month and year in which the agency anticipates fully implementing the program or project associated with the funding item.
(7) The State Board of Education and the Utah Board of Higher Education shall comply with Subsection (5)(b) on or before November 1 of each calendar year.
(8)
(a) After an executive department agency provides proposed performance measures in accordance with Subsection (6)(a), the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall review the proposed performance measures and, if necessary, coordinate with the executive department agency to modify and finalize the performance measures.
(b) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the executive department agency shall finalize each proposed performance measure before July 1.
(9) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst may jointly request that an executive department agency provide the report required under Subsection (6)(b) in a different fiscal year than the fiscal year in which the funding item was first funded or in multiple fiscal years.
(10) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget shall:
(a) review at least 20% of the performance measures described in Subsection (2) annually; and
(b) ensure that the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget reviews each performance measure described in Subsection (2) at least once every five years.
(11) The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall review the performance measures described in Subsection (2) on a schedule that aligns with the appropriations subcommittee's applicable accountable budget process described in legislative rule.
(12)
(a) The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall report the relevant performance measure information described in this section to the Executive Appropriations Committee and the appropriations subcommittees, as appropriate.
(b) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget shall report the relevant performance measure information described in this section to the governor.
(13) Each executive department agency, when the agency's budget is subject to a legislative appropriations subcommittee's accountable budget process, shall:
(a) conduct a thorough evaluation of the agency's performance measures, internal budget process, and budget controls; and
(b) submit the results of the evaluation to the legislative appropriations subcommittee.
Amended by Chapter 86, 2024 General Session
Utah Code § 63J-1-904 Efficiency improvement process.
63J-1-904. Efficiency improvement process.
(1) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall jointly operate a process to identify and prioritize government processes to target for efficiency improvements.
(2) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall ensure that the efficiency improvement process described in Subsection (1) addresses the following:
(a) the roles of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst throughout the efficiency improvement process;
(b) the process by which an appropriated entity's government process is selected for an efficiency evaluation;
(c) the criteria and methodology used for an efficiency evaluation;
(d) metrics demonstrating success, including:
(i) service delivery savings;
(ii) cost-savings; or
(iii) time-savings;
(e) rewards, recognitions, or incentives for an appropriated entity to make recommendations for or implement recommendations from an efficiency evaluation or other measurable efficiency improvements;
(f) whether to create a formal or informal committee that advises the efficiency improvement process; and
(g) the process by which the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst notify the Office of the Legislative Auditor General when an efficiency evaluation is completed.
(3) On or before October 1 of each year, the entity shall report to the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst on the entity's progress toward the metrics described in Subsection (2)(d).
(4) If the efficiency improvements result in cost-savings, as described in Subsection (2)(d), the entity may:
(a) request a portion of funds to be treated as nonlapsing in accordance with Section 63J-1-602; and
(b) use the funds for employee retention or employee performance incentives.
(5) The Office of the Legislative Auditor General shall:
(a) independently review the results of each efficiency evaluation conducted under this section, including whether the executive department agency implemented any recommendations from the efficiency evaluation;
(b) provide a copy of the findings from the review to the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst;
(c) verify the reported progress described in Subsection (3); and
(d) report the findings from the review to the Legislative Management Committee.
(6) Each calendar year before December 31, the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall report to the governor and the Legislative Management Committee, respectively, regarding the status of the efficiency improvement process and recommended changes, if any.
(7) The efficiency improvement process described in this section does not apply to a legislative department government process.
Amended by Chapter 54, 2025 General Session
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