Show Text of Governor Maws Maw's Message to Special Sessi n of Following is the complete text of Governor Herbert 13 Maws Maw's to the special sessIon of the legislature whIch Monday Ladles and Gentlemen of the Legislature There Is no subject concerning the state government in which more public interest is shown than is the subject of my talk talk- namely the state budget Everone Ever Ever- one seems to agree that the con con- bIennIal mounting of state appropriations should stop and they are lookIng to this legIslature legIs- legIs lature to do something about stopping it Increased appropriations means Increased taxation During times lIke these when the federal tax burdens on both Industry and IndivIduals Is Increasing In- In creasing by leaps and bounds of the national program It should become the of the state and local government units to operate oper- oper ate as economIcally as possible to pay ot all theIr debts as soon I as possible and to put themselves them them- selves In a financial condition to meet the emergencies which might follow the second World war aws aw's atlo s My observations sInce takIng office have convInced me of one thIng that the method of makIng mak- mak Ing approprIations practiced by past legislatures of our state is wasteful MaterIal cannot can can- not be effected under It It Is wasteful In the first place because be- be cause no one nor knows has anyone attempted to find out through careful how much the various state agencies agen- agen cies need to operate efficiently ef- ef and at the same time economIcally the state has maintained a budget department depart depart- ment for many years no program for discovering departmental needs has been projected The budget officers ave confined con con- fined theIr efforts primarily to the problem of department depart depart- ment expenditures within the limits of theIr legIslative appropriations Legislatures have not been provIded with accurate data on department needs State budgets have Instead been based on department requests re- re quests guesswork political and community pressures lobby tactics tac- tac tics and other factors which tend to increase grants Methods In the second place it Is wasteful waste waste- ful because It is impossIble to toa a determIne for two years in advance during dur- dur ing changing times like these just what the varIous servIces will require Who for Instance can tell what the needs educational institutions be during the next biennium To date the enrollment of most of our schools have increased year year- ly From the east however comes the report that unIversities ties in the industrial centers have lost 20 per cent of their enrollment enroll enroll- ment during the past year If some of the defense industrIes are established in utah as we hope what effect will they have on our universitIes we cut down on to them now or give some of them larger sums of money with whIch to purchase facilities to train our citizens for these industries It ItIs Is impossible to what their needs will be ore l Than Necessary The same reasoning can be ap- ap pIled to 50 per cent of the appropriations to be considered by this legislature The experiences of the past have proved that those which receive more than they need will spend all they will get and those do donot not get enough wIll lobby the governor for more The third factor which encourages ages waste is the financial independence inde- inde of each state agency No one of them is dependent in any way on any other In ning fiscal p Instances are numerous Instance where office equIpment will be Permanently Perma- Perma Idle In one department while another one in the same building is purchasing the same kind of for Its use MachInery located in one district of the state has been seen to rust away from nonuse while in another an- an other district the same kInd of machinery Is being purchased The same to travel Centralized Control It repeatedly happens that several sev- sev eral state each In a different car and each receiving mileage from the stat will travel trav- trav el from different departments in the capitol building to the same point often on the same day to perform separate duties which only require a few mInutes each whereas with centralized control one person could often represent all of the departments in one trip AIl of these circumstances bring up the question of what can be done to preserve the states state's revenues The answer is greater executive control of the budget No one wants to reduce or handicap the present services rendered by any agency but every taxpayer Is anxious that all possible economIes be Invoked It Is with the thought of preserving pre pre- serving the present services of the state and at the same time elimInating wastes that I present to you for your consideration a somewhat different program pf appropriations It is my belief that all of the objections presented pre pre- above will be overcome If fou will enact the legIslation which I have in compliance with law prepared My proposal is based upon the conviction that most of the extravagances In the state set up come from those items classified In the bIennIal budget travel equipment equip ment repairs maintenance and Salaries Not Excessive Department requests for salarIes sal arIes though In some cases are area a little high in most cases are not excessIve Amounts asked for for office and telephone and telegraph are quite 4 reasonable But a portion of the requests lIsted under travel I equIpment maintenance etc are Intended to uncertaIn taIn future needs which mIght arise Observation aIso proof that substantial portions of appropriations made for special projects are blindly made and unwisely spent The budget bill which has been prepared for your consIderation provides for appropriations to the several state agencies in amounts intended to cover only the salarIes of officers and em- em and office operating ex- ex The bIll provIdes that all other general fund Incomes for forthe the bIennium shall go Into a special cial fund to be known as the thes s tat government operating fund from whIch the governor by and th the consent of the board of examIners may pay lor lorall all of the travel equIpment repairs re- re pairs building postage premIums pre pre- special projects addItional addItion addItion- al labor and other requIrements of every department of state Request Presentation When any state agency needs new equipment or desIres to undertake un- un a new projects or works out a travel pr gram or requires any repaIrs etc it present its requests in advance to a desIgnated des des- state official who will investigate in- in the request and make recommendations as to need to the board of examiners That board judge each request on its merits and no money can be spent on such requested projects without board approval If one department needs a new typewriter type type- writer for Instance It present pre pre- sent a request to the budget om- om who if on investigation finds that a typewriter Is necessary for efficient service first attempt at- at tempt to supply the need from machines in nonuse in other departments de- de before recommendIng the expenditure of the state money for a new typewriter A transportation center be set up and an economical plan of carrying state on states state's busIness to their destinations des des- will be worked out Instead In- In stead of the legislature making appropriations for special services ices or projects such as the buIlding of dams and reservoirs or for weed control or for buildIng build build- Ing repaIrs etc the plans for such projects must each be consIdered con con- and approved by the board of examiners before they are launched When approved they will be paid for irom the special fund Centralized Control This plan of centralized control con con- of purchases etc apply ap- ap ply not only to those agencies receiving revenues from the general gen gen- eral fund but to all state de- de The amounts spent by the road commissIon fish and game commission liquor com mission and board and other agencies receivIng appropriations from general funds during the last two years tor travel printing postage equipment equip equip- ment premiums etc have been compiled The appropriations bill provides that a sum equal to these amounts be transferred from the revenues of those departments de- de to the state government govern govern- ment operating fund from which all department needs for these items be supplied during the next biennium By such a method an state expenditures ex- ex for materIals and services which have in the past proved costly and wasteful be brought under the control of admInistrative elective officers who are responsible directly to the people and at the same time no department or agency of the state will be deprived of a y- y thing It needs Figures The following figures will present pre pre- sent a true picture of the effects of thIs program on the bUdget The estimated for the general fund during the next biennium which In the light of probable prosperous condition due to the defense program may bea little conservative is 7 Department requests from the same biennium not including in- in for new buildings build build- ings amount or more than the estimated esti- esti mated J I Under the bill there would appropriated to the various departments and institutions for salaries office expenses ex- ex and In the cases or unIversities and other Institutions for maintenance the sum of 4 leavIng a balance based on the conservative estimate of the states state's income and including the sum of transferred from the special funds to cover costs of equipment travel etc for the road F G welfare and lIquor and other departments as explained above of in inthe the state operating expense fund with whIch the board of examiners mIght provide the travel equipment repaIrs special cial projects etc for the entire state From this figure must be subtracted the amount the legislature legis- legis lature appropriate for teachers teachers' teach teach- ers ers' retirement and to w h i c h must be added the balance in the general fund at t e end of the present bIennium With that amount of money it Is inconceivable able to believe that the board of examiners cannot only keep the expenditures of the state well within the estimated revenues during the next two years but butIn In addItion have a large balance left over at the end of the bien- bien nhim In order that you might have havea a clear picture of the method A Takes Up Legislative Reins PRESIDES OVER STATE SENATE AT SPECIAL SESSION Senator Grant Macfarlane replaces Senator Wendell Grover adopted for arrivIng at my budget et fIgures may I outline generally gener- gener ally what the recommended appropriations ap- ap for the va r i 0 us groups Include The budget requests of the governor gov- gov attorney general secretary secre- secre tary of state and other elective officers are classified under the captions salaries office expense ex- ex pense travel equipment and contingent expenses In my recommendations for approprIations to these offices of- of I set up an amount equal to the present salary schedules of each plus the amount required by each for office supplies and telephone and telegraph The appropriations provides that the total of these be appropriated ed directly to the departments The requirements of each of these departments for travel equipment contingent expenses for postage printing insurance etc however be paid from the state government operating fund after each request has been given careful consideration and approved No appropriations have been made for postage to any department de- de within the capitol building because a central mailing mail mail- ing room be established and an official stamping machine in- in stalled Under this program for example ex- ex ample the governors governor's office which requested for the biennium will receIve under the proposed plan All additional addi- addi requirements of the office Including additional personnel must be approved by the board of after an examination examina- examina tion as to need before being al- al lowed The same scheme was followed fol- fol lowed In the cases of all other departments not included in the reorganIzation program whose offices are in the state capitol In the cases of state Institutions like the state prison state hospital Industrial school trainIng train train- Ing school and the like where the inmates live at the Institutions and are wards of the state the appropriations to the institutions include salarIes for the biennium bi- bi based on the present pay pay- rolI plus office expenses bedding bed bed- ding food wearing apparel supplies sup sup- plies and similar contingent re- re As In other cases all other expenditures such as asfor for travel equipment repairs maintenance land purchases Insurance In- In addItional personnel etc will be paid when approved from the special fund lg Savings IndIcated The specific needs of the departments de- de organized under the reorganization program cannot be definItely determIned at pres- pres ent However a careful study Indicates tremendous savings will come in all categories from the reorganization plan Appropriations to those departments hav been worked out on the same principle as described above namely salarIes based upon what a careful analysis of the reorganization charts would Indicate were necessary and an amoun t for office expenses less postage insurance etc appropriated directly di- di to the department all other expenditures are to be paid from the special fund In arriving at the appropriatIon tIon figures for the junior colleges col- col leges and universIties I took the salary schedules of each for the present year doubled them for forthe the biennium and added about 10 per cent of the regular payroll pay pay- roll to each to permit the customary cus- cus tomary 5 per cent yearly increase In salaries In addItion I added the amounts requIred for maIntenance maIn maIn- and general office expenses ex- ex based upon each Institutions Institution's tion's requests Travel equIpment equIp equIp- ment addItional salaries Improvements Im- Im repaIrs etc will be handled as described above As the approprIations to all institutions of higher education were computed with the same formula any increasing in the appropriations for anyone of them will be unfair to the remainder No Special Funds No special appropriations to any state agency for specific purpose pur- pur pose other than their general operating op- op expenses as described above have been made Services such as underground water administration ad- ad ministration small reservoir investigation in- in flood control weed eradIcation poultry diseases agricultural ag- ag fair trades adminIstration tion and kIndred special services will be paid after investigation and on approval by the board of examiners out of the state government gov- gov operating fund Appropriations her e t 0 for e made to department heads for standing state expenses such as prInting of the statutes binding of public documents juror fees salarIes of county officials etc wIll be paid from the special fund During past years the legislature legisla- legisla ture has made approprIations to special groups such as officers of shows childrens children's aid societies so- so neighborhood houses etc all of whom are rendering services ices which are beneficIal to soci- soci ety I have included none of these groups in the appropriation bill As to whether such expenditures of the states state's money should continue con con- Is a legislative problem As Asto to how far the state should go in such appropriations If they are made should be carefully considered con con- by your body Mones Mone's Earmarked As was poInted out In my message mes- mes sage to the regular session of the twenty fourth legislature about 80 per cent of the moneys spent by the state is earmarked It Is my opinion |