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DOPL auditors flag excess cash balances; agency seeks pay boosts for inspectors and vehicle replacements
Summary
Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) staff told the committee that audit follow-up shows excessive cash balances across boards; DOPL requested targeted ongoing funding to raise inspector starting pay and one-time funds for vehicle and hardware replacement.
Analysts and the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Thursday that legislative auditors continue to report an open finding related to excessive cash balances in board accounts, and DOPL asked for targeted funding to address high turnover among inspectors and to replace vehicles and hardware.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst for Legislative Services, summarized DOPL's organizational history and finances. He said DOPL was created by House Bill 318 of 2020 to consolidate licensing functions previously spread across 11 agencies; the division now oversees roughly 45 boards and commissions and about 200,000 licensees. McGurkin said the agency currently has a 267.2 FTP cap and that roughly 73% of FY 2024 expenditures were personnel costs.
McGurkin drew attention to a spike in receipts and transfers recorded in one year of the five-year review: "83,000,000 in receipts and transfers in FY '2022. This represents 50,000,000 in transfers from previous cash balances…
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