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DOPL audit finds excess board cash balances; administrator seeks targeted pay increases and vehicle replacements
Summary
Legislative auditors flagged persistent excess cash balances across boards now under the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses; DOPL requested targeted inspector pay increases and one‑time vehicle and hardware replacements as it works on fee reductions and reporting plans.
Legislative auditors and Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses officials told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 6 that DOPL (the consolidated division that now administers professional licensing) continues to work to reduce excess cash balances held by individual boards and commissions while seeking targeted budget changes to address staff turnover.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst, told the committee DOPL was created by House Bill 318 in 2020 and consolidated 11 predecessor agencies and their boards into a single division. McGurkin said DOPL now supervises roughly 45 boards and commissions covering hundreds of professions and tracks approximately 200,000 licensees in board records; later in the hearing the administrator said the figure is approaching 300,000…
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