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DOPL briefs committee on high cash balances, audit follow-up and inspector pay request
Summary
The Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses told JFAC it is addressing long-standing audit findings about excessive cash balances, implementing fee reductions and seeking targeted pay increases and vehicle replacements for inspectors to reduce vacancies and improve inspection timeliness.
Boise — The Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Feb. 6 that it is working to correct long-standing audit findings related to high cash balances, is implementing fee reductions and proposed targeted pay and equipment funding to reduce vacancies among inspectors.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst for Legislative Services, told members DOPL formed in 2020 under House Bill 318 and now oversees roughly 200,000 licensees across about 45 boards and commissions. He said the agency is funded entirely by dedicated and federal funds and that receipts and transfers in recent years included large one-time transfers from board cash balances and new licensing revenues.
Auditor April Renfro summarized the open audit issue to the committee as…
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