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2025 Session

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Public Safety and Law Enforcement

Public Safety and Law Enforcement

Public Safety and Law Enforcement: About half of this category is the Department of Corrections. The Supreme Court, State Patrol, and Attorney General make up most of the rest. Many small regulatory and licensing agencies are also included here, such as the Liquor Commission, Department of Banking and Finance, and Board of Barber Examiners (full list below).

An example of Cash Funds in this category is court fees used to fund probation services and substance abuse rehabilitation programs.

 

Full list of agencies included:

  • Abstracters Board
  • Attorney General
  • Banking
  • Barber Examiners
  • Board of Geologists
  • Correctional Services
  • Crime Commission
  • Crime Reparations Brd
  • Electrical Board
  • Engineers and Architects
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Fire Marshal
  • Industrial Relations
  • Insurance
  • Land Surveyors
  • Landscape Architects
  • Liquor Control
  • Military Dept
  • Motor Vehicle Dealers
  • Pardons and Parole
  • Public Accountancy
  • Public Advocacy
  • Racing Commission
  • Real Estate Appraisers
  • Real Estate Commission
  • State Patrol
  • Supreme Court
  • Workers Comp

(Note: Some agencies listed may have been eliminated or merged, but are included in the category in previous years.)

Sources for graph data: Department of Administrative Services Accounting Division, Legislative Fiscal Office, and US Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Public Safety and Law Enforcement

Public Safety and Law Enforcement Public Safety and Law Enforcement: About half of this category is the Department of Corrections. The Supreme Court, State Patrol, and Attorney General make up most of the rest. Many small regulatory and licensing agencies are also included here, such as the Liquor Commission, Department