Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
0890 Secretary of State

The Secretary of State, a constitutionally established office, is the chief elections officer of the state and is responsible for the administration and enforcement of election laws. The Office is also responsible for administering and enforcing laws pertaining to filing documents associated with corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, unincorporated associations and pertaining to filing bonds and perfecting security agreements. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Help America Vote Act - The Governor's Budget includes $6.6 million federal funds to continue implementing the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Of that amount, $2.8 million is to implement the VoteCal voter database system. The remaining $3.8 million is for other HAVA implementation activities including assistance for disabled voters, voter education, voting systems and certification, interim voting systems, poll worker training and election performance assessment, and administration.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2009-10*
Positions
Dollars
10 Filings and Registrations
265.4
$48,754
20 Elections
57.4
26,863
30 Archives
26.3
10,619
50.01 Administration and Technology
105.6
23,885
50.02 Distributed Administration and Technology
0
-23,885
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
454.7
$86,236
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
454.7
$86,236

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Secretary of State Budget (pdf * - 21K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 4K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 4K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.