| (B) disqualification of a local charitable organization
from local participation in the state employee charitable campaign;
and
(C) other decision unless the committee has no legal
authority over the subject covered by the decision.
(q) Responsibilities of the state campaign manager.
(1) Statutory responsibilities. The state campaign
manager shall fulfill the manager's statutory responsibilities as
set forth in Government Code, Chapter 659, Subchapter I.
(2) Additional responsibilities. In addition to the
state campaign manager's statutory responsibilities, the manager shall:
(A) develop the state employee charitable campaign
plan in consultation with the state advisory committee;
(B) serve as liaison to the state policy committee,
the state advisory committee, any local campaign managers appointed
by the state policy committee, and any local employee committees appointed
by the state policy committee on behalf of statewide federations or
funds and eligible local charitable organizations;
(C) structure the state employee charitable campaign
fairly and equitably according to the policies and procedures established
by the state policy committee;
(D) provide for involvement of all statewide federations
or funds, including the use of their resources, at all levels of the
state employee charitable campaign;
(E) conduct the manager's responsibilities on behalf
of the state employee participants in the state employee charitable
campaign separately from the manager's internal operations;
(F) prepare and submit for review by the state advisory
committee a single statewide campaign budget that has been prepared
in cooperation with any local campaign managers appointed by the state
policy committee and that includes campaign materials, staff time,
and other expenses incurred for the state employee charitable campaign;
(G) establish, after consulting with the state advisory
committee, the state policy committee, and any local campaign managers
appointed by the state policy committee, a uniform campaign reporting
form to allow reporting of designated deductions, undesignated deductions,
campaign expenses, and other information deemed necessary by the state
campaign manager; and
(H) submit a statewide campaign report that complies
with paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(3) Statewide campaign reports. A statewide campaign
report shall represent a compilation of the local campaign managers'
campaign reports, if any local campaign managers have been appointed
by the state policy committee. The state campaign manager shall ensure
that the state policy committee, the state advisory committee, and
the comptroller receive the statewide campaign report not later than
February 5th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the campaign covered by the report ended. If February 5th is not a
workday, then the first workday after February 5th is the deadline.
(r) Responsibilities of any local campaign managers
appointed by the state policy committee.
(1) Statutory responsibilities. A local campaign manager
shall fulfill the manager's statutory responsibilities as set forth
in Government Code, Chapter 659, Subchapter I, along with any duties
prescribed by the state policy committee under Government Code, §659.140.
(2) Additional responsibilities. In addition to a local
campaign manager's statutory responsibilities and any duties prescribed
by the state policy committee under Government Code, §659.140,
any appointed manager shall:
(A) recruit, train, and supervise state employee volunteers;
(B) involve participating eligible local charitable
organizations and statewide federations or funds in the training of
state employee volunteers;
(C) consult with eligible local charitable organizations
and statewide federations or funds about the operation of the state
employee charitable campaign and the preparation of local campaign
materials;
(D) provide eligible local charitable organizations
and statewide federations or funds with the opportunity to participate
in local state employee charitable campaign events and access to all
records for the local campaign area;
(E) maintain campaign records for the local campaign
area, including total pledges, total pledges by eligible local charitable
organization and statewide federation or fund, state agencies contacted,
and other records deemed necessary by the state policy committee for
organization, control, and progress reporting;
(F) submit to the state campaign manager a final campaign
report of designated deductions, undesignated deductions, campaign
expenses, and other information deemed necessary by the state campaign
manager;
(G) ensure that the state campaign manager receives
the local campaign manager's final campaign report not later than
January 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the campaign covered by the report ended or, if January 15th is not
a workday, not later than the first workday after January 15th;
(H) establish an account at a financial institution
for the purpose of receiving payments from the comptroller and institutions
of higher education by electronic funds transfer, warrant, or check;
(I) distribute interest accrued during a campaign year
as soon as possible after December 31st to each eligible local charitable
organization and statewide federation or fund in the same manner that
undesignated deductions are distributed, subject to the limitation
in paragraph (3) of this subsection;
(J) submit a request to the comptroller to be paid
by the comptroller through electronic funds transfers under rules
adopted by the comptroller, but only to the extent those transfers
are initiated by the comptroller on behalf of the comptroller or other
state agencies;
(K) submit a request to an institution of higher education
to be paid by the institution through electronic funds transfers under
rules or procedures adopted by the institution, but only to the extent
those transfers are not initiated by the comptroller on behalf of
the institution;
(L) reconcile the payment report provided by the comptroller
or an institution of higher education with the amount of deductions
paid to the manager;
(M) report to the comptroller or an institution of
higher education, as appropriate, each discrepancy between a payment
report provided by the comptroller or an institution and the actual
amount of deductions received not later than the 30th day after the
day on which the comptroller or the institution mailed or delivered
the report;
(N) report to each eligible local charitable organization
and statewide federation or fund the amount of its undesignated and
designated initial distribution amounts as determined under subsection
(c)(1) of this section; and
(O) report to each eligible local charitable organization
and statewide federation or fund its contribution percentage as determined
under subsection (j)(2) of this section.
(3) Limitation on distributions of accrued interest.
A local campaign manager may not distribute accrued interest to:
(A) an eligible local charitable organization that
did not receive deducted amounts through the manager during the campaign
year; or
(B) a statewide federation or fund that did not receive
deducted amounts through the manager during the campaign year, unless
the only reason for not receiving the deducted amounts through the
manager is the direct payment requirement of the second sentence of
subsection (i)(1)(B) of this section.
(4) Prohibition against solicitation. A local campaign
manager may not solicit a deduction from a state employee at the employee's
worksite unless the solicitation is pursuant to the state employee
charitable campaign.
(s) Responsibilities of statewide federations or funds.
(1) Reconciliation of payment reports. A statewide
federation or fund shall reconcile the payment report provided by
the comptroller or an institution of higher education with the amount
of deductions paid to the federation or fund.
(2) Reports of discrepancies.
(A) A statewide federation or fund shall report to
the comptroller or an institution of higher education, as appropriate,
each discrepancy between a payment report provided by the comptroller
or an institution and the actual amount of deductions received.
(B) A report of discrepancies is due not later than
the 30th day after the day on which the comptroller or the institution
of higher education mailed or delivered the report.
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