| (a) Each local campaign manager will submit to the
state campaign manager the proposed budget for the local campaign
area. The local campaign manager's expenses and fee, if any will be
charged, must be included in the budget.
(b) The state campaign manager will review budgets
from all local campaign areas and determine the projected combined
expenses of the state campaign manager and each local campaign manager,
including all fees.
(c) If the state campaign manager determines that the
projected combined expenses of the state campaign manager and each
local campaign manager, and the total of all fees exceeds 10% of the
total amount collected in the state employee charitable campaign,
the state campaign manager will identify the campaign managers that
submitted budgets containing an expenses and fee amount that exceeds
10% of the contributions collected locally. If the SCM's proposed
fee exceeded 10% of contributions to statewide federations, the SCM
will also be identified in the list of affected campaign managers.
(d) The SCM will then calculate and determine an across-the-board
percentage reduction of the fees charged by the affected campaign
managers that would result in a total combined fee that is within
the 10% cap.
(e) If the resulting total combined fee would be within
the 10% cap, the SCM will inform each affected campaign manager that
the proposed budget for that local campaign area must be re-submitted
to the SCM with the across-the-board percentage reduction the SCM
designated pursuant to the calculation under subsection (d), of this
section; however, the requirements of this subsection are subject
to the provisions of subsections (f) and (g) of this section.
(f) If the SCM determines that the affected managers
would need to reduce their fee to a percentage level that is lower
than the lowest percentage proposed by the other local campaign managers,
the SCM will determine an across-the-board percentage reduction using
the following method.
(1) The SCM will calculate the total combined fee that
would result from assigning to each of the affected managers the average
percentage proposed by the other managers in their budgets.
(2) If assigning the average percentage would result
in a total combined fee that does not exceed the 10% cap, the SCM
will notify the affected area managers of what the average percentage
is and will require the affected area managers to re-submit their
budgets with a fee that does not exceed the average percentage. The
local area managers will re-submit their budgets in accordance with
the SCM's instructions.
(3) If assigning the average percentage to the affected
areas would result in a total combined fee that exceeds the 10% cap,
the SCM will determine an across-the-board percentage reduction, for
all local areas and the SCM, that would result in a combined total
fee of less than 10% of the total contributions collected in the SECC,
and all local areas and the SCM shall submit an amended budget containing
the across-the-board reduction.
(g) Neither the SPC nor the LEC will approve a budget
that does not comply with these rules, and a fee will not be paid
that will result in violation of the combined 10% cap.
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