| (a) Applicability. This section governs the reimbursement
of the general revenue fund by a state agency for the cost of statewide
support services allocated to the state agency under the Statewide
Cost Allocation Plan.
(b) Definitions. The following words and terms, when
used in this section, have the following meanings, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) SCAW--The Statewide Cost Allocation Worksheet prescribed
by the comptroller.
(2) State agency--A department, board, commission,
or other entity in the executive branch of state government that has
statewide jurisdiction and administers a program to provide a service
to the public or to regulate persons engaged in an occupation or activity.
(3) Statewide Cost Allocation Plan--A plan prepared
annually by the office of the governor that identifies the costs of
providing statewide support services and allocates those costs to
the appropriate state agency.
(4) Support services--Include accounting, auditing,
budgeting, centralized purchasing, and legal services.
(c) Each state agency shall complete a SCAW and email
the completed SCAW to the comptroller at the email address and by
the date prescribed by the comptroller. If a state agency fails to
email the completed SCAW to the email address and by the date prescribed
by the comptroller, the comptroller shall distribute the cost of statewide
support services owed by the state agency based on the state agency's
method of finance for the current fiscal year.
(d) A state agency must transfer to the general revenue
fund the cost of statewide support services owed by the state agency
by transferring the entire amount in one payment or in quarterly payments.
(e) The comptroller shall establish a schedule under
which the state agency must transfer to the general revenue fund the
cost of statewide support services owed by the state agency.
(f) After receiving from the comptroller the payment
schedule described in subsection (e) of this section, the state agency
must transfer to the general revenue fund the cost of statewide support
services owed by the state agency in accordance with the payment schedule.
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