(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.161 adopted to be effective December 25, 2019, 44 TexReg 8022