Texas Government Code 2106.006 – General Revenue Fund Reimbursement
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), a state agency shall send to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund:
(1) the amount of federal money received by the agency for federally reimbursable indirect costs to the extent that the indirect costs are statewide allocated costs for which the agency is billed under Section 2106.002(b);
(2) the amount the agency has received in fees:
(A) that in accordance with Section 2106.005(2) should be accounted for as payment for the cost of providing statewide support services to the agency; and
(B) to the extent the agency is billed for those amounts under Section 2106.002(b); and
(3) any remaining amounts still necessary to pay the amount billed under Section 2106.002(b).
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), to the extent the amount billed under Section 2106.002(b) is not totally paid under Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), the comptroller shall transfer to the general revenue fund the appropriate amount charged against items of appropriation in connection with which the remaining unpaid statewide allocated costs were incurred.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 2106.006
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(c) The legislature may provide in the General Appropriations Act that payment of the amount billed under Section 2106.002(b) is waived to the extent payment would be made from a state agency’s general revenue appropriation.
(d) A state agency shall send to the comptroller information the comptroller requires to transfer amounts under Subsection (b).
(e) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to prescribe:
(1) the timing and method of transfers under this section; and
(2) the manner in which a state agency shall send to the comptroller information the comptroller requires to transfer amounts under Subsection (b).