Authority: § 2.2-803, Code of Virginia.
A.1. The Department of Accounts shall operate a payroll service center to support the salaried and wage employees of all agencies identified by the Department of Planning and Budget. The agencies so identified shall cooperate with the Department of Accounts in transferring such records and functions as may be required. The service center shall provide services to employees to include, but not be limited to, payroll, benefit enrollment and leave accounting. The Department of Accounts shall be responsible for all accounting reconciliations for these services; however, each employing agency shall remain fully responsible for certifying the accuracy of each payroll paid to its employees. This certification shall be in such form as the Comptroller directs.
2. The Department of Accounts shall recover the cost of services provided by the payroll service center for nongeneral fund employees through interagency transactions as determined by the State Comptroller. The amounts determined by the State Comptroller to be payable by those agencies listed in § 3-1.01 L. the first year shall be net of the amounts so designated for transfer to the general fund. No such transfer shall be made the second year and amounts determined by the State Comptroller for those agencies shall be for the recovery of the cost of services.
3. Not later than July 1, 2010, additional agencies as part of the payroll service center shall include, but not be limited to: the Commission on Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, Gunston Hall, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Marine Resources Commission, Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind at Staunton, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Office of the Inspector General for Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services.
B.1. The Department of Accounts shall operate a fiscal service center to support the operations of all agencies identified by the Department of Planning and Budget. The agencies so identified shall cooperate with the Department of Accounts in transferring such records and functions as may be required. The service center shall provide services to agencies to include accounts payable processing, travel voucher processing, related reconciliations, and such other fiscal services as may be appropriate.
2. The Department of Accounts shall recover the cost of services provided by the fiscal service center through interagency transactions as determined by the State Comptroller.
C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit additional agencies from using the services of the centers; however, such additions shall be subject to approval by the affected cabinet secretary and the Secretary of Finance.