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2017 Session

Budget Bill - SB900 (Introduced)

Department of Accounts

Item 260

Item 260

First Year - FY2017Second Year - FY2018
Service Center Administration (82600)$2,653,260$2,783,466
Payroll Service Bureau (82601)FY2017 $2,653,260FY2018 $2,783,466
Fund Sources:  
Internal ServiceFY2017 $2,653,260FY2018 $2,783,466

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 8, Code of Virginia.


A. The appropriation for the Payroll Service Bureau is sum sufficient and amounts shown are estimates from an internal service fund which shall be paid solely from revenues derived from charges for services.


B.1. The Department of Accounts shall operate the 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 payroll 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.a. The Department of Accounts shall recover the cost of services provided by the payroll service center through interagency transactions as determined by the State Comptroller.


b. The Department of Accounts is authorized to charge the following rates to agencies participating in the payroll service center based on the type and number of W-2 forms processed and how each customer agency reports employee leave to the department:


Criteria

FY 2017

FY 2018

Wage employees with automatic leave processing

$106.34

$111.55

Wage employees with manual leave processing

$118.85

$124.67

Salaried employees without leave processing

$125.11

$131.23

Salaried employees with automatic leave processing

$131.36

$137.79

Salaried employees with manual leave processing

$143.87

$150.92


C.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.


3. The Department of Accounts is authorized to charge fees of up to twenty percent of revenues generated pursuant to non-tax debt collection initiatives to pay the administrative costs of supporting such initiatives. These fees are over and above any fees charged by outside collections contractors and/or enhanced collection revenues returned to the Commonwealth.


D. 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.