2011 California Code
Government Code
TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]
ARTICLE 3. Technology Services Revolving Fund
Section 11544

(a) The Technology Services Revolving Fund, hereafter known as the fund, is hereby created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the State Chief Information Officer to receive all revenues from the sale of technology or technology services provided for in this chapter, for other services rendered by the office of the State Chief Information Officer, and all other moneys properly credited to the office of the State Chief Information Officer from any other source, to pay, upon appropriation by the Legislature, all costs arising from this chapter and rendering of services to state and other public agencies, including, but not limited to, employment and compensation of necessary personnel and expenses, such as operating and other expenses of the board and the office of the State Chief Information Officer, and costs associated with approved information technology projects, and to establish reserves. At the discretion of the State Chief Information Officer, segregated, dedicated accounts within the fund may be established. The amendments made to this section by the act adding this sentence shall apply to all revenues earned on or after July 1, 2010.

(b) The fund shall consist of all of the following:

(1) Moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter.

(2) Any other moneys that may be made available to the office of the State Chief Information Officer from any other source, including the return from investments of moneys by the Treasurer.

(c) The office of the State Chief Information Officer may collect payments from public agencies for providing services to those agencies that the agencies have requested from the office of the State Chief Information Officer. The office of the State Chief Information Officer may require monthly payments by client agencies for the services the agencies have requested. Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer any amounts so authorized by the office of the State Chief Information Officer, consistent with the annual budget of each department, to the fund. The office of the State Chief Information Officer shall notify each affected state agency upon requesting the Controller to make the transfer.

(d) At the end of any fiscal year, if the balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year exceeds 25 percent of the portion of the office of the State Chief Information Officer s current fiscal year budget used for support of data center and other client services, the excess amount shall be used to reduce the billing rates for services rendered during the following fiscal year.

(Amended (as added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 533) by Stats. 2010, Ch. 719, Sec. 27. Effective October 19, 2010.)