WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 2855
By Delegate Householder
[Originating in the Committee on Finance, February 15, 2019]
A BILL to amend and reenact §12-3-10d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing rebate moneys in Purchasing Card Administration Fund to be used for the operation and maintenance of accounting and transparency systems of the State Auditor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3. APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES AND DEDUCTIONS.
§12-3-10d. Purchasing Card Fund created; expenditures.
(a) All money received by
the state pursuant to any agreement with vendors providing purchasing charge
cards, and any interest or other return earned on the money, shall be deposited
in a special revenue revolving fund, designated the Purchasing Card Administration
Fund, in the State Treasury to be administered by the Auditor. The fund shall
be used to pay all expenses incurred by the Auditor in the implementation and
operation of the Purchasing Card Program and may be used to pay expenses
related to the general operation of the Auditor's office, including
operation and maintenance of accounting and transparency systems. The
Auditor also may use the fund to pay expenses incurred by spending units
associated with the use of the card, including system and program enhancements,
and inspection and monitoring of compliance with all applicable rules and
procedures. Expenditures from the fund shall be made in accordance with
appropriations by the Legislature pursuant to the provisions of §12-3-1 et
seq. of this code and upon fulfillment of the provisions of §5A-2-1 §11B-2-1 et seq. of this code.
(b) Within three days of receiving rebate moneys resulting from state spending unit purchasing card purchases, the Auditor shall transfer 15.5 percent of such rebate moneys to the Purchasing Improvement Fund created pursuant to §5A-3-58 of this code.
(c) Within three days of receiving rebate moneys resulting from state spending unit purchasing card purchases, the Auditor shall transfer 10 percent of such rebate moneys to the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority and 10 percent of such moneys to the State Park Operating Fund.