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 Director of Technology to receive all revenues from the sale of technology or technology services provided for in this chapter, for other services rendered by the Department of Technology, and all other moneys properly credited to the Department of Technology 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 Department of Technology, and costs associated with approved information technology projects, and to establish reserves. At the discretion of the Director of Technology, 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 Department of Technology from any other source, including the return from investments of moneys by the Treasurer.
(c) The Department of Technology may collect payments from public agencies for providing services to client agencies. The Department of Technology may require monthly payments by client agencies for the services provided. Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer any amounts so authorized by the Department of Technology, consistent with the annual budget of each department, to the fund. The Department of Technology 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 Department of Technology’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 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 7. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)