The comptroller must run the statewide accounting system and state agencies must use or report through the required system features, with limited exemption power for the comptroller.
Sec. 2101.035. ADMINISTRATION OF USAS. (a) The comptroller is responsible for the administration, maintenance, and modification of the uniform statewide accounting system. The comptroller may adopt procedures and rules for the effective operation of the system, including procedures and rules relating to the method used to compute the net compensation of a state officer or employee. (b) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 891, Sec. 1.06(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 90(a), eff. June 19, 1997. (c) The comptroller shall implement the uniform statewide accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including the guidelines of the National Association of College and University Business Officers. (d) The comptroller shall ensure that the uniform statewide accounting system encompasses each state agency. (e) The comptroller shall ensure that the uniform statewide payroll system includes a standardized payroll calculation function. A state agency shall use that function to calculate its payrolls unless the comptroller temporarily exempts the agency from this requirement. (f) The comptroller may designate a centralized or decentralized computer system, or a combination of those systems, to operate the uniform statewide accounting system or a component of that system, including the uniform statewide payroll system and the human resources information system. A designated computer system may be operated by the comptroller, another governmental entity, or a private contractor. (g) If the comptroller designates a decentralized computer system under Subsection (f), the comptroller may require each state agency using that system to report data and other information from the system to the comptroller at the time and in the manner required by the comptroller. (h) State agencies shall report expenditures in the uniform manner required by the comptroller. (i) State agencies shall report contract and purchasing information in the uniform manner required by the comptroller. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.30(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 891, Sec. 1.03, 1.06(b) eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 80, 90(a) eff. June 19, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 470), Sec. 2, eff. May 18, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 326 (S.B. 20), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.