1701.1 The primary certifying officer for each agency shall serve as the agency's designated payment officer.

1701.2 The designated payment officer shall be responsible for the following duties:

1. (a) Designate the central receiving point for all invoices from business concerns;
2. (b) Establish a system for recording the receipt of all invoices;
3. (c) Determine whether invoices meet the criteria for proper invoices under § 1704;
4. (d) Notify a business concern in writing, as provided in § 1705, of any defects or impropriety in invoices which would prevent payment of the invoice;
5. (e) Determine the required payment date for all invoices that meet the requirements for payments; and
6. (f) Calculate the penalties due on payments which are not made by the required payment date.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8131-32 (November 18, 1988).