Ind. Code § 4-12-1-13.5 – Determination and certification of state agency costs; appropriation from dedicated funds

(a) The budget director may determine on or after July 1 of each fiscal year the costs of operating, during the preceding fiscal year, the office of the state comptroller, the office of attorney general, the office of the treasurer of state, the department of administration, the budget agency and any other state agency that the budget director determines is attributable to the operations of other state agencies. The budget director shall establish a formula to determine those costs.
(b) When the budget director has determined the total attributable amount of those costs for each of the state agencies, the budget director shall certify those amounts to the state comptroller and shall transmit a duplicate of the certification to the treasurer of state.
(c) The amount certified by the budget director for an agency supported by any dedicated fund is appropriated to pay that cost from the dedicated fund used to support that agency. On receipt of the certification of the budget director, the state comptroller shall transfer from the dedicated funds to the state general fund the amounts certified by the budget director. The state comptroller shall make the appropriate entries in the records of those dedicated funds. The treasurer of state shall make the appropriate entries in the treasurer of state's records.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.27, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.18-1991, SEC.2; P.L.215-2016, SEC.76; P.L.9-2024, SEC.77.