§ 54-59-14 — Information technology operating fund - Continuing appropriation - Report

1. The department shall establish a state information technology operating fund in the
state treasury to be used for procuring and maintaining information technology and
network services and for providing information technology and network services to
state entities and network services to users of the state network.
2. Unless exempted by law, each agency or institution provided with information
technology or network services shall pay to the department the charges for services
provided as determined by the department. The department shall deposit the amounts
received in the information technology operating fund, which are appropriated to the
department on a continuing basis for purposes provided under this section, except the
department may not use continuing appropriation authority to pay salaries and wages-
related expenses.
3. The department shall compile a report regarding the status of the information
technology operating fund to be provided at each meeting of the budget section. The
report must include information regarding expenditures paid from the fund for
department administration, operations, and information technology projects by specific
object code, the amount and category of services provided to state agencies and
institutions and users of the state network from moneys in the fund, and the balance
remaining in the fund from the most recently completed quarter. The department shall
present the mostly recently completed report to the appropriation committees of the
legislative assembly each legislative session.