§ 42-11-2.5. Information technology restricted receipt account and large systems initiatives fund.
(a) All sums from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and
other real property, title to which is vested in the state, except as provided in
§ 37-7-15(b) through (d), shall be transferred to an information technology restricted receipt
account (ITRR account) that is hereby established. This ITRR account shall consist
of such sums from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon,
and other real property, title to which is vested in the state, except as provided
in § 37-7-15(b) through (d), as well as a share of first response surcharge revenues collected under
the provisions of § 39-21.1-14. This ITRR account may also consist of such sums as the state may from time to time
appropriate; as well as money received from the disposal of information technology
hardware, loan, interest, and service charge payments from benefiting state agencies;
as well as interest earnings, money received from the federal government, gifts, bequests,
donations, or otherwise from any public or private source. Any such funds shall be
exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-27.
(1) This ITRR account shall be used for the purpose of acquiring information technology
improvements, including, but not limited to: hardware, software, consulting services,
and ongoing maintenance and upgrade contracts for state departments and agencies.
(2) The division of enterprise technology strategy and services of the Rhode Island department
of administration shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of
this chapter and chapter 35 of this title, in order to provide for the orderly and
equitable disbursement of funds from this ITRR account.
(3) For all requests for proposals that are issued for information technology projects,
a corresponding information technology project manager shall be assigned.
(b) There is also hereby established a special fund to be known as the large systems initiatives
fund (LSI fund), separate and apart from the general fund of the state, to be administered
by the chief information officer within the department of administration for the purpose
of implementing and maintaining enterprise-wide software projects for executive branch
departments. The LSI fund shall consist of such sums as the state may from time to
time directly appropriate to the LSI fund, any accrued interest, and any funds collected
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section. After the completion of any project,
the chief digital officer shall inform the state controller of unexpended sums previously
transferred to the LSI Fund for that project and the state controller shall subsequently
transfer any such unexpended funds to the information technology restricted receipt
account. The state controller shall transfer any excess interest accrued in the LSI
fund and any funds collected pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section to the
ITRR account.
(1) The director of the department of administration may allocate and charge capitalized
costs, in accordance with the statewide cost allocation plan, to agencies that benefit
from initiatives funded through the LSI Fund. The department of administration shall
include as part of its budget submission pursuant to § 35-3-4 an expected billing schedule for any capitalized costs that the department intends
to charge to agencies for the next ensuing fiscal year.
(c) For any new project initiated using sums expended from the LSI Fund, as part of its
budget submission pursuant to § 35-3-4 relative to state fiscal year 2025 and thereafter, the department of administration
shall include a statement of project purpose and the estimated project cost.