63A-1-114 - Rate Committee -- Membership -- Duties.
63A-1-114. Rate Committee -- Membership -- Duties.
(1) (a) There is created a Rate Committee which shall consist of:
(i) the director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, or a designee;
(ii) the executive directors of three state agencies that use services and pay rates to one ofthe department internal service funds, or their designee, appointed by the governor for a two-yearterm;
(iii) the executive director of the Department of Administrative Services, or a designee;
(iv) the director of the Division of Finance, or a designee; and
(v) the chief information officer.
(b) (i) The committee shall elect a chair from its members, except that the chair may notbe from an agency that receives payment of a rate set by the committee.
(ii) Members of the committee who are state government employees and who do notreceive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service on the committee shallreceive no compensation, benefits, per diem, or expenses for the members' service on thecommittee.
(c) The Department of Administrative Services shall provide staff services to thecommittee.
(2) (a) A division described in Section 63A-1-109 that manages an internal service fundshall submit to the committee a proposed rate and fee schedule for services rendered by thedivision to an executive branch entity or an entity that subscribes to services rendered by thedivision.
(b) The committee shall:
(i) conduct meetings in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public MeetingsAct;
(ii) review the proposed rate and fee schedules and may approve, increase, or decreasethe rate and fee;
(iii) recommend a proposed rate and fee schedule for each internal service fund to:
(A) the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget; and
(B) the legislative appropriations subcommittees that, in accordance with Section63J-1-410, approve the internal service fund agency's rates, fees, and budget; and
(iv) review and approve, increase or decrease an interim rate, fee, or amount when aninternal service fund agency begins a new service or introduces a new product between annualgeneral sessions of the Legislature.
(c) The committee may in accordance with Subsection 63J-1-410(4), decrease a rate, fee,or amount that has been approved by the Legislature.
Amended by Chapter 341, 2010 General Session