71 PA Cons Stat § 2901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 29 - Services Available, Costs and Funding|Section 2901 - Service and cooperation

§ 2901. Service and cooperation. (a) General rule.--The services and facilities utilized by the Office of Administration and its staff to implement this chapter shall be available to departments, boards, commissions, agencies and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth.  (b) Costs.--The following shall apply:  (1) The cost of the services and facilities made available by the Office of Administration under subsection (a) shall be paid proportionally by the department, board, commission, agency or political subdivision to which the services and facilities are made available.  (2) The Office of Administration shall prepare and issue semiannual statements of costs under this section, setting forth the total cost and the share attributable to each department, board, commission, agency or political subdivision to which services or facilities are made available. Upon receipt of a statement, each department, board, commission, agency and political subdivision shall pay its share of the cost to the Office of Administration.  (c) Obligation.--The following shall apply:  (1) Money payable to the Office of Administration under subsection (b) shall be: (i) deposited into the General Fund; (ii) credited to the annual appropriation made to the Office of Administration out of the General Fund for the proper conduct of its work under this chapter; and  (iii) made available for the same purposes for which an appropriation is available. (2) If a department, board, commission or agency of this Commonwealth that is supported with money from the General Fund becomes liable to the Office of Administration under this section, the liability shall be reimbursed out of the current appropriation to the department, board, commission or agency, and an appropriation is appropriated for that purpose.  (3) As much money as may be necessary is appropriated to the Office of Administration from:  (i) The State Stores Fund to meet the cost of the services and facilities of the Office of Administration as may be attributable to the work of the Office of Administration with respect to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; and  (ii) the Administration Fund to meet the cost of services and facilities of the Office of Administration as may be attributable to the work of the Office of Administration with respect to the work of the Department of Labor and Industry under the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law.  (4) In the event any other department, board, commission or agency of the Commonwealth that is supported out of a special fund becomes obligated to the Office of Administration under the provisions of this section, as much money as may be necessary is appropriated out of the special fund to meet the cost of services and facilities of the Office of Administration as may be attributable to the work of the administrative department, board, commission or agency. The amounts that are appropriated out of the special funds shall be transferred from the funds to the General Fund, shall be credited to the current appropriation made to the Office of Administration out of the General Fund and are appropriated to the Office of Administration for the same purposes as the appropriation out of the General Fund is appropriated under this section.