Texas Administrative Code › Title 34 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Part 12 - STATE EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN › Chapter 326 - CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT › Section 326.5 - Campaign Budget

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Each local
				campaign manager will submit to the state campaign manager the proposed budget
				for the local campaign area. The local campaign manager's expenses and fee, if
				any will be charged, must be included in the budget.
(b) The state campaign manager will review
				budgets from all local campaign areas and determine the projected combined
				expenses of the state campaign manager and each local campaign manager,
				including all fees.
(c) If the
				state campaign manager determines that the projected combined expenses of the
				state campaign manager and each local campaign manager, and the total of all
				fees exceeds 10% of the total amount collected in the state employee charitable
				campaign, the state campaign manager will identify the campaign managers that
				submitted budgets containing an expenses and fee amount that exceeds 10% of the
				contributions collected locally. If the SCM's proposed fee exceeded 10% of
				contributions to statewide federations, the SCM will also be identified in the
				list of affected campaign managers.
(d) The SCM will then calculate and determine
				an across-the-board percentage reduction of the fees charged by the affected
				campaign managers that would result in a total combined fee that is within the
				10% cap.
(e) If the resulting
				total combined fee would be within the 10% cap, the SCM will inform each
				affected campaign manager that the proposed budget for that local campaign area
				must be re-submitted to the SCM with the across-the-board percentage reduction
				the SCM designated pursuant to the calculation under subsection (d) of this
				section; however, the requirements of this subsection are subject to the
				provisions of subsections (f) and (g) of this section.
(f) If the SCM determines that the affected
				managers would need to reduce their fee to a percentage level that is lower
				than the lowest percentage proposed by the other local campaign managers, the
				SCM will determine an across-the-board percentage reduction using the following
				method.
(1) The SCM will calculate the total
				combined fee that would result from assigning to each of the affected managers
				the average percentage proposed by the other managers in their budgets.
(2) If assigning the average
				percentage would result in a total combined fee that does not exceed the 10%
				cap, the SCM will notify the affected area managers of what the average
				percentage is and will require the affected area managers to re-submit their
				budgets with a fee that does not exceed the average percentage. The local area
				managers will re-submit their budgets in accordance with the SCM's
				instructions.
(3) If assigning the
				average percentage to the affected areas would result in a total combined fee
				that exceeds the 10% cap, the SCM will determine an across-the-board percentage
				reduction, for all local areas and the SCM, that would result in a combined
				total fee of less than 10% of the total contributions collected in the SECC,
				and all local areas and the SCM shall submit an amended budget containing the
				across-the-board reduction.