Texas Administrative Code › Title 34 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Part 1 - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS › Chapter 5 - FUNDS MANAGEMENT (FISCAL AFFAIRS) › Subchapter D - CLAIMS PROCESSING-PAYROLL › Section 5.48 - Deductions for Contributions to Charitable Organizations

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions. The following words and
				  terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  Campaign coordinator--The state employee who has volunteered and been
				  designated by the chief administrator of a state agency to coordinate the state
				  employee charitable campaign for that agency.
(2) Campaign material--A logo identifying the
				  state employee charitable campaign, a campaign slogan, a campaign film, a
				  campaign donor brochure, a donor authorization form, an online giving tool
				  website and/or application, and other materials as approved by the state policy
				  committee.
(3) Campaign year--For
				  salary or wages paid once each month, the payroll periods from December 1st
				  through November 30th. For salary or wages paid twice each month, the payroll
				  periods from December 16th through December 15th. For salary or wages paid
				  every other week by a state agency that is not an institution of higher
				  education, the 26 consecutive payroll periods beginning with the period that
				  corresponds to the payment of salary or wages occurring on or closest to, but
				  not after, December 31st. For salary or wages paid every other week by an
				  institution of higher education, the 26 consecutive payroll periods beginning
				  with the period designated by the institution if the period is entirely within
				  December.
(4) Charitable
				  organization--Has the meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(5) Comptroller--The Comptroller of Public
				  Accounts for the State of Texas.
(6) Comptroller's electronic funds transfer
				  system--The system authorized by Government Code, §
											403.016,
				  that the comptroller uses to initiate payments instead of issuing
				  warrants.
(7) Deduction--The amount
				  subtracted from a state employee's salary or wages to make a contribution to a
				  local campaign manager or a statewide federation or fund that has been assigned
				  a payee identification number by the comptroller.
(8) Designated representative--A state
				  employee volunteer or other individual named by a local campaign manager or a
				  statewide federation or fund as its representative.
(9) Direct services--Has the meaning assigned
				  by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(10) Eligible charitable organization--A
				  charitable organization that is determined to be eligible to participate in the
				  state employee charitable campaign as provided by this section and Government
				  Code, §
											659.146.
(11) Eligible local charitable
				  organization--A local charitable organization that has been approved for local
				  participation in the state employee charitable campaign.
(12) Employer--A state agency that employs at
				  least one state employee.
(13)
				  Federated community campaign organization--Has the meaning assigned by
				  Government Code, §
											659.131.
(14) Federation or fund--Has the meaning
				  assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(15) Generic campaign materials--Campaign
				  materials that have not been modified to reflect a particular local campaign
				  area's participants or a local employee committee.
(16) Health and human services--Has the
				  meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(17) Holiday--A state or national holiday as
				  specified by Government Code, §
											662.003.
				  The term does not include a state or national holiday if the General
				  Appropriations Act prohibits state agencies from observing the
				  holiday.
(18) Include--A term of
				  enlargement and not of limitation or exclusive enumeration. The use of the term
				  does not create a presumption that components not expressed are
				  excluded.
(19) Indirect
				  services--Has the meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(20) Institution of higher education--Has the
				  meaning assigned by Education Code, §
											61.003. The term does
				  not include a public junior college that has decided not to participate in the
				  state employee charitable contribution program in accordance with subsection
				  (x) of this section.
(21) Local
				  campaign area--Has the meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(22) Local campaign manager--Any local
				  campaign manager or managers appointed by the state policy committee under
				  Government Code, §
											659.140(e)(1)(C).
(23) Local campaign materials--Campaign
				  materials that have been modified to reflect a particular local campaign area's
				  participants and the local employee committee for the area if the state policy
				  committee has approved the modifications, and additional materials that the
				  state policy committee has approved because they are based on and consistent
				  with the campaign materials approved by the committee.
(24) Local charitable organization--Has the
				  meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(25) Local employee committee--Any local
				  employee committee or committees appointed by the state policy committee under
				  Government Code, §
											659.140(e)(1)(B).
(26) May not--A prohibition. The term does
				  not mean "might not" or its equivalents.
(27) Payee identification number--The
				  14-digit number that the comptroller assigns to each direct recipient of a
				  payment made by the comptroller for the State of Texas.
(28) Public junior college--Has the meaning
				  assigned by Education Code, §
											61.003. The term
				  includes a community college.
(29)
				  Salary or wages--Base salary or wages, longevity pay, or hazardous duty
				  pay.
(30) State advisory
				  committee--Has the meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(31) State agency--Has the meaning assigned
				  by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(32) State campaign manager--A federated
				  community campaign organization or a charitable organization that is selected
				  by the state policy committee as provided by this section to coordinate state
				  employee charitable campaign operations with any local campaign managers
				  appointed by the state policy committee.
(33) State employee--An employee of a state
				  agency. The term does not include an employee of a public junior college that
				  is not participating in the state employee charitable contribution program in
				  accordance with subsection (x) of this section.
(34) State employee charitable campaign--Has
				  the meaning assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(35) State employee charitable contribution
				  program--The charitable deduction program authorized by Government Code,
				  Chapter 659, Subchapter D (exclusive of the deductions authorized by Government
				  Code, §
											659.1311(b) -
				  (c)).
(36) State policy committee--Has the meaning
				  assigned by Government Code, §
											659.131.
(37) Statewide federation or fund--A
				  federation or fund that has been approved for statewide participation in the
				  state employee charitable campaign.
(38) Uniform statewide payroll/personnel
				  system--A system in which uniform statewide payroll procedures are
				  followed.
(39) Workday--A calendar
				  day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday.