An Audit Report on State Entity Compliance with Benefits Proportional by Fund Requirements in Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
June 2004
Report Number 04-039
Overall Conclusion
Inconsistencies and conflicts related to proportionality requirements make it unclear whether state entities should repay General Revenue in order to achieve proportionality under the General Appropriations Act. To comply with these requirements, entities need to pay benefits proportionately to funding sources. Specifically, in fiscal years 2002 and 2003, entities indicated they owed a balance of $7.5 million to General Revenue. However, whether entities should actually pay this amount to General Revenue is unclear.
The requirement that benefits (as well as salaries and wages) be paid proportionately to funding sources is intended to ensure that General Revenue is used appropriately. To meet this requirement, entities prepare reports calculating the amount of benefits that should be paid from their appropriated funding sources. However, these reports are not always useful. The reports may not fully incorporate other restrictions on the use of funding sources, which can lead them to incorrectly indicate that entities owe funds to (or should receive funds from) General Revenue. This occurs because the proportionality requirements (1) are internally inconsistent and (2) can conflict with other laws, rules, and federal grant restrictions.
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