Section 15.1 - Applicability and Additional Information(a) Any and all payments subject to Government Code, § 404.095, must be made in accordance with this chapter.(b) Pursuant to Government Code, § 404.095, a person must electronically transfer certain payments to a state agency by one of the means of EFT approved by the comptroller if the following apply: (1) the payment is to a state agency that collected or received more than $50 million in payments during the preceding state fiscal year in fees, fines, penalties, taxes, charges, gifts, grants, donations, and other funds, excluding federal grants and interest and dividend income; and(2) the person paid the state agency a total of $500,000 or more in the preceding state fiscal year in a category of payment listed in § 15.4 of this title (relating to Applicable Payment Categories and Voluntary Payments), and the state agency reasonably anticipates that during the current state fiscal year the person will pay the agency $500,000 or more in the same category of payment.(c) The state agencies that typically collect or receive more than $50 million in payments in a state fiscal year are: (1) Comptroller of Public Accounts;(2) Employees Retirement System;(4) Teacher Retirement System;(5) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;(6) Health and Human Services Commission;(7) Texas Department of Motor Vehicles;(8) Texas Department of Public Safety;(9) Texas Department of Transportation;(10) Texas Workforce Commission;(11) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;(12) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; and(13) University of Texas System.(d) Pursuant to Government Code, § 404.095, a state agency may adopt rules under this chapter that require a person to make payments by EFT using TexNet. The rules under this chapter also apply to all persons who are subject to such adopted state agency rules.(e) For additional information regarding the EFT of certain payments to state agencies under Government Code, § 404.095, consult the comptroller's website at http://www.window.state.tx.us/treasops/texnet/.34 Tex. Admin. Code § 15.1
The provisions of this §15.1 adopted to be effective May 2, 2013, 38 TexReg 2640