Benefits Proportional by Method of Finance (APS 011)

Financing Sources:
For each method of finance (i.e., GR, GR-D, FF, OF) identify the financing sources (ex., GR Match for Medicaid, Appropriated Receipts, Interagency Receipts, etc.) and corresponding appropriated fund number(s) for all sources of funding appropriated to your agency. For situations in which an agency has multiple GR-D accounts or OF, a separate appropriated fund financing source itemization must be completed. When riders are included in the financing sources, the rider number should be identified. When supplemental legislation appropriates funding that contains specific benefit proportional requirements, the legislative bill reference should be identified in the Legal Cites and Documentation section. (Example: 88th Legislature, Regular Session, SB 30, Sec. 9.01 relating to a five percent salary increase for certain state employees.)

Financing Sources Amount:
Enter the total amount from the GAA (for the sum of certain appropriations) or the actual amount of receipts (for estimated appropriations and appropriated receipts) for each financing source identified in Column 1. For estimated appropriations, the amount reported should only include revenues collected during the reporting period. When supplemental legislation appropriates funding that contains specific benefit proportional requirements, the amount should be identified in Column 2. (Example: 88th Legislature, Regular Session, SB 30, Sec. 9.01 relating to a five percent salary increase for certain state employees.)

Note: Provide supporting documentation for all collected revenue amounts reported.

Funds to be Excluded:
If any financing source(s) should be excluded from the proportionality calculation, report the amounts in Schedule I, Column 3. All exclusions must be footnoted with the legal citation (or explanation) authorizing the restriction or other basis for exclusion.

Commonly recognized exclusions include:

• Funds that are restricted or limited by law to specific programs or purposes. Ex: An agency whose appropriated receipts relate to program fees required by statute to cover the direct costs of a regulatory program or appropriated receipts received by an agency as a reimbursement for the provision of services or a recovery of program-related costs.

• Interagency contract payments and receipts, assuming each agency and institution is complying with the mechanics prescribed by Sources of Revenue Required to Pay Benefit Cost (APS 001) (FPP A.021).

  Note: Agencies must include interagency contract receipts in Schedule I as part of their OF methods of finance, but can exclude the amount in Column 3. Also, the remitting agency may exclude in Schedule I, Column 3 the method of finance/appropriated fund used to make interagency contract payments. The recipient agency should report and exclude in Schedule II any benefit payments made from interagency contract receipts.

• Deficiency grant appropriations.
• Appropriations related to a disaster proclamation by the Governor under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Texas Government Code, Chapter 418.
• Constitutional funds (non-operational) such as general obligation bonds.

• Federal funds authorized only for expenditures directly related to the federal program for which the federal award was made.

  Note: Federal funds that pay salaries must also pay any associated benefit costs. Federal funds are not allowed to pay benefit costs for salaries paid from other state funds (except when legal authority exists to pay benefits from a different appropriated fund (ex. HB 2 Sec. 1(c) related to certain 86th legislative appropriations). Federal receipts must be disclosed and may be excluded in Schedule I, Column 3 with accompanying benefit payments reported and excluded in Schedule II. Agencies and institutions must follow the coding instructions outlined in Sources of Revenue Required to Pay Benefit Cost (APS 001).

• Trust funds established outside of the state treasury or not otherwise legally subject to legislative appropriation.

  Note: Such amounts should be reported in Schedule I (but excluded in Column 3) with any accompanying benefit payments reported and excluded in Schedule II.

• Appropriations for capital purposes and/or riders.
• Tuition remissions and exemptions (as they are non-monetary revenue and are not a funding source for salaries or benefits).
• GR appropriations for tuition revenue bond debt service.
• Texas Public Education Grants (TPEG).

• Available University Funds appropriated to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M University System for enhanced operations of the University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Prairie View A&M University.

  Note: Available University Funds appropriated to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System and the Texas A&M University System for administrative operations of the Systems’ administrative offices are not restricted and therefore are subject to proportionality.

Funding Subject to Proportionality Requirements:
To determine the funding subject to proportionality requirements:

1. Subtract Column 3 from Column 2 and enter the amount in Column 4.
2. Total the amounts of financing sources in Column 4 and enter the sum in the Total field for the respective fund.
3. Add the totals for each fund in Column 4 and enter the sum in the Grand Total field at the end of Section I.

This is the total amount of funding subject to proportionality requirements.

Required Proportion:
To determine the proportionality for each method of finance, divide the Total method of finance for each appropriated fund by the Grand Total at the end of Section I. Enter the percentage in the box provided in Column 5. The percentages should total to 100 percent. These percentages are used to calculate the proportional amount of benefit payments (See Section II: Benefits Worksheet).

Note: GAA, Article IX, Sec 6.08(c), requires institutions to adjust for local funds when determining the proportional allocation between GR and other appropriated funds. This requirement does not apply to university system administrative offices or Texas A&M System agencies. See Local Funds Adjustment instructions below for further details.

Social Security, State Employee Match (Benefits Worksheet II.a):
The state match appropriation (OASI) is made to the Comptroller’s office. Appropriation authority for all appropriated funding sources is transferred to Appropriation 91142.

Group Insurance (Benefits Worksheet II.b):
State Agencies: The Employees Retirement System (ERS) acts as the state’s trustee agency for state employee insurance benefits. Appropriation authority is transferred from ERS into agencies’ Appropriation 99327 for both GR and other methods of finance.

Institutions: The University of Texas System component institutions and Texas A&M University System component institutions are self-funded for group insurance, and receive a GR appropriation allocation from the Comptroller’s office (applied to Appropriation 95002). For all other institutions, ERS acts as the state’s trustee agency for state employee insurance benefits. ERS pays all group insurance premiums on behalf of these institutions. The funding for these expenditures comes from a sum certain GR appropriation allocated to ERS on behalf of each institution, as well as reimbursements from the institutions for any non-GR benefits (see Reimbursing Retirement Contributions and Insurance Premiums (APS 005) (FPP A.034)).

Retiree Group Insurance (Agencies and Institutions): The benefits proportionality concept also applies to retiree group insurance. Employees may have worked for multiple employers and may have been paid from various sources throughout their careers. The equitable way to allocate the retiree insurance cost is to base it on an agency or institution’s APS 011 proportionality calculation and not simply on the last fund from which a retiring employee was paid. The amount of retiree insurance cost attributable to each agency and institution can be found in the ERS Payroll-related Cost reports.

State Employees Retirement System (Benefits Worksheet II.c):
State Agencies: The appropriation for the state match for employee retirement is made to ERS. Appropriation authority is transferred from ERS to agencies for both GR and other methods of finance into agencies’ Appropriation 90327 (state retirement), 94327 (judicial retirement), and/or 91327 (LECOS retirement).

Institutions: The appropriation for institutions’ teacher retirement state match is made to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS). Appropriation authority for expenditures from Other Educational & General (OE&G) non-GR appropriated fund sources is transferred to the institution’s Appropriation 99323. Institutions must reimburse TRS for the amount TRS pays from GR for non-GR funded employees (see Reimbursing Retirement Contributions and Insurance Premiums (APS 005) (FPP A.034)).

Benefit Replacement Pay (Benefits Worksheet II.d):
State agencies: For eligible state employees and state-paid judges, the Benefit Replacement Pay (BRP) appropriation is made to the Comptroller’s office. Appropriation authority is transferred from the Comptroller to agencies’ Appropriation 23102 for both GR and other methods of finance, and is ultimately expended under COBJ 7050 in the appropriation that pays state employee salaries.

Note: See Salary Benefit Appropriation Allocations (APS 019) (FPP A.042) for information on BRP.

Institutions: The appropriation for institutions’ Optional Retirement Program (ORP) is made to the Comptroller’s office. Appropriation authority for the 6.6 percent state match for all appropriated fund sources is transferred to the institutions’ Appropriation 97646.

Local funds or other sources of funds may be used to supplement amounts needed to provide the same employer contributions for the reporting period as employees who were on the state payroll at Aug. 31, 1995, received during the 1994–95 biennium. Any source other than benefits appropriations may be used for these supplemental amounts; they are not subject to proportionality and should not appear on the Benefits Proportional by Method of Finance Report Form (see SB 1, 87th Legislature, Article III–44, Rider 3).

Appropriated Funds (Sections II.a–II.b):
For each benefit type, under each method of finance (i.e., GR, GR-D, FF, OF), identify the appropriated fund number(s) subject to proportionality.

Actual Benefits Paid:
For each benefit type, enter the amount actually paid from the appropriated funds identified in Column 1. To identify the actual amounts paid for each benefit type from the applicable appropriated funds, follow the instructions below. If a benefit is not applicable to your agency enter $0.

Benefits Calculation for Actual Social Security, State Employer Match (II.a):
For both agencies and institutions, total expenditures reported should equal to the amount reported by your agency or institution for the reporting period under COBJ 7043.

Benefits Calculation for Actual Group Insurance (II.b):
For state agencies, total expenditures reported should equal total expenditures reported by your agency for the reporting period under COBJ 7041 plus any amounts reported for retiree contributions* in the current year for ERS Payroll-related Cost Reports.

For UT and Texas A&M System component institutions, total expenditures reported should equal to the total expenditures reported by your institution for the reporting period under COBJ 7041.

For institutions whose group insurance benefits are paid by ERS, total GR expenditures should be extracted from the institutions’ payroll systems and should equal the current year totals on the ERS Payroll-Related Cost Report for Active employees plus any amounts reported for retiree contributions* in the current year for ERS Payroll-related Cost Reports. Total group insurance expenditures from GR-D funds should equal total expenditures reported by your institution for the reporting period under COBJ 7041, Appropriated Fund 02XX.

*Note: The amounts reported as retiree contributions must also be separately disclosed in the box below Section II.b. The total retiree contributions should equal to the ERS Payroll-Related Cost Report for the current year.

Benefits Calculation for Actual Retirement (II.c):
For state agencies, total expenditures reported should equal total expenditures reported by your agency for the reporting period under COBJ 7032.

For institutions, total GR expenditures should be extracted from the institutions’ payroll systems. Teacher retirement expenditures from GR-D accounts should equal total expenditures reported by your institution for the reporting period under Appropriation 99323, Appropriated Fund 02XX, COBJ 7909.

Benefits Calculation for Benefit Replacement Pay (Agencies) or Optional Retirement Program (Institutions) (II.d):
For state agencies, total expenditures reported for BRP should equal total expenditures reported by your agency for the reporting period under COBJ 7050.

For institutions, total expenditures reported for ORP should equal total expenditures reported by your institution for the reporting period under Appropriation 97646, COBJ 7086.

Benefits Excluded:
When funding is shown in the Exclude Funds With Restrictions column of Section I, benefits paid from that appropriated fund must also be excluded in the benefits calculation in Section II. This is typical when amounts excluded in Schedule I are restricted or limited by law to specific programs or purposes, federal receipts or related to an interagency contract. Report the amount of benefits to be excluded in Column 3 and provide an explanation or legal citation.

Benefits Subject to Proportionality:
To determine the benefits subject to proportionality:

1. Subtract Column 3 from Column 2 and enter the difference in Column 4.
2. For each type of benefit (II.a–II.d), total the amounts in Column 4 and enter sum in the TOTAL field of the column.

Calculated Proportional Benefits:

1. To calculate the proportional benefits, multiply the percentages calculated for each appropriated fund (Section I, Column 5) by the amounts in the TOTAL field in Column 4.
2. Enter the calculated proportional benefits in Column 5 for each appropriated fund for each applicable benefit.

Required Adjustment:
For each applicable benefit, determine the required adjustment by subtracting Column 5 from Column 4 and entering the difference in Column 6. If an adjustment is required, enter the current document number in the field provided.

For agencies or certain institutions that transfer benefit appropriations from the Comptroller’s office, ERS or TRS, adjustments between GR and other methods of finance are made by expenditure transfer. Prior to Aug. 31, use T-codes 407 and 408. After Aug. 31, but prior to the fiscal-year end close, adjustments should be made using T-codes 468 and 467 with an Aug. 31 effective date for the reporting period (for transactions posted by Sept. 30) or an Aug. 32 effective date (for transactions posted after Sept. 30). In Section II of the Benefits Proportional by Method of Finance Report, list the document number used to process the transfers.

Higher education institutions are advised to periodically review benefit payments for proportionality and make corrections as needed throughout the year. When GR overpays benefits for salaries paid from OE&G funds, a check for the overpayment must be drawn from the institution’s local bank account and deposited as a refund of expenditure to the institution’s appropriate benefit account. Use T-code 180, with the applicable COBJ (e.g., 7043 for Social Security state employer match). If GR underpaid benefit expenditures, a reimbursement should be processed to produce a warrant that can then be deposited to the institution’s local bank account. Use T-codes 246 and 903 or T-codes 247 and 904.