§ 8-b. Additional duties of the comptroller. 1. The comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to assess fringe benefit and central
service agency indirect costs on all non-general funds, and on the
general fund upon request and at the sole discretion of the director of
the budget, and to charge such assessments to such funds. Such fringe
benefit and indirect costs assessments shall be based on rates provided
to the comptroller by the director of the budget. Copies of such rates
shall be provided to the legislative fiscal committees.

2. Receipts derived from such indirect costs assessments, paid
pursuant to appropriations, shall be deposited to the indirect costs
recovery account. Receipts derived from the fringe benefit assessments,
paid pursuant to appropriations, shall be deposited to the fringe
benefit escrow account. If any of the fringe benefit escrow accounts
have available balances, such balances may be applied to other
categories in the general state charges schedule as determined by the
director of the budget.