(a) The board shall determine the total cost to the state of maintaining and operating the hearing office of the board, in advance or upon any other basis as it may determine, utilizing information from the state agencies for which services are provided by the hearing office.
(b) The board shall be reimbursed for the entire cost of hearings conducted by the hearing office pursuant to statutes administered by the board, or by interagency agreement. The board may bill the appropriate state agencies for the costs incurred in conducting hearings involving employees of those state agencies, and employees of the California State University pursuant to Sections 89535 to 89542, inclusive, of the Education Code, and may bill the state departments having responsibility for the overall administration of grant-in-aid programs for the costs incurred in conducting hearings involving employees not administering their own merit systems pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 19800) of Part 2.5. All costs collected by the board pursuant to this section shall be used only for purposes of maintaining and operating the hearing office of the board.
(c) Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the board, pursuant to Section 18675, any moneys owed to the board by any state agency or department for charges determined by the board as specified in subdivisions (a) and (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 25. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013.)