Information Technology Depreciation Lease Payments

Current law requires an amount equivalent to the recorded depreciation or amortization of an information technology asset acquired, repaired, improved, replaced, renovated, or constructed with an appropriation from the information technology capital account in the capital construction fund based on the depreciation period (information technology annual depreciation-lease equivalent payment) to be credited and transferred to the information technology capital account within the capital construction fund. Current law also requires the state treasurer to transfer any unappropriated balances in the information technology capital account or any otherwise unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the information technology capital account at the end of a fiscal year to the general fund. The act prohibits the state treasurer from transferring any money that was transferred, credited, or paid into the information technology capital account as an information technology annual depreciation-lease equivalent payment back to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year, for state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)