(a) General rule.--The services and facilities of the commission and its staff shall be available to departments, boards, commissions, agencies and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth.

(b) Costs.--

(1) The cost of the services and facilities made available by the commission shall be paid by the department, board, commission, agency and political subdivision to which the services and facilities are made available, in the proportion that the cost of the services and facilities bears to the total cost of the services and facilities.

(2) The commission shall prepare and issue semiannual statements of the cost, which shall be reviewed and approved by the Office of the Budget, providing the total cost and the share attributable to each department, board, commission, agency and political subdivision to which services or facilities are made available. Upon receipt of the statements, each department, board, commission, agency and political subdivision shall pay its share of the cost to the commission.

(c) Obligation.--

(1) Money payable to the commission, by way of reimbursement, shall be paid into the General Fund, shall be credited to the annual appropriation made to the commission out of the General Fund for the proper conduct of its work under this part and shall be available for the same purposes for which an appropriation is available.

(2) If a department, board, commission or agency which is supported out of the General Fund becomes liable to the commission under the provisions of this section, the liability shall be defrayed out of the current appropriation to the department, board, commission or agency for the proper conduct of its work, and an appropriation is appropriated for that purpose.

(3) As much money as may be necessary is appropriated to the commission from The State Stores Fund to meet the cost of the services and facilities of the commission as may be attributable to the work of the commission, with respect to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

(4) As much money as may be necessary is appropriated to the commission from the Administration Fund to meet the cost of services and facilities of the commission as may be attributable to the work of the commission with respect to the work of the Department of Labor and Industry under the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law.

(5) In the event any other department, board, commission or agency, which is supported out of a special fund, becomes obligated to the commission under the provisions of this section, as much money as may be necessary is appropriated out of the special fund to meet the cost of services and facilities of the commission as may be attributable to the work of the department, board, commission or agency. The amounts that are appropriated out of the special funds shall be transferred from the funds to the General Fund, shall be credited to the current appropriation made to the commission out of the General Fund for the proper conduct of its work and are appropriated to the commission for the same purposes as the appropriation out of the General Fund is appropriated under this section.