California Administrative Code

The basis of accounting under which certain revenues are recognized when earned or when levies are made, and expenditures are recognized as soon as they result in liabilities for benefits received.

Those accounts necessary to reflect budget operations and condition, such as estimated revenues, appropriations, and encumbrances, as distinguished from proprietary accounts. (National Committee on Governmental Accounting.)

Those accounts which show actual financial condition and operations such as actual assets, liabilities, reserves, surplus, revenues, and expenditures, as distinguished from budgetary accounts. (National Committee on Governmental Accounting.)

A minimum number of funds, including but not limited to the applicable funds prescribed in this article, which in the judgment of each county provide for efficient management and compliance with legal requirements, shall be used.

The proper classification of receipts and disbursements often requires adjustment of the revenue and expenditure accounts. Because of the possibility of inconsistent application among counties to a wide variety of situations, resulting in loss of budgetary control and uniformity …

Adjustments to individual accounts are limited to reductions of specific accounts for (1) disbursements which correct a previous revenue, and (2) receipts which correct a previous expenditure. These reductions should be entered in the proper revenue or expenditure accounts. When …

Costs applied are defined as the interdepartmental transfer of materials and services, shown as a credit to the total expenditures of the transferring department. These adjustments differ from adjustments to individual accounts as follows: There is no reduction of expense in the …

Total employee benefits should be shown in a separate budget unit. The amount of benefits applicable to each budget unit may also be shown. If this is done the total of the benefits so allocated is credited against the total appropriations of the central budget unit.

A salary savings account is sometimes used to estimate the savings to result from employee turn-over--replacement of a terminating employee with a new employee at a lower step in the salary range. Use of a salary savings account is permissible provided it is included within the S…

The detail of fixed asset acquisitions other than land must be shown in the budget, or, in the case of equipment, be readily available in a separate document. Proposed acquisitions of structures and improvements must be itemized by project.

Appropriations for structures and improvements to real property should be centralized in a single budget unit, regardless of the source of financing. Appropriations are detailed by project and the financing fund stated for each. This does not apply to bond fund appropriations.

A county budget unit can normally be classified under a single activity. A budget unit containing all the welfare categorical aids gives rise to an opposite situation--several activities are represented in one budget unit. Amounts applicable to each must be indicated and brought …

(a) An amendment is a document that makes a substantive change to a previously filed document. An amendment to an application, protest, complaint, or answer must be filed prior to the issuance of the scoping memo. (b) The time for filing a reply, response, protest, or answer to a…

(a) Separate documents must be used to address unrelated subjects or to ask the Commission or the Administrative Law Judge to take essentially different types of action (e.g., a document entitled “Complaint and Motion to File Under Seal” would be improper; two separate documents …

(a) A document tendered for filing must have a signature at the end of the document and must state the date of signing, the signer's address, the signer's telephone number, and (if consenting to service by electronic mail) the signer's electronic mail address. (b) A signature on …

(a) A party may request the issuance of a subpoena to direct the attendance of a non-party witness or to direct the production of documents or other things under the non-party witness's control. Requests may be made to the Administrative Law Judge assigned to the proceeding. If n…

Each part of this division shall be deemed severable, and in the event that any provision of this division is held to be invalid, the remainder of this division shall continue in full force and effect.

The assigned Administrative Law Judge may refer motions for the resolution of discovery disputes to a designated Law and Motion Administrative Law Judge. The Law and Motion Administrative Law Judge shall preside over discovery matters referred to him or her by the assigned Admini…

This article applies only to the commission's business meetings conducted under Public Resources Code Section 25214.

(a) Time and Distribution. Notices shall be given to all members, ex officio members, the public adviser, to all parties to proceedings on the agenda, and to all persons who request in writing such notice. (b) Agenda. The agenda shall be prepared by the executive director and sha…

The complaint process identified in this Article is general in nature and may be modified or supplemented by requirements in other regulations applicable to specific types of violations. The complaint process describes how the executive director brings an action against any perso…

The respondent shall file an answer to the complaint within 45 days after service of the complaint. The answer shall include any information the respondent believes addresses the issues and violations alleged in the complaint.

(a) No sooner than 30 days after filing the answer under section 1233.2, the chair shall schedule the complaint to be considered at a hearing, as set forth in Chapter 2 of Article 1 of Title 20. For complaints seeking civil penalties under Public Resources Code section 25534.1, a…

(a) The Commission may, on its own motion or upon recommendation of the assigned Commissioner or Administrative Law Judge, direct the presentation of oral argument before it. (b) In ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings in which the assigned Commissioner has determined th…

(a) A proceeding shall stand submitted for decision by the Commission after the taking of evidence, the filing of briefs, and the presentation of oral argument as may have been prescribed. (b) A motion to set aside submission for the taking of additional evidence or argument, or …

(a) In any ratesetting proceeding, the assigned Commissioner shall be present at the closing argument, if any, and, if designated as presiding officer, shall be present for more than one-half of the hearing days. (b) In any ratesetting proceeding, a party may request the presence…

Each LSE and gas utility shall submit its 10-year demand forecast according to forms and instructions adopted by the Commission. (a) UDC Electricity Demand Forecasts. Each UDC demand forecast shall include: (1) A description and map of the UDC service area, including a discussion…

Beginning in 2007, each LSE shall annually submit quantitative documentation of its load forecasts and resource plans, and narrative descriptions of its procurement activities that will enable it to have adequate electricity supplies to serve forecasted loads. (a) LSEs under the …

Each LSE shall submit its 10-year resource plan for meeting forecasted demand according to forms and instructions adopted by the Commission. (a) Resource Plans from LSEs that are UDCs. The resource plan shall be consistent with the forecasted demand documented according to the re…

(a) General Accounting Provisions (1) Unbundled RECs, including those from a non-eligible renewable energy resource, shall not be used to calculate or adjust the fuel mix or GHG emissions intensity of an electricity portfolio. (2) A retail supplier's purchases of the specified sy…

Each firm submitting one or more Petroleum Information Reports pursuant to the provisions of this article shall include the following information at the beginning of each report: (1) The name of the company; (2) The company address; (3) The name and telephone number of one or mor…

The CEC may need to obtain PIIRA information for the performance of its responsibilities that is not reported through weekly, monthly or annual reporting requirements pursuant to Public Resources Code section 25354(f). In such an event, the CEC may solicit for this information th…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, CEC staff and support staff assigned to collect or analyze data submitted in confidence, pursuant to this article, will hold unaggregated PIIRA data confidential. (b) Any person required by the provisions of this article to submit Petroleu…

(a) A proposed decision shall be filed no later than 90 days after submission. (b) A presiding officer's decision shall be filed no later than 60 days after submission. (c) An alternate proposed decision shall be filed without undue delay. (d) A draft resolution shall not be file…

(a) Any party may file an appeal of the presiding officer's decision within 30 days of the date the decision is served. (b) Any Commissioner may request review of the presiding officer's decision by filing a request for review within 30 days of the date the decision is served. (c…

(a) In an unforeseen emergency situation, the Commission may reduce or waive the period for public review and comment on proposed decisions, draft resolutions, and their alternates. “Unforeseen emergency situation” means a matter that requires action or a decision by the Commissi…

In an adjudicatory proceeding: (a) The decision of the presiding officer shall become the decision of the Commission if no appeal or request for review is timely filed pursuant to Rule 14.4. The Commission's Daily Calendar shall notice each decision of a presiding officer that ha…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “ANSI” means the American National Standards Institute. (b) “ASTM” means the American Society for Testing and Materials. (c) “Insulating material” or “insulation” means any material listed in Section 1551(b)…

(a) A petition for modification asks the Commission to make changes to an issued decision. Filing a petition for modification does not preserve the party's appellate rights; an application for rehearing (see Rule 16.1) is the vehicle to request rehearing and preserve a party's ap…

This Article applies to the following types of new appliances, if they are sold or offered for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state and those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles, or other …

(a) General. In this Article the following definitions apply. If a term is not defined here, the applicable definition in NAECA, EPAct, the EPAct 2005, EISA, or the test methods listed in section 1604 of this Article shall apply where it is reasonable to do so. “AC” means alterna…

(a) Where the context requires, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. (b) The use of “and” in a conjunctive provision means that all elements in the provision must be complied with, or must exist in order to make the provision applicable. “Or” (ra…

The Energy Commission shall distribute an award as a grant or a loan.

(a) Testing. If section 1693 of this Article requires that a specific appliance type be tested, then the manufacturer shall cause the testing of units of each basic model of appliance within the scope of this Article and comply with the applicable provisions of this section. (1) …

(a) Every unit of every appliance within the scope of this Article shall comply with the applicable provisions of this section. (b) Pool controls. (1) Effective date. The standards for pool controls shall be effective with respect to products manufactured on or after September 29…

(a) Filing of Statements. (1) Each manufacturer shall electronically file with the Executive Director through the Flexible Appliance Database (FAD) a statement for each appliance that is sold or offered for sale in California. (2) The manufacturer statement shall contain the foll…

The data submittal requirements shown in this section are required pursuant to section 1695 of this Article. (a) All appliances. (1) The data submittal requirements shown in Table A-1 are required for all appliances subject to this Article. Required Information Possible Answers *…

(a) Compliance and Enforcement. (1) Any unit of any appliance subject to this Article may be sold or offered for sale, rented, imported, distributed or leased for use in California regardless of the physical location of the seller and includes, without limitation, transactions co…

(a) A project owner shall pay all fees specified in Public Resources Code sections 25802 and 25806, and reimburse the commission for its actual costs of processing a petition to amend as specified in 25806(e). In calculating the fee required by Public Resources Code section 25806…

§ 450.16. Change of Business or Corporate Name. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I67CA42735A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Category…