California Administrative Code

(a) Prior to the first meeting at which the first eight members of the commission begin deliberating about the selection of the final six members of the commission, the members shall review the application materials provided by the State Auditor's Office for each of the applicant…

(a) During Phase III, the panel shall review the applicants who participated in interviews by the panel, along with all of the application materials submitted regarding those applicants, for the purpose of determining which applicants shall be removed from the applicant pool to l…

(a) During Phase V of the application process, the State Auditor, as provided in section 8252, subdivision (f) of the Government Code, shall randomly draw the names of eight applicants from those remaining after the legislative leaders have exercised their right to strike the nam…

“Audited state agency” means a state agency identified by the State Auditor as high risk or as a responsible state agency for a high-risk statewide issue at which the State Auditor has performed audit work for a state high risk audit.

“State agency” has the same meaning as “agency of the state” as defined in California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 61001.

“State high risk audit” means an audit performed by the State Auditor under the State High-Risk Government Agency Audit Program, as authorized by Government Code section 8546.5.

“State high risk list” means a list of high-risk state agencies and statewide issues established by the State Auditor not less frequently than once every two years as provided by California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 61009, subdivision (a).

(a) Not less frequently than once every two years, the State Auditor shall establish a state high risk list consisting of state agencies, including particular programs or mission areas within state agencies, and statewide issues that the State Auditor determines to be at high ris…

(a) When making an assessment to determine the state agencies and statewide issues that should appear on a new state high risk list, the State Auditor shall gather information to conduct the assessment. The State Auditor shall gather information from the State Auditor's past audi…

“Abuse” means that a government official acted in a manner that is deficient or improper when compared with behavior that a prudent person would consider reasonable and necessary given the facts and circumstances. Abuse also includes the misuse of authority or position to further…

“Audit committee” means the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.

(a) Merit issue complaints are complaints that the State Civil Service Act or Board regulation or policy has been violated by a state agency. These complaints include but are not limited to, interference with promotional opportunities, interference with a person's access to any S…

“Waste” means that spending or investment decisions result in taxpayers not receiving reasonable value in connection with government-funded activities due to an inappropriate act or omission by a government decision maker with control over, or access to, local government resource…

The State Auditor may consider the following risk factors, along with any additional relevant information, including information obtained from a local government agency, when determining whether to designate that entity as potentially high risk or as high risk: (a) The local gove…

To the extent that the State Auditor anticipates issuing an audit report designating a local government agency as high risk, the State Auditor shall provide an opportunity for the local government agency to prepare a corrective action plan. This corrective action plan, which is t…

(a) Each of the California Department of Health Care Services' state operations expenditures and capital outlay expenditures constitutes an administrative cost with respect to any funds transferred to the California Department of Health Care Services from the Fund pursuant to Rev…

(a) Each of the California Department of Justice's state operations expenditures and capital outlay expenditures constitutes an administrative cost with respect to any funds transferred to the California Department of Justice from the Fund pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code se…

“Consistent with the provisions of this article relating to other state civil service employees” means that the independent investigator shall comply with this chapter and provide the State Auditor's Office and employees with the same rights and obligations as civil servants bein…

“Employee” or “employees” means an employee or employees of the State Auditor's Office.

“Final action” means the State Auditor's written notification to the independent investigator regarding any recommendations the independent investigator has made or the State Auditor's reasons for not taking adverse action pursuant to Government Code section 19570 et seq. in resp…

“Good faith” means the individual providing the information or report of alleged improper governmental activity has a reasonable basis in fact for reporting or providing the information.

“Pending Matters Liaison” means the State Auditor's Office's Chief Counsel unless the Chief Counsel is the subject of the submission, in which case it means the State Auditor's Office's Assistant Chief Counsel. If both the State Auditor's Office's Chief Counsel and Assistant Chie…

“Promptly and directly delivered” means that the State Auditor's Office will transmit each submission to the Department of Justice without prior review by or disclosure of the particulars to the State Auditor, by: (a) A website that captures the submissions and directly sends the…

“State Auditor's Office” means the California State Auditor's Office.

(a) Notwithstanding California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 61317, subdivision (h), the independent investigator may disclose the identity of a person providing information for an investigation as set forth in California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 61317, subdi…

No indebtedness can be created by any state officer or employee unless the written consent of the Department of Finance has first been obtained.

Every unusual item of a claim when submitted shall be explained adequately.

(a) The Board or hearing officer may conduct all or part of a hearing by telephone, video conference, or other simultaneous electronic means if each participant: (1) has an opportunity to participate; (2) can hear the entire hearing while it is taking place; and (3) can observe e…

(a) Oral evidence shall be taken under oath or affirmation in all hearings. (b) An oath or affirmation may be administered by: (1) A member of the Board; (2) The hearing officer; and (3) A staff member of the Board, as directed by the Board. (c) If oral evidence is permitted, eac…

(a) The board may designate any of its decisions in whole or in part as a precedent decision. (b) The board may designate a prior decision as a precedent decision. (c) A decision may be designated as a precedent decision if it: (1) addresses a legal or factual issue of general pu…

Note: Reference: Section 19583.5, Government Code.

Claims shall be segregated by funds, by appropriations, and by fiscal years in which the obligations were incurred.

(a) Subject to the approval of the Controller, claims recorded on electronic tape may be presented under the following conditions: (1) Each such claim shall consist of the electronic tape listing each payee and the amount of payment. A written reproduction of the electronic tape …

In addition to the information required under Section 622 every schedule of bills filed shall show: (a) The name and address of the person in whose favor the warrant is to be drawn. (b) The items briefly and clearly stated in chronological order, together with all the charges for…

Each claim shall be approved by the department head or another person properly authorized, or, in the case of boards and commissions, by the secretary or by some other person, pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the board or commission. Unless otherwise provided by law, ever…

(a) Only the following aliens are eligible for any of the programs: (1) a qualified alien; (2) a non-immigrant alien; and (3) an alien paroled into the United States under 8 U.S.C. section 1182(d)(5) for less than one year. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to eligibility for: (1…

(a) When filing an application for a program, an applicant shall declare, under penalty of perjury, to be: (1) a citizen or other national of the United States; (2) a qualified alien; (3) a nonimmigrant alien; or (4) an alien paroled into the United States under 8 U.S.C. section …

The Board may permit submission of the current version of a form identified in this article, or a form that supersedes one identified in this article.

All claims or amendments filed with the Board based upon subsections (a) through (h) of Section 631 shall only be submitted on the form incorporated by reference with the title “Government Claim Form” and a revision date of January 2014.

All requests for fee waivers pursuant to Government Code Section 905.2(c) shall be on the following form:

Upon determination by the State Controller of an effective date for any state agency in compliance with Section 12470 of the Government Code, such agency shall submit pay roll claims in the following form and manner, and the State Controller shall prepare and make direct payment …

The pay roll presented for audit shall show: (a) Where employees are paid on a monthly basis, the name, position occupied, period for which payment is made and the rate of pay. For example: John Smith, Carpenter, November 1-20, inclusive, at $150--$100. (b) Where employees are pa…

The salaries fixed by law for all state officers, elective or appointive, shall be compensation in full for all services rendered in any official capacity or employment whatsoever, during their terms of office, and no such officer shall receive for his own use any fee or perquisi…

(a) In addition to the information required under Section 622, every claim for allowances under a retirement system shall show: (1) The amount of the similar roll for the preceding period. (2) All additions to and deletions from the roll for said preceding period, including adjus…

(a) In reaching its determination of the merits of the claim, claimant's denial of the commission of the crime; reversal of the judgment of conviction; acquittal of claimant on retrial; or, the decision of the prosecuting authority not to retry claimant for the crime, may be cons…

(a) A claimant may withdraw a claim upon request any time prior to the Attorney General's submission of a response letter. (b) The hearing officer may, in their discretion, deem a claim withdrawn in any of the following circumstances: (1) The hearing officer lacks valid contact i…

(a) At the discretion of the hearing officer, the parties may submit a pre-hearing brief addressing the merits of the claim. The parties shall receive reasonable notice of the time to submit a pre-hearing brief. Either party may waive submission of a pre-hearing brief. (b) Each p…

(a) The hearing officer shall take the matter under submission once the administrative record is closed and prepare a proposed decision in accordance with California Code of Regulations section 619.3. (b) The proposed decision may not deny a claim solely because the claimant fail…

(a) This article applies to: (1) an application for assistance to the Victim Compensation Program under Government Code sections 13950-13966; (2) an application for assistance as a minor witness under Government Code section 13957(a)(2)(B)(iii); and (3) an application for indemni…

(a) An applicant or representative may request that a hearing be rescheduled by contacting the Board at the telephone number or email address on the notice of hearing. (b) An applicant's or representative's request to reschedule a hearing must be made as soon as the need for the …