Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The Controller shall keep a record of the money received from the United States on account of the federal flood control land in each county in this State. On or before June 30th of each year, he shall draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of each county entitled to payment p…

The auditor of any county receiving a payment of money pursuant to this article shall immediately apportion the money by placing 50 percent to the credit of the road fund. The remaining 50 percent shall be divided between school and community college districts where the lands are…

(a) The Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties is hereby created in the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section. The contingency reserve for economic uncertainties established within the General Fund by Section 12.3 of the Budget Act of 1…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each special fund shall include a contingency reserve for economic uncertainties. These reserves shall constitute reserve funds within the meaning of Section 5 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. (b) On the first day o…

(a) The Projected Surplus Temporary Holding Account is hereby established in the State Treasury as a General Fund reserve to hold a portion of General Fund surplus moneys temporarily for use in future fiscal years, as an added responsible budgeting technique to counter tax revenu…

(a) The Budget Deficit Savings Account is hereby established in the State Treasury to serve as a supplementary savings account to mitigate the effects of actual or future projected budget deficits in the General Fund or other state funds. (b) (1) Deposits to the Budget Stabilizat…

The Disaster Relief Fund is hereby established. Notwithstanding Section 13340, the fund is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for purposes of funding disbursements made for response to and recovery from the earthquake, aftershocks, and any other related casu…

There is in the State Treasury the Service Revolving Fund, hereafter referred to as “the fund.”

The fund consists of the following: (a) All money appropriated by the Legislature for such fund or payable into such fund in accordance with law. (b) All money received into the Treasury from any source whatever in payment of printing, ruling, and binding done in the Office of St…

The fund is under the control of the Department of General Services and is available for expenditure for the payment of rent; the cost of maintaining, operating, and insuring building space; the purchase and sale of materials, supplies, and equipment; the rendering of services to…

The State Printing Fund and the Purchasing Revolving Fund in the State Treasury are abolished. The Controller, on the operative date of this section, shall transfer any balances in those funds to the Service Revolving Fund. Any reference in state law to either the State Printing …

The Surplus Personal Property Revolving Fund in the State Treasury, created by Section 10383.5 of the Public Contract Code, is abolished. On January 1, 1989, the Controller shall transfer the assets, liabilities, and surplus in that fund to the Service Revolving Fund. Any referen…

There is in the State Treasury the Litigation Deposits Fund, hereafter referred to as “the fund,” which is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this article.

The fund consists of all money received as litigation deposits where the State of California is a party to the litigation and no other state statutes specifically provide for both of the following: (1) Handling and investing such money. (2) Crediting any interest accrued thereto …

(a) For purposes of this article, “department” means the Department of Justice. (b) The fund is under the control of the department. The department shall maintain accounting records pertaining to the fund, including subsidiary records of individual litigation deposits and the dis…

Money in the fund may be invested and reinvested in any securities described in Section 16430 or deposited in banks as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16500) of this part or deposited in savings and loan associations as provided in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Sect…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Ratepayers and the state’s economy have been harmed by improper and unfair energy market manipulation that has resulted in overcharging for electricity and natural gas. (b) The purpose of the act adding this section is …

(a) The Ratepayer Relief Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The purpose of the fund is to benefit electricity and natural gas ratepayers and to fund investigation and litigation costs of the state in pursuing allegations of overcharges and unfair business practices…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Fund” means the Ratepayer Relief Fund established in Section 16428.1. (b) “Energy settlement agreement” means any agreement arising from the energy crisis of 2000–02, where the State of California or a…

(a) Any energy settlement agreement entered into by the Attorney General, after reimbursing the Attorney General’s litigation and investigation expenses, to the maximum extent possible, shall direct settlement funds to the following purposes in priority order: (1) To reduce ratep…

All funds recovered on behalf of the Department of Water Resources, after deduction of litigation and investigation expenses, shall be deposited in the Department of Water Resources Electric Power Fund and applied pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Wat…

Moneys in the fund shall be expended upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the benefit of ratepayers. Moneys in the fund may be appropriated for the following purposes: (a) To finance energy litigation and investigation expenses of state entities. (b) To reduce rates for cus…

The Attorney General shall promptly notify the Director of Finance, Senate President pro Tempore, and the Speaker of the Assembly upon agreeing on behalf of the state to an energy settlement agreement. Notification shall include a description of how the terms of the settlement ag…

Nothing in this article affects the allocation of funds from settlements entered into before the effective date of this article.

(a) The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, hereafter referred to in this article as the fund, is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. (b) Except for fines and penalties, all moneys collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances, p…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Finance shall submit to the Legislature, in bill format, on or before January 10, 2013, a proposal that provides a detailed spending plan for the expenditure of moneys in the fund that includes the components specified …

(a) Prior to awarding grant funds from moneys made available from the fund, the Department of Food and Agriculture shall review the applicant’s analysis identifying potential adverse impacts of the proposed project, including a net increase in criteria pollutants, toxic air conta…

No later than January 1, 2021, an agency that receives an appropriation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund shall post on the internet website of the agency’s program from which moneys from the fund are being allocated the agency’s guidelines for how moneys from the fund are a…

(a) Before expending any moneys appropriated to it by the Legislature from the fund, a state agency shall prepare a record consisting of all of the following: (1) A description of each expenditure proposed to be made by the state agency pursuant to the appropriation. (2) A descri…

(a) The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3) does not apply to guidelines or other standards adopted or used by a state agency in administering a program that has received funding in the 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24 f…

Notwithstanding Section 38597 of the Health and Safety Code, the Cost of Implementation Account is hereby established in the Air Pollution Control Fund, and revenues collected pursuant to that section shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of carryi…

(a) The Condemnation Deposits Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence. The fund consists of all money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure and all interest earned or other incr…

(a) There is in trust in the custody of the Treasurer the Local Agency Investment Fund, which fund is hereby created. The Controller shall maintain a separate account for each governmental unit having deposits in this fund. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a local governmental …

(a) Upon appropriation, the 2022 California Arrearage Payment Program is established in the Department of Community Services and Development. (b) The department shall release program notices and post program notices related to 2022 CAPP administration on its public-facing interne…

There is created the Local Investment Advisory Board consisting of five members. The chairman shall be the State Treasurer or his or her designated representative. Two members who are qualified by training and experience in the field of investment or finance, shall be appointed b…

Moneys placed with the Treasurer for deposit in the Local Agency Investment Fund by cities, counties, special districts, nonprofit corporations, or qualified quasi-governmental agencies shall not be subject to either of the following: (a) Transfer or loan pursuant to Sections 163…

The right of a city, county, city and county, special district, nonprofit corporation, or qualified quasi-governmental agency to withdraw its deposited moneys from the Local Agency Investment Fund, upon demand, may not be altered, impaired, or denied, in any way, by any state off…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed that a state of emergency exists in California as a result of the rise of COVID-19. (b) A nationwide emergency in response to COVID-19 was declared on March 13, 2020, pursuan…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “2022 CAPP” means the 2022 California Arrearage Payment Program established in Section 16429.10. (b) “COVID-19 pandemic bill relief period” means the period starting March 4, 2020, and ending December 31, 2021, in…

All provisions of this chapter referring to registered warrants are applicable to “reimbursement warrants” and “refunding warrants,” unless the context otherwise requires.

The Department of General Services may make rules and regulations governing the issuance and sale of registered warrants.

All registered warrants issued by the state are legal investments for all: (a) Trust funds. (b) Funds of all insurers. (c) Funds of savings and loan associations. (d) Funds of all banks, including any legal combination of commercial banks, savings banks and trust companies. (e) F…

Such registered warrants are acceptable and may be used as security for the faithful performance of any public or private trust or obligation or for the performance of any act, including the use of such registered warrants by banks and savings and loan associations as security fo…

Any State agency that is authorized to invest funds in the treasury in securities which are legal investments for savings banks may invest the funds in registered warrants of the State.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, all registered warrants are negotiable instruments.

Whenever a registered warrant is issued for the purpose of making an interdepartmental payment or in error the State agency having legal ownership of the warrant may present it to the Controller for cancellation and credit to the fund on which it was drawn. The warrant shall be a…

After verification of the proper appropriation to be credited, the Controller shall cancel the warrant and credit the amount to the proper fund or appropriation in the same manner as other money paid into the State treasury.

Whenever such a registered warrant is canceled the Controller shall so notify the Treasurer in writing, specifying the number, date, amount, to whom drawn, fund on which drawn and date of cancellation.

Whenever the Controller deems that it will increase the salability or the price of registered warrants to obtain, prior to or after sale, a legal opinion as to the validity of the warrants from attorneys other than the Attorney General, the Controller may obtain a legal opinion.

Registered warrants shall be paid by the Treasurer in conformity with law.