Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2014–15 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2014 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2014, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2015 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2015, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2016–17 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2016 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2016, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2015 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2015, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 2 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inc…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2016–17 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2016 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2016, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 2 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inc…

The Controller shall submit an annual report to the Governor containing a statement of the funds of the state, its revenues, and the public expenditures during the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be known as the budgetary-legal basis annual report and prepared in a…

The Controller shall release an annual report that includes all of the following: (a) General Purpose Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Section 12460 and “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” (b) Tabular statements showing: (1) The amount of each appropriatio…

The Controller shall also prepare a quarterly report on the General Fund comparing state revenues and expenditures for that quarter with the Budget Act, and other expenditures authorized pursuant to statute, in effect during that quarter. Such reports shall be submitted to the Le…

If any state agency, department, board, or commission, which is required by statute or regulation to furnish a financial statement or report to the Controller fails to furnish a complete and accurate financial report or statement within 20 days of the date prescribed, the Control…

Upon request, the Controller shall give information in writing to either house of the Legislature relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or the duties of the Controller’s office.

The Controller shall include the following information on bank accounts and savings and loan association accounts outside the treasury system in the budgetary-legal basis annual report, submitted pursuant to Section 12460: (a) The name of the account. (b) The source of authorizat…

(a) The Controller shall compile, publish, and make publicly available on the Controller’s website, in a format that may be printed and downloaded, reports of the financial transactions and information on annual compensation, consistent with subdivision (l) of Section 53892, of e…

(a) The Controller shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of seven local governmental officers to assist the Controller in developing complete and adequate records. (b) Whenever, in the opinion of the advisory committee and the Controller, the public welfare demands that …

(a) (1) The Controller shall include in reports compiled and published pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12463 information relating to the imposition of each locally assessed parcel tax, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) The type and rate of parcel tax impose…

On or before May 1 of each year, the Controller shall compile and publish annually reports of the financial transactions of each community redevelopment agency created pursuant to Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code. The Controller shall make…

On or before July 1, 2019, the Controller shall publish on the Controller’s Internet Web site a comprehensive list of special districts. The Controller shall update the list every year thereafter. For purposes of this section, the term “special district” means an “independent dis…

(a) If the county, city, or district reports are not made in the time, form, and manner required or there is reason to believe that a report is false, incomplete, or incorrect, the Controller shall appoint a qualified accountant to make an investigation and to obtain the informat…

(a) When they are in excess of five years old, reports from county and city officials and individuals, claims, canceled and paid warrants, payroll documents, and other records may be destroyed by the Controller, with the concurrence of the Director of General Services. (b) Except…

On the first business day of each month, the Controller shall furnish the Department of Finance with a statement of the amount of money in each fund of the Treasury, and the total amount as it appears upon the books of the Controller’s office, together with the amount of warrants…

(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the General Fund has experienced significant deficits in recent years due to economic factors and extraordinary demand for public services supported by the General Fund. In order to meet the cash needs of the state, it has been nece…

The Controller shall regularly audit the apportionment and allocation by counties of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 75) of, and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of, Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code in accordance …

In conformity with the accounting system prescribed by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 13300, the Controller shall install and operate a uniform state payroll system for all state agencies except the California Exposition and State Fair and the University of Califor…

The uniform state pay roll system shall provide adequate accounting procedures to enable each state agency to properly account salary and wage expenditures under the uniform state accounting system.

The uniform state payroll system may provide for the fixing of staggered payroll periods, and designated days of the month on which permanent monthly salaried employees shall be paid for the preceding payroll period. These pay dates shall not be more than 10 calendar days followi…

Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2025, payments to employees made through the uniform state payroll system for master payroll paid on June 30 of each year shall be issue dated on July 1, provided that employees shall, in any event, be paid promptly.

The pay roll period of employees of a state agency shall not be changed by inclusion of the agency into the uniform state pay roll system or by any revision or modification of the system unless notice of the proposed change has been given to each employee who will be affected by …

The Controller shall establish and maintain a payroll roster of all persons employed by every state agency except the University of California and may establish and maintain a roster of all established positions. The payroll roster shall include both civil service and exempt empl…

Each appointing power shall correctly and promptly certify to the Controller all changes, modifications, additions and deletions to the pay roll roster in compliance with all applicable civil service, fiscal, and other pertinent laws, rules, and regulations. The Controller shall …

The Controller may audit the uniform state pay roll system, the State Pay Roll Revolving Fund, and related records of state agencies within the uniform state pay roll system, in such manner as the Controller may determine.

Rules and regulations adopted under this article or Section 1153 are excepted from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be distributed in the form and manner as the Controller determines.

Upon receipt of proof, satisfactory to the Controller, that a payroll warrant issued by the Controller has been lost or destroyed prior to its delivery to the employee to whom it is payable, the Controller shall, upon certification by the payee’s appointing power, issue a replace…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of the state may file with their appointing power a designation of a person or persons for receipt of employee warrants upon death. The designation shall control who is entitled to receive the warrants that would have been payable to…

Officers and employees of the state may authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of their salary or wages, after any withholding required by law and authorized deductions, into an account at the financial institution of their choice under a program for direct depo…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller shall make an agreement with one or more financial institutions participating in the Automated Clearing House pursuant to the local rules, and shall establish a program, for direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of the salary…

(a) On or before February 1, 2023, the Controller, in consultation with the Department of Human Resources, shall submit a report to each of the relevant budget subcommittees of the Legislature on the proposed California State Payroll System information technology project. The rep…

The department shall have the following functions, duties, and powers: (a) To establish and maintain a principal office and any other offices within the state as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part. (b) To meet and function at any place within the state. (c) To a…

(a) The department may also provide assistance to communities and persons therein in resolving disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, v…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that the avoidance of discriminatory practices in the employment of disabled persons is most effectively achieved through the ongoing efforts of state agencies involved in the vocational rehabilitation and job placement of the disabled. The departme…

The department shall maintain liaison with the human relations commissions of cities, counties, and any city and county, and shall provide any information not designated by law as confidential to such commissions on request.

The council shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (a) To adopt, promulgate, amend, and rescind suitable rules, regulations, and standards that do either of the following: (1) Interpret, implement, and apply all provisions of this part, Article 9.5 (commencing wi…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist residents of the State of California in obtaining compensation for the pecuniary losses they suffer as a direct result of criminal acts. (b) This chapter shall govern the procedure by which crime v…

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the California Victim Compensation Board. (b) (1) “Crime” means a crime or public offense, wherever it may take place, that would constitute a misdemeanor or a felony if the crime had been committed…

(a) An application for compensation shall be filed with the board in the manner determined by the board. (b) (1) The application for compensation shall be verified under penalty of perjury by the individual who is seeking compensation, who may be the victim or derivative victim, …

(a) An emergency award shall be available to a person eligible for compensation pursuant to this chapter if the board determines that such an award is necessary to avoid or mitigate substantial hardship that may result from delaying compensation until complete and final considera…

(a) An application for compensation shall be filed within seven years of the date of the crime, seven years after the victim attains 21 years of age, or seven years of the time the victim or derivative victim knew or in the exercise of ordinary diligence could have discovered tha…

(a) The board shall verify with hospitals, physicians, law enforcement officials, or other interested parties involved, the treatment of the victim or derivative victim, circumstances of the crime, amounts paid or received by or for the victim or derivative victim, and any other …

Except as provided in Section 13956, a person shall be eligible for compensation when all of the following requirements are met: (a) The person for whom compensation is being sought is any of the following: (1) A victim. (2) A derivative victim. (3) (A) A person who is entitled t…

Notwithstanding Section 13955, a person shall not be eligible for compensation under the following conditions: (a) An application may be denied, in whole or in part, if the board finds that denial is appropriate because of the nature of the victim’s or other applicant’s involveme…

(a) The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as follows: (1) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2, reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred by the victim for …

(a) The board may establish maximum rates and service limitations for reimbursement of medical and medical-related services and for mental health and counseling services. The adoption, amendment, and repeal of these service limitations and maximum rates shall not be subject to th…