Gov. Code, § 13302 · Article 1. General
Gov. Code, § 13302
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The accounting system devised as provided in Section 13300 shall provide, with respect to the General Fund and other governmental funds, for all of the following:
(a) The accrual of expenditures as of the end of each fiscal year on the basis of payables incurred, excluding accrued interest on general obligation bonded indebtedness.
(b) (1) The accrual of revenues at the end of the fiscal year if the underlying transaction has occurred as of the last day of the fiscal year, the amount is measurable, and the actual collection will occur either during the current period or after the end of the current period but in time to pay current yearend liabilities.
(2) Cash in agency trust accounts within the centralized State Treasury system that is in transit to the State Treasury, accrued interest receivable, and accounts receivable shall be accrued as of the end of each fiscal year.
(c) For the purposes of financial reporting, both of the following shall apply:
(1) A payable exists when goods or services have been delivered and the state is required to pay for those goods or services, and an encumbrance exists when a valid obligation against an appropriation has been created.
(2) All funds appropriated shall be identified as either expended, payable, encumbered (exclusive of payables), or unencumbered, as further defined by the California Fiscal Advisory Board, and the total of these shall equal the total appropriation.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), payments to employees made through the uniform state payroll system, as described in Section 12472.5, and with an issue date each year of July 1, shall be considered payables incurred in the fiscal year in which the payment is issue dated.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for purposes of calculating maintenance of effort expenditures under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, or for purposes of calculating funds used by a program during the fiscal year, payments made on July 1 may be counted towards the prior fiscal year.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 52, Sec. 7. (AB 171) Effective July 2, 2024.
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