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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17558.

17558. (a) The commission shall submit the adopted parameters and guidelines or a reasonable reimbursement methodology approved pursuant to Section 17557.2 to the Controller. As used in this chapter, a “reasonable reimbursement methodology” approved pursuant to Section 17557.2 includes all amendments to the reasonable reimbursement methodology. When the Legislature declares a legislatively determined mandate in accordance with Section 17573 in which claiming instructions are necessary, the Department of Finance shall notify the Controller.
(b) Not later than 90 days after receiving the adopted parameters and guidelines, a reasonable reimbursement methodology from the commission, or notification from the Department of Finance, the Controller shall issue claiming instructions for each mandate that requires state reimbursement, to assist local agencies and school districts in claiming costs to be reimbursed. In preparing claiming instructions, the Controller shall request assistance from the Department of Finance and may request the assistance of other state agencies. The claiming instructions shall be derived from the test claim decision and the adopted parameters and guidelines, reasonable reimbursement methodology, or statute declaring a legislatively determined mandate.
(c) The Controller shall, within 90 days after receiving amended parameters and guidelines, an amended reasonable reimbursement methodology from the commission or other information necessitating a revision of the claiming instructions, prepare and issue revised claiming instructions for mandates that require state reimbursement that have been established by commission action pursuant to Section 17557, Section 17557.2, or after any decision or order of the commission pursuant to Section 17559, or after any action by the Legislature pursuant to Section 17573. In preparing revised claiming instructions, the Controller may request the assistance of other state agencies.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 144, Sec. 2. (SB 112) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17558.5.

17558.5. (a) A reimbursement claim for actual costs filed by a local agency or school district pursuant to this chapter is subject to the initiation of an audit by the Controller no later than three years after the date that the actual reimbursement claim is filed or last amended, whichever is later. However, if no funds are appropriated or no payment is made to a claimant for the program for the fiscal year for which the claim is filed, the time for the Controller to initiate an audit shall commence to run from the date of initial payment of the claim. In any case, an audit shall be completed not later than two years after the date that the audit is commenced.
(b) The Controller may conduct a field review of any claim after the claim has been submitted, prior to the reimbursement of the claim.
(c) The Controller shall notify the claimant in writing within 30 days after issuance of a remittance advice of any adjustment to a claim for reimbursement that results from an audit or review. The notification shall specify the claim components adjusted, the amounts adjusted, interest charges on claims adjusted to reduce the overall reimbursement to the local agency or school district, and the reason for the adjustment. Remittance advices and other notices of payment action shall not constitute notice of adjustment from an audit or review.
(d) The interest rate charged by the Controller on reduced claims shall be set at the Pooled Money Investment Account rate and shall be imposed on the dollar amount of the overpaid claim from the time the claim was paid until overpayment is satisfied.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the adjustment of payments when inaccuracies are determined to be the result of the intent to defraud, or when a delay in the completion of an audit is the result of willful acts by the claimant or inability to reach agreement on terms of final settlement.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 890, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17558.6.

17558.6. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on State Mandates review its process by which local agencies may appeal the reduction of reimbursement claims on the basis that the reduction is incorrect in order to provide for a more expeditious and less costly process.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 681, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17558.8.

17558.8. (a) The commission may, on its own initiative, consolidate incorrect reduction claims filed with the commission by different claimants under the same mandate if all of the following apply:
(1) The same method, act, or practice is alleged to have led to the reduction in each claim, and all of the claims involve common questions of law or fact.
(2) The common questions of law or fact among the claims predominate over any matter affecting only an individual claim.
(3) The consolidation of similar claims by individual claimants would result in consistent decisionmaking by the commission.
(b) The commission shall adopt regulations establishing procedures for consolidation of incorrect reduction claims pursuant to this section and for providing a hearing on a consolidated claim.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 119. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17559.

17559. (a) The commission may order a reconsideration of all or part of a test claim or incorrect reduction claim on petition of any party. The power to order a reconsideration or amend a test claim decision shall expire 30 days after the statement of decision is delivered or mailed to the claimant. If additional time is needed to evaluate a petition for reconsideration filed prior to the expiration of the 30-day period, the commission may grant a stay of that expiration for no more than 30 days, solely for the purpose of considering the petition. If no action is taken on a petition within the time allowed for ordering reconsideration, the petition shall be deemed denied.
(b) A claimant or the state may commence a proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure to set aside a decision of the commission on the ground that the commission’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence. The court may order the commission to hold another hearing regarding the claim and may direct the commission on what basis the claim is to receive a rehearing.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 643, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17560.

17560. Reimbursement for state-mandated costs may be claimed as follows:
(a) A local agency or school district may, by February 15 following the fiscal year in which costs are incurred, file an annual reimbursement claim that details the costs actually incurred for that fiscal year.
(b) In the event revised claiming instructions are issued by the Controller pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17558 between November 15 and February 15, a local agency or school district filing an annual reimbursement claim shall have 120 days following the issuance date of the revised claiming instructions to file a claim.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 6, Sec. 3. Effective February 16, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17561.5.

17561.5. The payment of an initial reimbursement claim by the Controller shall include accrued interest at the Pooled Money Investment Account rate, if the payment is being made more than 365 days after adoption of the statewide cost estimate for an initial claim. Interest shall begin to accrue as of the 366th day after adoption of the statewide cost estimate for the initial claim. Payment of a subsequent claim that was reported to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17562 shall include accrued interest at the Pooled Money Investment Account rate for any unpaid amount remaining on August 15 following the filing deadline. Interest shall begin to accrue on August 16 following the filing deadline.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 179, Sec. 17. Effective August 24, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17561.6.

17561.6. A budget act item or appropriation pursuant to this part for reimbursement of claims shall include an amount necessary to reimburse any interest due pursuant to Section 17561.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 890, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17563.

17563. Any funds received by a local agency or school district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be used for any public purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 879, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17564.

17564. (a) No claim shall be made pursuant to Sections 17551, 17561, or 17573, nor shall any payment be made on claims submitted pursuant to Sections 17551 or 17561, or pursuant to a legislative determination under Section 17573, unless these claims exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). However, a county superintendent of schools or county may submit a combined claim on behalf of school districts, direct service districts, or special districts within their county if the combined claim exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) even if the individual school district’s, direct service district’s, or special district’s claims do not each exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). The county superintendent of schools or the county shall determine if the submission of the combined claim is economically feasible and shall be responsible for disbursing the funds to each school, direct service, or special district. These combined claims may be filed only when the county superintendent of schools or the county is the fiscal agent for the districts. All subsequent claims based upon the same mandate shall only be filed in the combined form unless a school district, direct service district, or special district provides to the county superintendent of schools or county and to the Controller, at least 180 days prior to the deadline for filing the claim, a written notice of its intent to file a separate claim.
(b) Claims for direct and indirect costs filed pursuant to Section 17561 shall be filed in the manner prescribed in the parameters and guidelines or reasonable reimbursement methodology and claiming instructions.
(c) Claims for direct and indirect costs filed pursuant to a legislatively determined mandate pursuant to Section 17573 shall be filed and paid in the manner prescribed in the Budget Act or other bill, or claiming instructions, if applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 329, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17565.

17565. If a local agency or a school district, at its option, has been incurring costs which are subsequently mandated by the state, the state shall reimburse the local agency or school district for those costs incurred after the operative date of the mandate.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 879, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17567.

17567. In the event that the amount appropriated for reimbursement purposes pursuant to Section 17561 is not sufficient to pay all of the claims approved by the Controller, the Controller shall prorate claims in proportion to the dollar amount of approved claims timely filed and on hand at the time of proration. The Controller shall adjust prorated claims if supplementary funds are appropriated for this purpose. Notwithstanding any other law, if one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less is appropriated for a program, the Controller shall determine the most cost-effective allocation method.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 77, Sec. 1. (AB 392) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17568.

17568. If a local agency or school district submits an otherwise valid reimbursement claim to the Controller after the deadline specified in Section 17560, the Controller shall reduce the reimbursement claim in an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount that would have been allowed had the reimbursement claim been timely filed, provided that the amount of this reduction shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). In no case shall a reimbursement claim be paid that is submitted more than one year after the deadline specified in Section 17560.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 6, Sec. 4. Effective February 16, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17570.1.

17570.1. As part of its review and consideration pursuant to Sections 17581 and 17581.5, the Legislature may, by statute, request that the Department of Finance consider exercising its authority pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17570.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 719, Sec. 34. (SB 856) Effective October 19, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1 - Commission Procedure › Section 17571.

17571. The commission, upon request of a local agency or school district, shall review the claiming instructions issued by the Controller or any other authorized state agency for reimbursement of mandated costs. If the commission determines that the claiming instructions do not conform to the parameters and guidelines, the commission shall direct the Controller to modify the claiming instructions and the Controller shall modify the claiming instructions to conform to the parameters and guidelines as directed by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 643, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1.5 - Legislatively Determined Mandate Procedure › Section 17572.

17572. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Early settlement of mandate claims will allow the commission to focus its efforts on rendering sound quasi-judicial decisions regarding complicated disputes over the existence of state-mandated local programs.
(b) Early settlement of mandate claims will provide timely information to the Legislature regarding local costs of state requirements and timely reimbursement to local agencies or school districts.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for an orderly process for settling mandate claims in which the parties are in substantial agreement. Nothing in this article diminishes the right of a local agency or school district that chooses not to accept reimbursement pursuant to this article from filing a test claim with the commission or taking other steps to obtain reimbursement pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(Repealed (by Sec. 10) and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 329, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 1.5 - Legislatively Determined Mandate Procedure › Section 17574.5.

17574.5. The determination of a legislatively determined mandate pursuant to Section 17573 shall not be binding on the commission when making its determination pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 17551.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 329, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 2 - Specific Costs Mandated by the State › Section 17575.

17575. When a bill is introduced in the Legislature, and each time a bill is amended, on and after January 1, 1985, the Legislative Counsel shall determine whether the bill mandates a new program or higher level of service pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. The Legislative Counsel shall make this determination known in the digest of the bill and shall describe in the digest the basis for this determination. The determination by the Legislative Counsel shall not be binding on the commission in making its determination pursuant to Section 17555.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1459, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 2 - Specific Costs Mandated by the State › Section 17576.

17576. Whenever the Legislative Counsel determines that a bill will mandate a new program or higher level of service pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the Department of Finance shall prepare an estimate of the amount of reimbursement which will be required. This estimate shall be prepared for the respective committees of each house of the Legislature which consider taxation measures and appropriation measures and shall be prepared prior to any hearing on the bill by any such committee.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1459, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 2 - Specific Costs Mandated by the State › Section 17577.

17577. The estimate required by Section 17576 shall be the amount estimated to be required during the first fiscal year of a bill’s operation in order to reimburse local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the state by the bill.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1459, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 2 - Specific Costs Mandated by the State › Section 17578.

17578. In the event that a bill is amended on the floor of either house, whether by adoption of the report of a conference committee or otherwise, in such a manner as to mandate a new program or higher level of service pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the Legislative Counsel shall immediately inform, respectively, the Speaker of the Assembly and the President of the Senate of that fact. Notification from the Legislative Counsel shall be published in the journal of the respective houses of the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1459, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 2 - Specific Costs Mandated by the State › Section 17579.

17579. Any bill introduced or amended for which the Legislative Counsel has determined the bill will mandate a new program or higher level of service pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution shall contain a section specifying that reimbursement shall be made pursuant to this chapter or that the mandate is being disclaimed and the reason therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 890, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 2 - Specific Costs Mandated by the State › Section 17581.

17581. (a) No local agency shall be required to implement or give effect to any statute or executive order, or portion thereof, during any fiscal year and for the period immediately following that fiscal year for which the Budget Act has not been enacted for the subsequent fiscal year if all of the following apply:
(1) The statute or executive order, or portion thereof, has been determined by the Legislature, the commission, or any court to mandate a new program or higher level of service requiring reimbursement of local agencies pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(2) The statute or executive order, or portion thereof, or the commission’s test claim number, has been specifically identified by the Legislature in the Budget Act for the fiscal year as being one for which reimbursement is not provided for that fiscal year. For purposes of this paragraph, a mandate shall be considered to have been specifically identified by the Legislature only if it has been included within the schedule of reimbursable mandates shown in the Budget Act and it is specifically identified in the language of a provision of the item providing the appropriation for mandate reimbursements.
(b) Within 30 days after enactment of the Budget Act, the Department of Finance shall notify local agencies of any statute or executive order, or portion thereof, for which operation of the mandate is suspended because reimbursement is not provided for that fiscal year pursuant to this section and Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a local agency elects to implement or give effect to a statute or executive order described in subdivision (a), the local agency may assess fees to persons or entities which benefit from the statute or executive order. Any fee assessed pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed the costs reasonably borne by the local agency.
(d) This section shall not apply to any state-mandated local program for the trial courts, as specified in Section 77203.
(e) This section shall not apply to any state-mandated local program for which the reimbursement funding counts toward the minimum General Fund requirements of Section 8 of Article XVI of the Constitution.
(f) All state-mandated local programs suspended in the Budget Act for the 2012–13 fiscal year shall also be suspended in the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 32, Sec. 18. (SB 1006) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 3 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 17600.

17600. (a) At least twice each calendar year the commission shall report to the Legislature on the number of mandates it has found pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 17550) and the estimated statewide costs of these mandates. This report shall identify the statewide costs estimated for each mandate and the reasons for recommending reimbursement.
(b) The commission shall also include the following in the report required by subdivision (a):
(1) The status of pending parameters and guidelines that include proposed reasonable reimbursement methodologies, as defined in Section 17518.5.
(2) The status of joint proposals between the Department of Finance and a local agency or school district to develop reasonable reimbursement methodologies and statewide estimates of costs in lieu of parameters and guidelines, pursuant to Sections 17557.1 and 17557.2.
(3) The status of joint proposals between the Department of Finance and a local agency or school district to develop legislatively determined mandate reimbursements, pursuant to Sections 17572 to 17574.5, inclusive.
(4) Any delays in the processes described in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 2.5. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 3 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 17601.

17601. The commission shall report to the Legislature on January 15, 1986, and each January 15 thereafter, on the number of claims it denied during the preceding calendar year and the basis on which the particular claims were denied.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1459, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 3 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 17602.

17602. On or before January 15, 2007, and on or before each January 15 thereafter, the commission shall report to the Legislature the number of individual and consolidated incorrect reduction claims decided during the preceding calendar year and whether and why the reduction was upheld or overturned.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 168, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 3 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 17604.

17604. (a) The Department of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of State and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, shall convene a working group to evaluate alternatives for funding election-related state mandates. The working group shall commence no later than September 1, 2015. By September 1, 2016, the Department of Finance shall submit to the Legislature a report that summarizes the findings of the working group, including recommendations to the Legislature.
(b) (1) The Department of Finance shall conduct a survey of county election officials during years in which a statewide general election is held pursuant to Section 1200 of the Elections Code to determine whether or not counties are carrying out the requirements set forth in the following state mandates:
(A) Absentee ballots.
(B) Absentee ballots tabulation by precinct.
(C) Modified primary election.
(D) Permanent absentee voters II.
(E) Voter identification procedures.
(F) Voter registration procedures.
(2) The Department of Finance shall report the results of the survey to the Legislature by each April 1 following a statewide general election.
(c) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 25, Sec. 31. (SB 84) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 4 - Payment of Claims › Section 17612.

17612. (a) Upon receipt of the report submitted by the commission pursuant to Section 17600, except as provided in Section 13823.95 of the Penal Code, funding shall be provided in the subsequent Budget Act for costs incurred in prior years. No funding shall be provided for years in which a mandate is suspended.
(b) The Legislature may amend, modify, or supplement the parameters and guidelines, reasonable reimbursement methodology, and adopted statewide estimate of costs for the initial claiming period and budget year for mandates contained in the annual Budget Act. If the Legislature amends, modifies, or supplements the parameters and guidelines, reasonable reimbursement methodology, and adopted statewide estimate of costs for the initial claiming period and budget year, it shall make a declaration in separate legislation specifying the basis for the amendment, modification, or supplement.
(c) If the Legislature deletes from the annual Budget Act funding for a mandate, the local agency or school district may file in the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento an action in declaratory relief to declare the mandate unenforceable and enjoin its enforcement for that fiscal year.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 360, Sec. 1. (SB 534) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 4 - Payment of Claims › Section 17613.

17613. (a) The Director of Finance may authorize the augmentation of the amount available for expenditure to reimburse costs mandated by the state, as defined in Section 17514, as follows:
(1) For augmentation of (A) any schedule in any item to reimburse costs mandated by the state in any budget act, or (B) the amount appropriated in a local government claims bill for reimbursement of the claims of local agencies, as defined by Section 17518, from the unencumbered balance of any other item to reimburse costs mandated by the state in that budget act or another budget act or in an appropriation for reimbursement of the claims of local agencies in another local government claims bill.
(2) For augmentation of (A) any schedule in any budget act item, or (B) any amount appropriated in a local government claims bill, when either of these augmentations is for reimbursement of mandated claims of school districts, as defined in Section 17519, when the source of this augmentation is (A) the unencumbered balance of any other scheduled amount in that budget act or another budget act, or (B) an appropriation in another local government claims bill, when either of these appropriations is for reimbursement of mandate claims of school districts. This paragraph applies only to appropriations that are made for the purpose of meeting the minimum funding guarantee for educational programs pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(b) No authorization for an augmentation pursuant to this section may be made sooner than 30 days after the notification in writing of the necessity therefor to the chairperson of the committee in each house which considers appropriations and the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever lesser time as the chairperson of the joint committee, or his or her designee, may in each instance determine.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 77, Sec. 2. (AB 392) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.

17615. The Legislature finds and declares that the existing system for reimbursing local agencies and school districts for actual costs mandated by the state on an annual claim basis is time consuming, cumbersome, and expensive at both the local and state levels. The Controller must process voluminous claims with all claims subject to a desk audit and selected claims also subject to a field audit. Local agencies are required to maintain extensive documentation of all claims in anticipation of such an audit. The volume of these records is substantial and will continue to grow with no relief in sight as new programs are mandated. The cost to local agencies and school districts for filing claims, and for maintaining documentation and responding to the Controller’s audits is substantial. The current administrative cost to both state and local governments represents a significant expenditure of public funds with no apparent benefit to the taxpayers.
It is the intent of the Legislature to streamline the reimbursement process for costs mandated by the state by creating a system of state mandate apportionments to fund the costs of certain programs mandated by the state.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1534, Sec. 4. Effective October 2, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.1.

17615.1. The commission shall establish a procedure for reviewing, upon request, mandated cost programs for which appropriations have been made by the Legislature for the 1982–83, 1983–84, and 1984–85 fiscal years, or any three consecutive fiscal years thereafter. At the request of the Department of Finance, the Controller, or any local agency or school district receiving reimbursement for the mandated program, the commission shall review the mandated cost program to determine whether the program should be included in the State Mandates Apportionment System. If the commission determines that the State Mandates Apportionment System would accurately reflect the costs of the state-mandated program, the commission shall direct the Controller to include the program in the State Mandates Apportionment System.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 890, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.2.

17615.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17561, after November 30, 1985, for those programs included in the State Mandates Apportionment System, after approval by the commission, there shall be disbursed by the Controller to each local agency and school district which has submitted a reimbursement claim for costs mandated by the state in the 1982–83, 1983–84, and the 1984–85 fiscal years, or any three consecutive fiscal years thereafter, an amount computed by averaging the approved reimbursement claims for this three-year period. The amount shall first be adjusted according to any changes in the deflator. The deflator shall be applied separately to each year’s costs for the three years which comprise the base period. Funds for these purposes shall be available to the extent they are provided for in the Budget Act of 1985 and the Budget Act for any subsequent fiscal year thereafter.
For purposes of this article, “base period” means the three fiscal years immediately succeeding the commission’s approval.
(b) When the Controller has made payment on claims prior to commission approval of the program for inclusion in the State Mandates Apportionment System, the payment shall be adjusted in the next apportionment to the amount which would have been subvened to the local agency or school district for that fiscal year had the State Mandates Apportionment System been in effect at the time of the initial payment.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 589, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.3.

17615.3. Notwithstanding Section 17561, by November 30, 1986, and by November 30 of each year thereafter, for those programs included in the State Mandates Apportionment System, the Controller shall recalculate each allocation for each local agency and school district for the 1985–86 fiscal year, by using the actual change in the deflator for that year. That recalculated allocation shall then be adjusted by the estimated change in the deflator for the 1986–87 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, to establish the allocation amount for the 1986–87 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter. Additionally, for programs approved by the commission for inclusion in the State Mandates Apportionment System on or after January 1, 1988, the allocation for each year succeeding the three-year base period shall be adjusted according to any changes in both the deflator and workload. The Controller shall then subvene that amount after adjusting it by any amount of overpayment or underpayment in the 1985–86 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, due to a discrepancy between the actual change and the estimated change in the deflator or workload. Funds for these purposes shall be available to the extent they are provided for in the Budget Act of 1986 and the Budget Act for any subsequent fiscal year thereafter.
For purposes of this article, “workload” means, for school districts and county offices of education, changes in the average daily attendance; for community colleges, changes in the number of full-time equivalent students; for cities and counties, changes in the population within their boundaries; and for special districts, changes in the population of the county in which the largest percentage of the district’s population is located.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 589, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.4.

17615.4. (a) When a new mandate imposes costs that are funded either by legislation or in local government claims bills, local agencies and school districts may file reimbursement claims as required by Section 17561, for a minimum of three years after the initial funding of the new mandate.
(b) After actual cost claims are submitted for three fiscal years against such a new mandate, the commission shall determine, upon request of the Controller or a local entity or school district receiving reimbursement for the program, whether the amount of the base year entitlement adjusted by changes in the deflator and workload accurately reflects the costs incurred by the local agency or school district. If the commission determines that the base year entitlement, as adjusted, does accurately reflect the costs of the program, the commission shall direct the Controller to include the program in the State Mandates Apportionment System.
(c) The Controller shall make recommendations to the commission and the commission shall consider the Controller’s recommendations for each new mandate submitted for inclusion in the State Mandates Apportionment System. All claims included in the State Mandates Apportionment System pursuant to this section are also subject to the audit provisions of Section 17616.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 890, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.5.

17615.5. (a) If any local agency or school district has an established base year entitlement which does not include costs for a particular mandate, that local agency or school district may submit reimbursement claims for a minimum of three consecutive years, adjusted pursuant to Section 17615.3 by changes in the deflator and workload, or entitlement claims covering a minimum of three consecutive years, after which time its base year entitlement may be adjusted by an amount necessary to fund the costs of that mandate.
(b) If any local agency or school district has no base year entitlement, but wishes to begin claiming costs of one or more of the mandates included in the State Mandates Apportionment System, that local agency or school district may submit reimbursement claims for a minimum of three consecutive years, or entitlement claims covering the preceding three consecutive years, which shall be adjusted pursuant to Sections 17615.2 and 17615.3 by changes in the deflator and workload, after which time a base year entitlement may be established in an amount necessary to fund the costs of the mandate or mandates.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 589, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.6.

17615.6. If a local agency or school district realizes a decrease in the amount of costs incurred because a mandate is discontinued, or made permissive, the Controller shall determine the amount of the entitlement attributable to that mandate by determining the base year amount for that mandate for the local agency or school district plus the annual adjustments. This amount shall be subtracted from the annual subvention which would otherwise have been allocated to the local agency or school district.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1534, Sec. 4. Effective October 2, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.7.

17615.7. If a mandated program included in the State Mandates Apportionment System is modified or amended by the Legislature or by executive order, and the modification or amendment significantly affects the costs of the program, as determined by the commission, the program shall be removed from the State Mandate Apportionment System, and the payments reduced accordingly. Local entities or school districts may submit actual costs claims for a period of three years, after which the program may be considered for inclusion in the State Mandates Apportionment System, pursuant to the provisions of Section 17615.4.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1534, Sec. 4. Effective October 2, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.8.

17615.8. (a) The commission shall establish a procedure for reviewing, upon request, any apportionment or base year entitlement of a local agency or school district.
(b) Local agencies and school districts which request such a review shall maintain and provide those records and documentation as the commission or its designee determines are necessary for the commission or its designee to make the required determinations. With the exception of records required to verify base year entitlements, the records may not be used to adjust current or prior apportionments, but may be used to adjust future apportionments.
(c) If the commission determines that an apportionment or base year entitlement for funding costs mandated by the state does not accurately reflect the costs incurred by the local agency or school district for all mandates upon which that apportionment is based, the commission shall direct the Controller to adjust the apportionment accordingly. For the purposes of this section, an apportionment or a base year entitlement does not accurately reflect the costs incurred by a local agency or school district if it falls short of reimbursing, or overreimburses, that local agency’s or school district’s actual costs by 20 percent or by one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is less.
(d) If the commission determines that an apportionment or base year entitlement for funding costs mandated by the state accurately reflects the costs incurred by the local agency or school district for all mandates upon which that apportionment is based, the commission may, in its discretion, direct the Controller to withhold, and, if so directed, the Controller shall withhold the costs of the commission’s review from the next apportionment to the local agency or school district, if the commission review was requested by the local agency or school district.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1534, Sec. 4. Effective October 2, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 4 - FISCAL AFFAIRS › PART 7 - STATE-MANDATED LOCAL COSTS › CHAPTER 4 - Identification and Payment of Costs Mandated by the State › ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System › Section 17615.9.

17615.9. The commission shall periodically review programs funded under the State Mandate Apportionments System to evaluate the effectiveness or continued statewide need for each such mandate.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1534, Sec. 4. Effective October 2, 1985.)