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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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Division 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT |
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Part 3. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE |
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Chapter 3. Fiscal Affairs |
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ARTICLE 3. Revised Budgeting and Accounting System for Fiscal Affairs of State Government |
Section 13335.
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The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320). Such guidelines shall, among other things:
(a) Ensure budgets that are reflective of an agency's activities.
(b) Ensure that the budgets are reflective of the costs which are associated with their execution.
(c) Ensure that where a program budget format is used, budgetary presentation is designed to display expenditures based on various goals or objectives. A program budget defines objectives and relates the proposed level of expenditure to meet that objective in the given budget year. A major objective may be divided into elements designed to meet the major objective and, in turn, these elements may be divided into components or tasks designed to complete a proposed work effort. Such program budgets shall reflect expenditures from all fund sources.