ARTICLE 3. Warrants [12440 - 12440.7]
( Article 3 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111. )
The Controller shall draw warrants on the Treasurer for the payment of money directed by law to be paid out of the State Treasury; but a warrant shall not be drawn unless authorized by law, and unless, except for refunds authorized by Section 13144, unexhausted specific appropriations provided by law are available to meet it.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 42. Effective July 1, 1983.)
(a) The trustees, in conjunction with the Controller, shall implement a process that allows any campus or other unit of the university to make payments of obligations of the university from its revolving fund directly to all of its vendors. Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 16400) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2, or any other law, the trustees may draw from funds
appropriated to the university, for use as a revolving fund, amounts necessary to make payments of obligations of the university directly to vendors. In any fiscal year, the trustees shall obtain the approval of the Director of Finance to draw amounts in excess of 10 percent of the total appropriation to the university for that fiscal year for use as a revolving fund.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 925.6, 12410, and 16403, or any other law, the trustees shall maintain payment records for three years and make those records available to the Controller for postaudit review, as needed.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 8546.4 or any other law, the trustees shall contract with one or more public accounting firms to conduct a systemwide annual financial statement audit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as well as other required
compliance audits without obtaining the approval of any other state officer or entity.
(2) The statement of net assets, statement of revenues, expenses, changes in net assets, and statement of cashflows of each campus shall be included as an addendum to the annual systemwide audit. Summary information on transactions with auxiliary organizations for each campus shall also be included in the addendum. Any additional information necessary shall be provided upon request.
(d) The internal and independent financial statement audits of the trustees shall test compliance with procurement procedures and the integrity of the payments made. The results of these audits shall be included in the biennial report required by Section 13405.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Trustees” means the Trustees of the California State University.
(2) “University” means the California State University.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 43, Sec. 45. (AB 114) Effective June 30, 2011.)
(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 July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of
compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2014 is enacted. The Controller may expend an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding for work performed between July 1, 2014, of the 2014–15 fiscal year, and the enactment of the Budget Act of 2014.
(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent
with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.
(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2014, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2014 for each affected department.
(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the term of the memoranda of understanding have expired. For purposes of this
section, the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 expire on July 1, 2016, and the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 6, 9, and 12 expire on July 1, 2015.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 391, Sec. 6. (AB 478) Effective September 27, 2013.)
(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 July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of
compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2015 is enacted. The Controller may expend an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding for work performed between July 1, 2015, of the 2015–16 fiscal year, and the enactment of the Budget Act of 2015.
(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent
with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.
(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2015, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2015 for each affected department.
(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the term of the memoranda of understanding have applied. For purposes of this
section, the memoranda of understanding have expired. For purposes of this section, the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 expire on July 1, 2016, and the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 6, 9, and 12 expire on July 1, 2015.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 391, Sec. 7. (AB 478) Effective September 27, 2013.)
(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 July 1, 2016, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2016 is enacted. The Controller may expend
an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding for work performed between July 1, 2016, of the 2016–17 fiscal year and the enactment of the Budget Act of 2016.
(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.
(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2016, these expenditures
shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2016 for each affected department.
(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of the State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the term of the memoranda of understanding have expired. For purposes of this section, the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 expire on July 1, 2016.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 391, Sec. 8. (AB 478) Effective September 27, 2013.)
(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, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 10 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Unit 13 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount
necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2015 is enacted. The Controller may expend an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding for work performed between July 1, 2015, of the 2015–16 fiscal year, and the enactment of the Budget Act of 2015.
(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 2 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 10 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Unit 13 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution
for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.
(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2015, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2015 for each affected department.
(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of State Bargaining Unit 2 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 10 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Unit 13 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1,
2016, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the terms of the memoranda of understanding have expired. For purposes of this section, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 2 expires on July 1, 2016, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 10 expires on July 1, 2015, and the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 13 expires on July 1, 2016.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 690, Sec. 6. (SB 879) Effective September 27, 2014.)
(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, inclusive) and State Bargaining Unit 13 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by
the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2016 is enacted. The Controller may expend an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above
memoranda of understanding for work performed before July 1, 2016, of the 2016–17 fiscal year.
(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 2 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) and State Bargaining Unit 13 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.
(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act
of 2016, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2016 for each affected department.
(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of the State Bargaining Unit 2 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) and State Bargaining Unit 13 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the terms of the
memoranda of understanding have expired. For purposes of this section, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 2 expires on July 1, 2016, and the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 13 expires on July 1, 2016.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 690, Sec. 7. (SB 879) Effective September 27, 2014.)