Unless the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 60 days after receipt of such notice advises the board in writing that the Legislature desires to reconsider any part of the withheld portion, the board shall institute proceedings to compel the Controller to issue his warrant for the balance of the omnibus claim appropriation. The board shall prosecute any such proceeding to final determination and shall disburse the funds finally paid over to it. Funds subject to such proceedings shall continue to be available until the end of the fiscal year in which final determination of the proceeding occurs.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 920.6

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
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