State agencies shall avoid seeking any additional appropriation to pay penalties that accrue as a result of the agency’s failure to make timely payments as required by this chapter. Any state agency that requests that the Legislature make a deficiency appropriation for the agency shall identify what portion, if any, of the requested amount is required because of any penalties imposed by this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 916, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)

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Terms Used In California Government Code 927.8

  • 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
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
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