(a) There is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, the Analytical Laboratory Account, into which the residual balance of all reimbursements collected by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for services rendered by the Center for Analytical Chemistry shall be deposited at the end of each fiscal year.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 221, upon appropriation by the Legislature, funds deposited in the Analytical Laboratory Account shall be used to fund services rendered, laboratory equipment repair or replacement, make modifications or upgrades to existing facilities, or for other uses that maintain the laboratory infrastructure.

Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 40535

  • 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
  • Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
  • 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.
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35

(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 613, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)