The Department of General Services may require from all agencies of the state permitted or charged by law with the handling of public money or its equivalent, financial and statistical reports, duly verified, covering the period of each fiscal year.

When necessary, the department may require special reports from any such state agency. These special reports shall be filed with the department without delay.

Terms Used In California Government Code 14618

  • 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.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000

(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)