Whenever a registered warrant is issued for the purpose of making an interdepartmental payment or in error the State agency having legal ownership of the warrant may present it to the Controller for cancellation and credit to the fund on which it was drawn. The warrant shall be accompanied by a report in writing requesting the cancellation, explaining the reason for the request and specifying the proper appropriation to be credited with the amount of the warrant.

(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 17206

  • 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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