If a reimbursement warrant represents an amount in excess of the balance remaining in the unapplied money in the General Fund after first deducting from such unapplied money the amount, as estimated by the Controller, which is required by law to be earmarked, reserved or set apart from such unapplied money for the payment of obligations of the State having priority over the obligation to which such reimbursement warrant is applicable, it shall be registered by the Treasurer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 222.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 17242

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Unapplied money: means money in the General Fund in the treasury for which outstanding warrants have not already been drawn and which would remain in the General Fund if all outstanding warrants theretofore drawn were paid. See California Government Code 17220