Article 1. Claims For Reimbursement of California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 2.6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.

The director shall adopt general rules and regulations doing all of the following:
  (a) Limiting the amount, time, and place of expenses and allowances to be paid to officers, employees, experts, and agents of the state while traveling on official state business. The rules and regulations shall provide for reasonable reimbursement to an officer, employee, expert, or agent of the state for expenses incurred by him or her to repair a privately owned vehicle which was damaged through no fault of the officer, employee, expert, or agent, if the damage occurred while the vehicle was used on official state business with the permission or authorization of an employing agency. As used in this subdivision, "officers and employees of the state" means all officers and employees of the state other than elected state officers, officers and employees of the state provided for in Article VI of the California Constitution, and officers and employees of the California State University. "Officers and employees of the state" is not limited by subdivision (d) of Section 19815.
  (b) Governing such matters as are specifically committed to the jurisdiction of the department.
  (c) Governing the computation of pay in the case of any employee on a monthly basis salary who is entitled to less than a full month's pay. If this section is in conflict with a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if any conflicting provision of a memorandum of understanding requires the expenditure of funds, that provision shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(a) The director, by rule, shall determine the fair and reasonable value of maintenance, living quarters, housing, lodging, board, meals, food, household supplies, fuel, laundry, domestic servants, and other services furnished by the state as an employer to its employees. The value so determined shall constitute the charges to be made to state employees for any maintenance or other services furnished by the state, unless the employee is entitled to maintenance or other services as compensation for his or her services or as actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the state's business. Whenever a state employee is entitled to maintenance or other services as part or full compensation for services rendered, the value thereof for retirement purposes, as defined by Section 20630, and for salary or wage fixing purposes, shall also be determined in accordance with the values established by the department. The director, by rule, shall provide instruction for the administration of all lodging, maintenance, and other services furnished by the state as an employer to its employees. The director, by rule, shall provide for reasonable opportunity to be heard by departments or employees affected by this section.
  (b) Compliance with all rules associated with the lodging, maintenance, and other services furnished by the state as an employer to its employees shall be the responsibility of each director of each state department possessing lodging or supplying maintenance or other services to its employees.
  (c) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(a) All state agencies shall implement and use the California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System (CalATERS) to automate processing of employee travel claims by July 1, 2009, unless the Controller recommends, and the Department of Finance approves, an exemption request. To request an exemption, a department or agency shall submit documentation to the Controller no later than July 1, 2007, to substantiate that the implementation of CalATERS is not feasible or cost-effective for that department or agency. The Department of Finance and the Controller shall jointly report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, not later than February 1, 2008, on the exemptions that have been approved and the bases for the exemptions.
  (b) Payments for the services of the Controller to implement this section shall be made by direct transfer as described in Section 11255. The total transfer shall not exceed the reimbursement expenditure authority provided to the Controller for CalATERS pursuant to the annual Budget Act, as adjusted by subsequent budget revisions approved by the Department of Finance.

(a) As used in this section:
  (1) "Short-term rental" means a residential property that is rented to a visitor for fewer than 30 days through a centralized online platform whereby the rental is advertised and payments for the rental are securely processed. For purposes of travel reimbursement, a short-term rental shall be considered a commercial lodging establishment.
  (2) "Transportation network company" has the same meaning as defined in Section 5431 of the Public Utilities Code.
  (b) (1) A state agency shall not prohibit state employees traveling on official state business from using transportation provided by a transportation network company or lodging in a short-term rental.
  (2) Reimbursement shall be provided for necessary and actual expenses, consistent with the agency's policies for reimbursement of other lodging establishments or other vehicles for hire.
  (c) The Legislature requests and encourages the University of California to adopt travel reimbursement policies in accordance with this section.
  (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.

The department shall by rule authorize such expenditures as are reasonably necessary for the meals, lodging, or travel of persons who provide nonsalaried assistance to the department or a designated appointing power in the preparation or conduct of written or oral examinations.

There is hereby established a Child Care Fund to which funds shall be allocated from the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for employee compensation. The Child Care Fund shall be used to encourage development of child care programs for dependent children of state employees. These programs may include financial assistance to aid in the development of child care centers administered by either nonprofit corporations formed by state employees or other child care providers. The Child Care Fund shall be administered by the Department of Human Resources. Upon the determination of the department, the funding shall include, but not be limited to, cash grants. The amount to be allocated and expended annually, from the funds available for compensation increases, shall be determined by the department. Notwithstanding Section 13340, the Child Care Fund shall be available for expenditure without regard to fiscal years through June 30, 1991, unless otherwise extended by statute enacted prior to that date.

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Work and Family Fund to which funds shall be allocated from the amount negotiated in memoranda of understanding between the state and the recognized employee organization, as defined in Section 3513, and appropriated by the Legislature, for the 2000-01 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years.
  (b) The fund shall be used to establish and maintain work and family programs for state employees. These programs may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to aid in the development of child care centers administered by either nonprofit corporations formed by state employees or child care providers, or to provide grants, subsidies, or both grants and subsidies for child care and elder care. Other programs may include enhancement or supplementation of existing employee assistance program services and other work and family programs.
  (c) The fund shall be administered by the Department of Human Resources. The amounts to be allocated and expended from funds available for compensation shall be determined by the department.
  (d) Notwithstanding Section 13340, the fund shall be available for expenditure without regard to fiscal years through June 30, 2005. As of June 30, 2005, the fund shall cease to exist and any balance in the fund shall revert to the General Fund, unless the existence of the fund is extended by statute and that statute is enacted and becomes effective prior to June 30, 2005.