Section 13300 Of Article 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The department shall devise, install, supervise, and, at
its discretion, revise and modify, a modern and complete accounting
system and policies for each agency of the state permitted or charged
by law with the handling of public money or its equivalent, to the
end that all revenues, expenditures, receipts, disbursements,
resources, obligations, and property of the state be properly,
accurately, and systematically accounted for and that there shall be
obtained accurate and comparable records, reports, and statements of
all the financial affairs of the state.
(b) This system shall permit a comparison of budgeted
expenditures, actual expenditures, encumbrances and payables, and
estimated revenue to actual revenue that is compatible with a budget
coding system developed by the department. In addition, the system
shall provide for a federal revenue accounting system with
cross-references of federal fund sources to state activities.
(c) This system shall include a cost accounting system that
accounts for expenditures by line item, governmental unit, and fund
source. The system shall also be capable of performing program cost
accounting as required. The system and the accounts maintained by all
state departments and agencies shall be coordinated with the central
accounts maintained by the Controller, and shall provide the
Controller with all information necessary to the maintenance by the
Controller of a comprehensive system of central accounts for the
entire state government.
(d) Beginning with the 2008-09 fiscal year, the Department of
Finance, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Department of General
Services shall partner to design, develop, and implement the
Financial Information System for California Project to meet the
requirements of subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), and the FISCal
Project documents, as established in the FISCal Special Project
Report dated October 30, 2006, as revised on December 14, 2006, as
amended by the FISCal Special Project Report dated November 9, 2007,
as revised on December 19, 2007, and as amended, augmented, or
changed by any subsequent approved Special Project Report.