Section 13337.5 Of Article 3. Revised Budgeting And Accounting System For Fiscal Affairs Of State Government From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.

. The annual Budget Act shall not provide for projected expenditures in excess of projected revenues. Further, it is the intention of the Legislature that in the event, after enactment of the Budget Act, revised estimates of expected revenues or expenditures, or both, show that expenditures will exceed estimated revenues, expenditures should be reduced or revenues increased, or both, to ensure that actual expenditures do not exceed actual revenues for that fiscal year.