California Government Code ARTICLE 5 - State Mandate Apportionments System

• Section 17615.
  The Legislature finds and declares that the existing system for reimbursing local agencies and school districts for actual costs mandated by the state on an...
• Section 17615.1.
  The commission shall establish a procedure for reviewing, upon request, mandated cost programs for which appropriations have been made by the Legislature for the 1982–83,...
• Section 17615.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 17561, after November 30, 1985, for those programs included in the State Mandates Apportionment System, after approval by the commission, there shall be...
• Section 17615.3.
  Notwithstanding Section 17561, by November 30, 1986, and by November 30 of each year thereafter, for those programs included in the State Mandates Apportionment System,...
• Section 17615.4.
  (a) When a new mandate imposes costs that are funded either by legislation or in local government claims bills, local agencies and school districts may file...
• Section 17615.5.
  (a) If any local agency or school district has an established base year entitlement which does not include costs for a particular mandate, that local agency...
• Section 17615.6.
  If a local agency or school district realizes a decrease in the amount of costs incurred because a mandate is discontinued, or made permissive, the...
• Section 17615.7.
  If a mandated program included in the State Mandates Apportionment System is modified or amended by the Legislature or by executive order, and the modification...
• Section 17615.8.
  (a) The commission shall establish a procedure for reviewing, upon request, any apportionment or base year entitlement of a local agency or school district.(b) Local agencies and...
• Section 17615.9.
  The commission shall periodically review programs funded under the State Mandate Apportionments System to evaluate the effectiveness or continued statewide need for each such mandate.(Added...
• Section 17616.
  The Controller shall have the authority to do either or both of the following:(a) Audit the fiscal years comprising the base year entitlement no later than...
• Section 17617.
  The total amount due to each city, county, city and county, and special district, for which the state has determined that reimbursement is required under...

Last modified: October 22, 2018