California § 13031 - The department shall annually require each department head or designee whose duty
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§ 13031. The department shall annually require each department head or designee whose duty
The department shall annually require each department head or designee whose duty it is to audit the accounts of a state agency, department, office, bureau, or other state entity to provide a certification, signed under penalty of perjury, to the department that the budgeting and accounting information provided to the department reconciles to the year-end finance reports submitted to the Controllerâs office. An individual who willfully makes and subscribes a certification to an account to which he or she knows to be false as to any material matter shall be subject to the penalties prescribed for perjury in the Penal Code.
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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 13031 cover?
Section 13031 ("The department shall annually require each department head or designee whose duty") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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