California § 13335 - The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidel

§ 13335. The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidel

The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320). Such guidelines shall, among other things: (a) Ensure budgets that are reflective of an agency’s activities. (b) Ensure that the budgets are reflective of the costs which are associated with their execution. (c) Ensure that where a program budget format is used, budgetary presentation is designed to display expenditures based on various goals or objectives. A program budget defines objectives and relates the proposed level of expenditure to meet that objective in the given budget year. A major objective may be divided into elements designed to meet the major objective and, in turn, these elements may be divided into components or tasks designed to complete a proposed work effort. Such program budgets shall reflect expenditures from all fund sources.