{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-13335","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 13335","heading":"","body":"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:\n(a) Ensure budgets that are reflective of an agency’s activities.\n(b) Ensure that the budgets are reflective of the costs which are associated with their execution.\n(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.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 3. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE [13000. - 13881.]","CHAPTER 3. Fiscal Affairs [13290. - 13344.]","ARTICLE 3. Revised Budgeting and Accounting System for Fiscal Affairs of State Government [13335. - 13344.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e3fc3c52d068413dfbef993c40634b4eaa973416c3344d3a4b7a7af1545700ed","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-13332.19","next":"us-ca/gov-13336"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}