CHAPTER 1. General

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.

§§ 17000–17097 · 27 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Form, Procedure §§ 17000–17007 · 8 sections

   • § 17000 Every warrant shall be drawn by the Controller upon the fund out of which it is payable, and such fund shall be designated thereon.
   • § 17002 Before delivering a warrant to the payee, the Controller shall, upon request, permit the Treasurer to endorse upon or attach to the warrant an order…
   • § 17004 Unless otherwise requested, the Controller may mail a warrant to the last known address of the claimant, and the signature of the payee on the warrant is a…
   • § 17004.5 Each warrant issued by the Controller payable pursuant to Sections 21235, 21236, and 21237 from the Investment Dividend Disbursement Account in the Public…
   • § 17004.6 Each warrant issued by the Controller payable pursuant to Section 24701 or 24702 of the Education Code to a retirant or beneficiary of the State Teachers’…
   • § 17005 The Controller shall keep a register of warrants showing the fund upon which each is drawn, its number, in whose favor, and the appropriation applicable to its…
   • § 17006 The Controller shall, on each business day, furnish the Treasurer with a report of the total number and amount of warrants drawn by him upon each fund in the…
   • § 17007 The Controller may, from time to time, provide that funds shall be designated by name, code number, letter, or combination of number and letter, on warrants…
2. ARTICLE 3. Payment §§ 17050–17052 · 4 sections

   • § 17050 Whenever any state officer or employee accepts payment from a revolving fund of a state agency pursuant to Section 16401, the person authorized to make…
   • § 17051 Whenever any warrant is drawn in favor of a payee having a claim against the State and is delivered to a State agency for delivery to a payee, and prior to…
   • § 17051.5 A state agency shall notify the Treasurer not to pay a warrant drawn by the Controller upon that agency’s request whenever that agency has reason to believe…
   • § 17052 The indorsements authorized by this article may be accepted by the Treasurer and he may pay such warrants.
3. ARTICLE 4. Cancellation §§ 17070–17073 · 5 sections

   • § 17070 Whenever any warrant issued by the Controller is unpaid for one year after it becomes payable, sufficient unapplied moneys having been available for the…
   • § 17070.1 Any warrant issued prior to January 1, 1998, shall be governed by the law effective on the date of issue of the warrant. Any warrant issued on or after January…
   • § 17071 The Controller shall keep a record of all canceled warrants.
   • § 17072 The face amount of each warrant canceled under this article shall revert and be credited by the Controller to the fund against which the warrant was drawn.…
   • § 17073 Warrants canceled under this article are void.
4. ARTICLE 5. Lost or Destroyed Warrants §§ 17090–17097 · 10 sections

   • § 17090 Whenever any warrant lawfully drawn by the Controller is lost or destroyed before it is paid by the Treasurer, the owner or custodian may, prior to the time…
   • § 17091 Application for a replacement warrant shall be made by filing with the Controller: (a) An affidavit setting forth the fact of its loss or destruction, giving…
   • § 17091.5 In the case of a lost or destroyed warrant issued by the Controller payable to a retirant, beneficiary, or disabilitant of a state retirement system, for a…
   • § 17092 The indemnity agreement shall be in a form as approved by the Attorney General. The Controller shall examine and pass upon the sufficiency of the application,…
   • § 17093 If the application is approved, the Controller shall issue and deliver to the applicant, on demand, a replacement warrant for the full amount of the original…
   • § 17094 The Controller shall make the proper entries on his books, showing the lost or destroyed warrants, and the issuance of replacement warrants in lieu thereof.
   • § 17095 The Treasurer shall pay a replacement warrant as though it were the original.
   • § 17096 A replacement warrant is void if not presented to the Treasurer for payment within the same time limit provided by law for the original warrant.
   • § 17096.1 An agency that submits a claim schedule to the State Controller’s office that results in a warrant that is canceled under Section 17070 may submit a claim…
   • § 17097 Any loss incurred in connection with the issuance of a replacement warrant shall be charged against the account from which the payment was derived.