ARTICLE 1. Commission Procedure

Article 1 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1459, Sec. 1.

§§ 17550–17571 · 29 sections

§ 17550 Reimbursement of local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the state shall be provided pursuant to this chapter.
§ 17551 (a) The commission, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall hear and decide upon a claim by a local agency or school district that the local agency…
§ 17552 This chapter shall provide the sole and exclusive procedure by which a local agency or school district may claim reimbursement for costs mandated by the state…
§ 17553 (a) The commission shall adopt procedures for receiving claims filed pursuant to this article and Section 17574 and for providing a hearing on those claims.…
§ 17554 With the agreement of all parties to the claim, the commission may waive the application of any procedural requirement imposed by this chapter or pursuant to…
§ 17555 (a) Not later than 30 days after hearing and deciding upon a test claim pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 17551, and determining the amount to be subvened…
§ 17556 The commission shall not find costs mandated by the state, as defined in Section 17514, in any claim submitted by a local agency or school district, if, after…
§ 17557 (a) If the commission determines there are costs mandated by the state pursuant to Section 17551, it shall determine the amount to be subvened to local…
§ 17557.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, within 30 days of the commission’s adoption of a statement of decision on a test claim, the test claimant…
§ 17557.2 (a) A reasonable reimbursement methodology developed pursuant to Section 17557.1 or a joint request for early termination of a reasonable reimbursement…
§ 17558 (a) The commission shall submit the adopted parameters and guidelines or a reasonable reimbursement methodology approved pursuant to Section 17557.2 to the…
§ 17558.5 (a) A reimbursement claim for actual costs filed by a local agency or school district pursuant to this chapter is subject to the initiation of an audit by the…
§ 17558.6 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on State Mandates review its process by which local agencies may appeal the reduction of reimbursement…
§ 17558.7 (a) If the Controller reduces a claim approved by the commission, the claimant may file with the commission an incorrect reduction claim pursuant to…
§ 17558.8 (a) The commission may, on its own initiative, consolidate incorrect reduction claims filed with the commission by different claimants under the same mandate…
§ 17559 (a) The commission may order a reconsideration of all or part of a test claim or incorrect reduction claim on petition of any party. The power to order a…
§ 17560 Reimbursement for state-mandated costs may be claimed as follows: (a) A local agency or school district may, by February 15 following the fiscal year in which…
§ 17561 (a) The state shall reimburse each local agency and school district for all “costs mandated by the state,” as defined in Section 17514 and for legislatively…
§ 17561.5 The payment of an initial reimbursement claim by the Controller shall include accrued interest at the Pooled Money Investment Account rate, if the payment is…
§ 17561.6 A budget act item or appropriation pursuant to this part for reimbursement of claims shall include an amount necessary to reimburse any interest due pursuant…
§ 17562 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the increasing revenue constraints on state and local government and the increasing costs of financing…
§ 17563 Any funds received by a local agency or school district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be used for any public purpose.
§ 17564 (a) No claim shall be made pursuant to Sections 17551, 17561, or 17573, nor shall any payment be made on claims submitted pursuant to Sections 17551 or 17561,…
§ 17565 If a local agency or a school district, at its option, has been incurring costs which are subsequently mandated by the state, the state shall reimburse the…
§ 17567 In the event that the amount appropriated for reimbursement purposes pursuant to Section 17561 is not sufficient to pay all of the claims approved by the…
§ 17568 If a local agency or school district submits an otherwise valid reimbursement claim to the Controller after the deadline specified in Section 17560, the…
§ 17570 (a) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Mandates law” means published court decisions arising from state mandate…
§ 17570.1 As part of its review and consideration pursuant to Sections 17581 and 17581.5, the Legislature may, by statute, request that the Department of Finance…
§ 17571 The commission, upon request of a local agency or school district, shall review the claiming instructions issued by the Controller or any other authorized…