The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of July.

The department may require financial and statistical reports, duly verified and covering the period of each fiscal year, from all agencies of the state included within the provisions of Section 13300.

Such reports shall be made upon blank forms prescribed and furnished by the department, and mailed to each such agency not less than 60 days before the time the reports are required to be filed with the department.

When necessary, the department may require special reports from any such State or public agency. These special reports shall be filed with the department without delay.

The department shall have access and authority to examine all records, files, documents, accounts, reports, correspondence, and all financial affairs of every agency of the state permitted or charged by law with the handling of public money or its equivalent. It may enter any public office or institution in this state and access, examine, and reproduce any records, files, books, papers, accounts, reports, correspondence, or documents contained therein or belonging thereto for the purpose of making such examination, and shall have access, in the presence of the custodian or his deputy, to the cash drawers and cash in the custody of such agency.

During business hours the department may examine the public accounts in any depository which has public funds in its

custody.

not limited to, confidential information that is subject to a privilege, shall not constitute a waiver of that privilege.

state agency, local agency, or publicly created entity, including the entity subject to the audit, shall not publicly disclose papers, correspondence, memoranda, draft audit findings, or information related to those audit findings, or any other content pertaining to any ongoing audit, evaluation, investigation, or review without the department’s express permission. This limitation on disclosure regarding an ongoing audit also applies to the department and any entity who assists the department with an audit, evaluation, investigation, or review.

fees prescribed by law for similar service.

It is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine, if a person does any of the following:

The Department of Finance shall examine the books of the several state agencies as often as the director deems necessary, taking into consideration the work done by other auditors, including the internal auditors of the various state agencies, so that duplication of auditing effort may be minimized.

Every State agency shall permit such examination and experting and upon demand shall produce without unnecessary delay all books, contracts, and papers in its offices, and furnish information touching books, papers, contracts, and other matters pertaining to the agency.

the actual charges that are due and payable for services furnished or the work performed.

The director shall supply to the Controller a certified copy of each periodical audit of the accounts of any state agency. Additionally, if the audit includes a review of federal funds, the director shall also report the results of the audit simultaneously to the Legislature and the affected state agency.

The money in the Treasury shall be counted by the State Auditor at least twice each year, without giving the Treasurer any previous notice of the day or hour of counting.

At any counting the State Auditor may place any sum in bags or boxes and mark and seal them with a seal adopted and kept by him or her. At any subsequent counting he or she may count each sealed bag or box separately and credit at the value stamped thereon the contents of the bags or boxes as part of the money counted without making a detailed count

of the contents.

The State Auditor shall count as cash all evidence of money belonging to the state upon deposit outside the treasury that may be held by the Treasurer in accordance with law and shall determine for himself or herself whether that evidence is sufficient according to law.

After each count of money the State Auditor shall make and file with the Secretary of State and cause to be published in some newspaper in the City of Sacramento, an affidavit showing:

Securities held in the treasury or other depositories for safekeeping purposes shall be counted or confirmed, at least annually, by the State Auditor. After each count or confirmation of securities, the State Auditor shall issue his or her report on the accountability of securities.

estimated revenue to actual revenue that is compatible with a budget coding system developed by the department. In addition, the system shall provide for a federal revenue accounting system with cross-references of federal fund sources to state activities.

For the purpose of administering Section 13300 of this code the director may appoint and prescribe the duties and fix the salaries of such number of skillful accountants or assistants as he deems necessary. Each such appointee is a civil executive officer.

Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office each such appointee shall execute to the state an official bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties in such penal sum as the director prescribes, but not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

The accounting system devised as provided in Section 13300 shall provide, with respect to the General Fund and other governmental funds, for all of the following:

appropriation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all accounts, special accounts and funds established by statute in the General Fund to reserve specific revenues for a particular department, activity, purpose, or program for an indefinite period of time shall, for accounting and budgeting purposes, on and after July 1, 1978, be excluded in determining, estimating or reporting revenues and transfers, expenditures, receipts, disbursements, assets, liabilities, surplus, or reserves in any balance sheet, budget, or other statement of the financial operations or condition of the General Fund.

electrical power generated by the cogeneration system.

house that considers appropriations, a report for all energy service contracts or third-party agreements for the construction of any alternative energy systems, cogeneration systems, or energy conservation measures made in the previous fiscal year. The report shall list the terms of all agreements, the benefit sharing arrangements, and the potential cost savings to the state.

considers appropriations.