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California Fiscal Issues and Information page What the State Controller Can and Cannot Pay Without an Enacted Budget (July 2010) What the State Controller Can and Cannot Pay Without an Enacted State Budget (September 2010)What the State Controller Can and Cannot Pay Without an Enacted State Budget (September 2010)
As the State of California's chief fiscal officer, I have created this new Web page to outline what bills my office can and cannot pay during the month of September 2010 until a State budget is enacted for the 2010-11 fiscal year which began July 1. Please be assured that I will continue to do everything within my authority to continue to provide payments for essential services. I also invite you to read the letter on this subject that I have written to the Governor and Legislators.
For example, my office will continue to make the following payments:
- Federally-mandated services such as Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP), and In-Home Support Services.
- Debt service and other payments required by the State Constitution.
- Expenses with ongoing appropriations from the Legislature, including income tax refunds and payments on claims for unclaimed property.
- Payroll for state employees covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
However, a number of constitutional and legal restrictions prevent me from making certain other types of payments without an enacted budget. For example, my office cannot pay:
- School districts for categorical programs such as special education and remedial summer school, community colleges, local governments and other entities not included in the above parameters.
- Salaries and per diem of state elected officials and their appointed staff.
I invite you to view more details of these major categories, and the range of funds involved, as shown in the tables below. We can avoid or reduce additional financial pressure on our schools, community colleges and private businesses that provide state services if a budget is enacted in a timely manner.
Please note the estimated figures on this page will be updated as new information becomes available, or if it becomes necessary to include data for October or later months. Estimates are based upon figures in the Governor’s May Budget Revision, Pooled Money Investment Board payment schedules, prior year expenditures, the Governor’s budget and proposed budget legislation. (Information for the months of August and July can be found on our previously posted August 2010 estimated payments page and July 2010 estimated payments page.)
| Education Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| University of California (Payroll) | $157,540 | -- | September 30 |
| UC (non-Payroll Expenses) | $52,513 | Various | |
| Community College Payments | -- | $405,402 | September 28 |
| K-12 Monthly Apportionment | $2,641,982 | -- | September 28 |
| K-12 Monthly Apportionment (Categoricals) | -- | $235,000 | September 28 |
| Nutrition | -- | $29,133 | Various |
| Child Development (Other) | -- | $82,843 | Various |
| Child Development (CalWORKS Stage II) |
$36,635 | -- | Various |
| Child Development (CalWORKS Stage III) |
-- | $32,781 | Various |
| Payments to Individuals Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Unemployment, Disability and Worker's Compensation | $2,411,800 | -- | Daily |
| Lottery Winners | $196,000 | -- | Daily |
| Income Tax Refunds | $105,600 | -- | Daily |
| Cal-Grants | -- | $80,010 | Various |
| Unclaimed Property Claims | -- | -- | Various |
| Worker's Compensation | $350,000 | -- | Various |
| Trial Courts Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Pay and Benefits (Including Judges) | $244,017 | -- | September 13 |
| Non-Payroll Expenses | -- | $46,509 | Daily |
| Debt Service Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Debt Service | $535,904 | -- | September 1 |
| Payments to Vendors Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Transportation Revolving Fund (Transportation Expenditures) | $247,500 | $82,500 | Daily |
| Transportation Revolving Fund (Monthly Contract Payments) | $341,000 | -- | September 3 |
| Electric Power Fund | $364,000 | -- | Daily |
| Other Miscellaneous | $746,851 | $1,015,276 | Daily |
| Medi-Cal Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Non-Institutional Providers (Including AIDS Drug Assistance Program) | $852,578 | -- | Various |
| Institutional Providers* | $1,241,253 | $413,751 | Various |
*Without a budget, up to $2 billion in State and Federal funds may be paid to Institutional Providers of Medi-Cal Services and Regional Centers for services provided between July 1 and September 1. However, due to the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, hospitals and nursing homes also will be paid without a Budget in 2010.
| Social Services Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Cal-WORKS (Stage I) |
$3,154,336 | -- | Various |
| County Administration | -- | $21,063 | September 15 |
| In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) | $102,944 | -- | September 15 |
| Other Social Services Programs | $69,052 | -- | September 15 |
| Developmental Services - Regional Centers** | -- | $532,936 | Various |
| State Payment for SSI / SSP | $231,000 | -- | September 30 |
**Without a budget, up to $2 billion in State and Federal funds may be paid to Institutional Providers of Medi-Cal Services and Regional Centers for services provided between July 1 and September 1. However, due to the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, hospitals and nursing homes also will be paid without a Budget in 2010.
| Local Government Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Vehicle License Fee | $11,232 | -- | September 10 |
| Public Safety Sales Tax | $181,055 | -- | September 27 |
| Sales Tax | $740,400 | -- | September 24 |
| Health and Welfare Realignment | $342,800 | -- | September 27 |
| Highway User Tax | -- | $46,300 | September 30 |
| State Employees' Pay and Benefits (including CSU) Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Civil Service Staff (employees and managers)*** | $1,943,151 | -- | Daily /Oct. 1 |
| Appointees and Other Exempt Employees | -- | $4,508 | Daily / Oct. 1 |
| Legislative Employees | -- | $16,000 | Every two weeks |
| Legislators | -- | $936 | Daily / Oct. 1 |
| Statewide Elected Officials | -- | $70 | Daily / Oct. 1 |
***Includes impact of furloughs
| Retirees (PERS and STRS) Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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| Category | Can Be Paid | Cannot Be Paid | Scheduled Payment Date |
| Employer Retirement Benefits (Quarterly) | (Paid quarterly - no September payment) | -- | -- |
| Benefits | (Paid quarterly - no September payment) | -- | -- |
| ESTIMATED TOTALS FOR SEPTEMBER 2010 Month of September 2010 Estimates with No Budget (Amounts in Thousands) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Category | CAN BE PAID | CANNOT BE PAID | Scheduled Payment Date |
| TOTALS | $17,248,630 | $3,097,531 | VARIOUS |