6660     ESTIMATES WHICH REQUIRE DOF ACTION 
(New 2/98)

Government Code Section 11357 (c) specifically authorizes DOF to “…review any estimate…for content including, but not limited to, the data and assumptions used in its preparation.”

A state agency is not required in all instances to obtain the concurrence of DOF in its estimate of the fiscal effect of its proposed regulation on governmental entities.  However, such concurrence is required for those estimates which contain any of the following elements, as depicted on STD. 399:

A.1–Reimbursable Local Costs                                    B.1–State Costs
A.2–Non-Reimbursable Local Costs                            B.2–State Savings
A.3–Local Savings 

In addition, DOF’s approval is required for the inclusion in any such estimate of any statement to the effect that reimbursement of local costs will be requested in a subsequent Governor’s Budget, A.1 (b) on STD. 399.

Requests for DOF’s concurrence in or approval of a cost estimate for a proposed executive regulation should be forwarded to the DOF Principal Program Budget Analyst assigned to the issuing state agency at least 30 days prior to the date on which the “notice of proposed adoption” or “finding of an emergency” is proposed to be issued.  Questions regarding any technical aspects of the state mandate law should be directed to that DOF analyst.