2009 California Welfare and Institutions Code - Section 15100 :: Article 3. Welfare Advance Fund

15100.  A revolving fund in the State Treasury is hereby created to
be known as the Welfare Advance Fund. All moneys in the fund are
appropriated for the purpose of making payments or advances to
counties, Indian tribes, the federal Social Security Administration,
or other federal, state, or governmental entities, of the state and
federal shares of local assistance programs, and for the payment of
refunds. In addition, the fund may be used for the purpose of making
a consolidated payment, comprised of the state and federal shares of
local assistance costs, to any payee associated with programs
administered by the State Department of Social Services.
   Payments or advances of funds to counties, Indian tribes, the
federal Social Security Administration, or other federal, state, or
governmental entities, or to any payee, which payments or advances
are properly chargeable to appropriations made from other funds in
the State Treasury, may be made by Controller's warrant drawn against
the Welfare Advance Fund. For every warrant so issued, the several
purposes and amounts for which it was drawn shall be identified for
the payee.
   The amounts to be transferred to the Welfare Advance Fund at any
time shall be determined by the department, and, upon order of the
Controller, shall be transferred from the funds and appropriations
otherwise properly chargeable therewith to the Welfare Advance Fund.
   Refunds of amounts disbursed from the Welfare Advance Fund shall,
on order of the Controller, be deposited in the Welfare Advance Fund,
and, on order of the Controller, shall be transferred therefrom to
the funds and appropriations from which the amounts were originally
derived. Claims for amounts erroneously paid into the Welfare Advance
Fund shall be submitted by the department to the Controller who, if
he or she approves the claims, shall draw his or her warrant in
payment thereof against the Welfare Advance Fund.
   All amounts increasing the cash balance in the Welfare Advance
Fund, which were derived from the cancellation of warrants issued
therefrom, shall, on order of the Controller, be transferred to and
in augmentation of the appropriations from which the amounts were
originally derived.