This bill appropriates additional funds to the Office of the State Controller for the fiscal year 2026, while also reducing certain personnel costs. Specifically, it allocates a total of $15,551,300 across various programs, including administration, statewide accounting, computer center operations, and enterprise business operations. Notably, the bill increases the full-time equivalent position authorization for the State Controller by ten positions. Additionally, it establishes a mechanism for recovering service costs to the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund and mandates an accounting correction for a previous error in the Division of Veterans Services.

Furthermore, the bill outlines specific reductions in personnel costs for the computer center and enterprise business operations, totaling $308,300. It also requires the State Controller to make necessary adjustments to rectify a $1,074,400 accounting error from fiscal year 2024 and to report these corrections to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and the Legislative Services Office by June 30, 2025. The bill includes conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the appropriations and declares an emergency for the immediate effect of the accounting correction section upon passage. Other sections will take effect on July 1, 2025.