AB 1804: Financial Information System for California.

Existing law, the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) Act, provides for FISCal, a single, integrated financial management system for the state, and specifies that the Legislature intends for the system to meet specified objectives, including to replace the states legacy financial management systems and eliminate fragmented and diverse reporting by implementing standardized financial management processes and systems across all departments and control agencies. Existing law establishes the Department of FISCal and specifies that, upon the acceptance of the system by the state, as determined by the Director of Finance, the Department of FISCal shall be within the Government Operations Agency and shall supersede the FISCal project office and perform all administration, maintenance, and operation of the system.

This bill, on and after January 1, 2024, and until January 1, 2028, would require the FISCal project office to include certain information in its annual report to the Legislature, including the number and length of unplanned outages that occurred during normal business hours and the number of requests for changes to the FISCal system by entities that reported concerns with using FISCal to meet federal requirements, as specified. By January 1, 2024, the bill would require the Government Operations Agency to contract for independent verification and validation services for FISCal.

Existing law, the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) Act, provides for FISCal, a single, integrated financial management system for the state, and specifies that the Legislature intends for the system to meet specified objectives, including to replace the states legacy financial management systems and eliminate fragmented and diverse reporting by implementing standardized financial management processes and systems across all departments and control agencies. Existing law establishes the Department of FISCal and specifies that, upon the acceptance of the system by the state, as determined by the Director of Finance, the Department of FISCal shall be within the Government Operations Agency and shall supersede the FISCal project office and perform all administration, maintenance, and operation of the system.

This bill, on and after January 1, 2024, would provide that the FISCal project shall not be deemed complete and the Director of Finance shall not accept the system until all state departments and agencies are using FISCal and are no longer using legacy systems, unless the office has approved the legacy system, the legacy system interfaces with FISCal, and the 2 systems do not duplicate functionality. On on and after January 1, 2024, and until January 1, 2028, the bill would require the FISCal project office to include certain information in its annual report to the Legislature, including the identification of entities that did not prepare yearend financial statements using FISCal by the State Controllers deadline. number and length of unplanned outages that occurred during normal business hours and the number of requests for changes to the FISCal system by entities that reported concerns with using FISCal to meet federal requirements, as specified. By January 1, 2024, the bill would require the Government Operations Agency to contract for independent verification and validation services for FISCal.

Existing law, the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) Act, provides for FISCal, a single, integrated financial management system for the state, and specifies that the Legislature intends for the system to meet specified objectives, including to replace the states legacy financial management systems and eliminate fragmented and diverse reporting by implementing standardized financial management processes and systems across all departments and control agencies. Existing law establishes the Department of FISCal and specifies that, upon the acceptance of the system by the state, as determined by the Director of Finance, the Department of FISCal shall be within the Government Operations Agency and shall supersede the FISCal project office and perform all administration, maintenance, and operation of the system.

This bill bill, on and after January 1, 2024, would provide that the FISCal project shall not be deemed complete and the Director of Finance shall not accept the system until all state departments and agencies are using FISCal and are no longer using legacy systems, unless the office has approved the legacy system, the legal legacy system interfaces with FISCal, and the 2 systems do not duplicate functionality. This bill would require the FISCal project office, On and after January 1, 2024, and until January 1, 2027, 2028, the bill would require the FISCal project office to include certain information in its annual report to the Legislature, including the identification of entities that did not prepare year-end yearend financial statements using FISCal by the State Controllers deadline. This By January 1, 2024, the bill would require the Government Operations Agency to contract for independent verification and validation services for FISCal.

Existing law, the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) Act, provides for FISCal, a single, integrated financial management system for the state, and specifies that the Legislature intends for the system to meet specified objectives, including to replace the states legacy financial management systems and eliminate fragmented and diverse reporting by implementing standardized financial management processes and systems across all departments and control agencies. Existing law establishes the Department of FISCal and specifies that, upon the acceptance of the system by the state, as determined by the Director of Finance, the Department of FISCal shall be within the Government Operations Agency and shall supersede the FISCal project office and perform all administration, maintenance, and operation of the system.

This bill would provide that the FISCal project shall not be deemed complete and the Director of Finance shall not accept the system until all state departments and agencies are using FISCal and are no longer using legacy systems, unless the office has approved the legacy system, the legal system interfaces with FISCal, and the 2 systems do not duplicate functionality. This bill would require the FISCal project office, until January 1, 2027, to include certain information in its annual report to the Legislature, including the identification of entities that did not prepare year-end financial statements using FISCal by the State Controllers deadline. This bill would require the Government Operations Agency to contract for independent verification and validation services for FISCal.