(a) All money in the possession of or collected by any state agency or department, except for money in the Local Agency Investment Fund, is subject to Sections 16305.3 to 16305.7, inclusive, and is hereafter referred to as state money.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or authorized by statute, any transfer, expenditure, or other use of state money knowingly committed by a state employee, outside of the State Treasury System is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in a county jail, or a two-thousand-five-hundred-dollar ($2,500) fine, or both.

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Terms Used In California Government Code 16305.2

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 221, Sec. 1. (SB 1074) Effective January 1, 2015.)