Whenever, under any provision of this division, service is authorized upon the state of any notice to withhold, unless expressly exempted from the provisions of this section, such service to be effective must, in addition to any other requirements, be made on the state agency owing the obligation prior to the time such agency presents the claim for payment thereof to the State Controller.

(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1007, Sec. 64. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 67 of Ch. 1007.)