California Government Code

§ 19838

GOV § 19838 Effective Jun 27, 2016Div. 5 · Title 2 · Part 2.6 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)When the state determines an overpayment has been made to an employee, it shall notify the employee of the overpayment and afford the employee an opportunity to respond prior to commencing recoupment actions. Thereafter, reimbursement shall be made to the state through one of the following methods mutually agreed to by the employee and the state:

(1)Cash payment or payments.

(2)Installments through payroll deduction to cover at least the same number of pay periods in which the error occurred. When overpayments have continued for more than one year, full payment may be required by the state through payroll deductions over the period of one year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 35, Sec. 12. (SB 848) Effective June 27, 2016.