1. (a) Monthly Payroll Cycle. The Uniform State Payroll System (USPS) provides for accounting procedures to enable each state agency to properly account salary and wage expenditures. It is comprised of various human resource management sub-systems, including employment history, California leave accounting system, basic payroll system, position control system, annual payroll system, business month payroll system, Affordable Care Act system, garnishment system, fiscal system, and the clearance system. State agencies operating within the USPS shall pay their employees on a monthly basis, unless otherwise provided for in a memorandum of understanding.
2. (b) Biweekly Payroll Cycle. The California State Payroll System (CSPS) is a modernized human capital management system that provides position control, personnel administration, benefits administration, timekeeping, payroll, and travel and business expense. The payroll cycle for state officers and employees of state agencies operating within the CSPS shall be a uniform biweekly payroll cycle. State agencies shall adhere to the established uniform biweekly payroll cycle upon operation within the CSPS.
3. (c) Beginning in approximately May 2028, the Department will begin transitioning agencies under its jurisdiction from their current payroll cycle to a uniform Biweekly Payroll Cycle within the CSPS until all such agencies have transitioned.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 12470, 18502 and 19815.4(d), Government Code. Reference: Sections 12472, 12473 and 19824, Government Code.

History

1. New section filed 9-8-2025; operative 1-1-2026 (Register 2025, No. 37).