“Test claim” means the first claim filed with the commission alleging that a particular statute or executive order imposes costs mandated by the state, and includes a claim filed pursuant to Section 17574.
Cal. Gov. Code § 17521
General Provisions
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Department of Finance v. Commission on State Mandates (2016)
Most recently applied in Paradise Irrigation Dist. v. Comm'n on State Mandates (March 2019)
Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 329, Sec. 1.5
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.