The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320). Such guidelines shall, among other things:
(a)
Ensure budgets that are reflective of an agency’s activities.
(b)
Ensure that the budgets are reflective of the costs which are associated with their execution.
(c)
Ensure that where a program budget format
is used, budgetary presentation is designed to display expenditures based on various goals or objectives. A program budget defines objectives and relates the proposed level of expenditure to meet that objective in the given budget year. A major objective may be divided into elements designed to meet the major objective and, in turn, these elements may be divided into components or tasks designed to complete a proposed work effort. Such program budgets shall reflect expenditures from all fund sources.