California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 6.2 - Procedures and Standards for Reviewing Voting Systems, Parts of a Voting System, and Ballot Marking Devices for Certification or Conditional Approval
Section 20702 - Deposit of Funds into an Agency Trust Account

(a) After the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment of the Secretary of State's office has received the application, it shall review the application and associated documentation and provide the applicant with:

(b) If the initial deposit is not sufficient to reimburse the cost of all expenditures associated with the examination of the voting system, the Secretary of State's office will require an additional deposit of funds into the Agency Trust Account to be received by the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment of the Secretary of State's office as directed. If the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment of the Secretary of State's office does not receive such additional deposit of funds as directed, the Secretary of State may suspend the certification process on the voting system.

(c) After all expenditures have been paid, the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment of the Secretary of State's office shall notify the applicant of any amount in excess of those expenditures. The applicant may request that the amount in excess of those expenditures be refunded or held in the Agency Trust Account for future testing and certification.