he program may be dead, but the spending isn’t over for the state’s defunct payroll system overhaul.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget includes a $14.5 million allocation for legal costs and computer data cleanup associated with the MyCalPays system that Controller John Chiang killed earlier this year.

In total, the Controller’s Office has spent $262 million over nine years on the project. Lawmakers first approved funding for a state payroll overhaul in 1998.

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