ARTICLE 3. Approvals

Article 3 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3.

§§ 17280–17317 · 44 sections

§ 17280 (a) (1) The Department of General Services under the police power of the state shall supervise the design and construction of any school building or the…
§ 17280.1 Written rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article to clarify the application of the California Building Standards Code shall be made available to…
§ 17280.5 (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall convene an advisory committee that shall include, but not be limited to, the State Architect, the State Fire Marshall,…
§ 17281 This article, together with Article 6 (commencing with Section 17365), and Article 7 (commencing with Section 81130) of Chapter 1 of Part 49, shall be known…
§ 17282 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite the repair, alteration, and reconstruction of school facilities that have been damaged or destroyed by…
§ 17282.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2010, the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services shall develop uniform criteria for precheck…
§ 17283 “School building” as used in this article means and includes any building used, or designed to be used, for elementary or secondary school purposes and…
§ 17283.5 (a) For the purposes of this article, Article 5 (commencing with Section 17350), and Article 6 (commencing with Section 17365), “school building” does not…
§ 17284 Any school building, as defined in Section 17283, operated by a county official, board, or commission which on the effective date of this section is in…
§ 17284.5 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any waiver granted by the State Allocation Board to a school district for use of a nonconforming…
§ 17285 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law except Sections 17286, 17287, 17405, and this section, a leased building that does not meet the requirements of…
§ 17286 Where the primary use of either a building or complex within which the building is situated, operated by an official or board of a city, city and county or…
§ 17287 For the purposes of this article and Article 6 (commencing with Section 17365), “school building” does not include (a) any building of a school district or…
§ 17288 (a) Notwithstanding Section 17285, any high school pupil who attends a class or classes on a campus of the University of California or the California State…
§ 17289 In order to provide alternative, community-based educational opportunities through independent study, any school district or county office of education may…
§ 17291 (a) An owned relocatable building or structure that is to be used for school purposes shall be subject to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section…
§ 17292 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, an owned or leased relocatable building that does not meet the requirements of Section 17280 may be used until…
§ 17292.5 (a) If the governing board of a school district operates a program for expelled pupils, the governing board shall do one or more of the following: (1) Utilize…
§ 17293 (a) On or after January 1, 1993, if a county superintendent or school district elects to operate a new or expanded pregnant and parenting teen program pursuant…
§ 17294 “Construction or alteration” as used in this article includes any construction, reconstruction, or alteration of, or addition to, any school building.
§ 17295 (a) (1) The Department of General Services shall pass upon and approve or reject all plans for the construction or, if the estimated cost exceeds one hundred…
§ 17296 Notwithstanding any other law, a school-based facility providing social services or support services, or health care, that is established through agreements…
§ 17297 Except as provided in Section 17298, before letting any contract for any construction or alteration of any school building, the written approval of the plans,…
§ 17298 Before the commencement of any fabrication, construction, or alteration of a relocatable school building of a type previously approved by the Department of…
§ 17299 In each case the application for approval of the plans shall be accompanied by the plans and full, complete, and accurate specifications, and structural design…
§ 17300 (a) The application shall be accompanied by a filing fee in amounts as determined by the Department of General Services based on the estimated cost of the work…
§ 17301 (a) (1) All fees received by the Department of General Services pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Public…
§ 17302 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all plans, specifications, and estimates shall be prepared by a licensed architect holding a valid certificate under…
§ 17303 (a) The Department of General Services shall establish one or more methods to ensure that each application has been completed sufficiently by the applicant to…
§ 17304 (a) Upon approving the plans submitted by an applicant pursuant to this article, the Department of General Services shall cause a final record set of the plans…
§ 17305 (a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (1) “Prequalified list” means a…
§ 17306 (a) Upon submitting a complete application for review under this article, the applicant may request that the Department of General Services refer the documents…
§ 17307 No contract for the construction or alteration of any school building, made or executed by the governing board of any school district or other public board,…
§ 17307.5 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Title 3 (commencing with Section 9000) of Part 6 of Division 4 of the…
§ 17308 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a number of serious discrepancies in the interpretation of the structural standards and architectural barrier…
§ 17309 From time to time, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the Department of General Services requires, the licensed architect or…
§ 17310 Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the Department of General Services may from time to time make such rules and regulations as…
§ 17311 (a) The Department of General Services shall make the inspection of the school buildings and of the work of construction or alteration as in its judgment is…
§ 17312 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article or makes any false statement in any verified report or affidavit required pursuant to this…
§ 17313 Upon written request by the governing board of any school district or upon written request by at least 10 percent of the parents having children enrolled as…
§ 17314 Any public school building which has been approved by the Department of General Services (formerly Division of Architecture) for occupancy shall be deemed to…
§ 17315 (a) When a school building constructed in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Department of General Services is completed, the notice of…
§ 17316 (a) Any contract entered into by and between the governing board of any school district and any certified architect or structural engineer pursuant to Section…
§ 17317 (a) The Department of General Services shall, in consultation with the Seismic Safety Commission, conduct an inventory of public school buildings that are…