PART 5.5. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
Part 5.5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.
§§ 14600–14985.11 · 363 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 14600–14638.1 · 43 sections
- § 14600 The Legislature declares that a centralization of business management functions and services of state government is necessary to take advantage of specialized…
- § 14601 There is in the state government, in the Government Operations Agency, the Department of General Services.
- § 14602 The Department of General Services is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of General Services. As used in this part, “department”…
- § 14603 The Director of General Services is appointed by and holds office at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the director is subject to confirmation…
- § 14604 Commencing no later than August 1, 2005, and no later than August 1 annually thereafter, the Department of General Services shall submit to the Department of…
- § 14605 The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all purposes…
- § 14606 Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 applies to the director and the director is the head of a department within the meaning of the chapter.
- § 14607 For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor, in the manner that he deems necessary properly…
- § 14608 Whenever any statute requires by the use of the word or words “approve,” “approval,” “authorize,” or “authorization,” the director of the department to approve…
- § 14610 Notwithstanding Section 11043, the department may employ such persons as are necessary to provide house legal counsel for the department. These persons may…
- § 14611 The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the…
- § 14612 (a) The department shall commit itself to achieve improved levels of performance, as specified in this section, by focusing its efforts on enhancing the value…
- § 14612.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for state printing procurement purposes, printing is not considered a personal service contract as defined in…
- § 14613.5 The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall present to the host agency or family member designated by the host agency of any peace officer who is…
- § 14613.7 Each state agency that is protected by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, those state agencies currently being protected by contract private…
- § 14614 The director and the civil executive officers of the department have the powers of a peace officer in all parts of the state in enforcing any lawful order of…
- § 14615 (a) The department has general powers of supervision over all matters concerning the financial and business policies of the state in regard to the duties,…
- § 14615.1 (a) Where the Legislature directs or authorizes the department to maintain, develop, or prescribe processes, procedures, or policies in connection with the…
- § 14616 The director may exempt from his or her approval or from approval of the department any transactions involving not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)…
- § 14617 The Office of the State Architect and the California Building Standards Commission, in consultation with offices and divisions within the Department of General…
- § 14618 The Department of General Services may require from all agencies of the state permitted or charged by law with the handling of public money or its equivalent,…
- § 14619 The Department of General Services may examine all records, files, documents, accounts, and all financial affairs of every agency mentioned in Section 14618.…
- § 14620 There is in the department a general services planning officer, a procurement officer, and an executive officer of the Office of Public School Construction.…
- § 14621 The department has the possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, money, funds, appropriations, land and other…
- § 14622 The director may make available to elected state officials, without charge, state parking facilities for the parking of the privately owned cars of such…
- § 14623 The department shall engage competent artists to paint oil portraits of all Governors of California whose portraits have not been painted, and a portrait of…
- § 14624 The department may render advisory, investigational, or other similar service to any city, county, district or any other political subdivision of the state, or…
- § 14625 The director may require any person who has charge of, handles or has access to any state property to file an official bond in an amount to be fixed by him.
- § 14626 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to comply with applicable federal and state requirements, the Department of General Services may conduct criminal…
- § 14627 With the approval of the department, state agencies may install and operate toll-free telephone lease lines to provide access by the public and local…
- § 14628 (a) The California State Sheriffs Search and Rescue Coordinators, or any successor entity, may plan and construct a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region, in…
- § 14629 (a) The Military Order of the Purple Heart, Capitol Chapter 385, or any successor entity, may plan and construct a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region, in…
- § 14630 (a) Upon its establishment, the California Crime Victims’ Memorial Foundation, or any successor entity, may plan and construct a memorial in the Capitol…
- § 14631 (a) The American Portuguese Club Incorporated, or any successor entity, may, in consultation with the department, plan and construct a memorial in the existing…
- § 14632 (a) The Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation may, in consultation with the Department of General Services, plan a statue of Ronald Reagan in the State…
- § 14633 (a) The Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute may, in consultation with the Department of General Services, plan a bust of Mervyn…
- § 14634 (a) Tribal nations in the Sacramento, California, region, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan, construct, and maintain a monument…
- § 14635 (a) A recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing Gold Star Families, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan,…
- § 14635.5 (a) A recognized nonprofit organization that is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that represents blind veterans, in…
- § 14636 (a) A recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait, in consultation with the Department of…
- § 14637 (a) A recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing victims and survivors of communism, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may…
- § 14638 (a) (1) A recognized nonprofit organization that is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that represents Mexican…
- § 14638.1 (a) In addition to the authority contained in Section 14638, a nonprofit organization representing Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants may propose to…
CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties, Generally §§ 14650–14717 · 170 sections
ARTICLE 1. Succession to Functions and Responsibilities §§ 14650–14658 · 6 sections
- § 14650 In addition to the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Director of General Services or the Department of General…
- § 14651 The Department of General Services succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the…
- § 14654 All public property, real or personal, of the Department of Finance or the Department of Transportation used principally or primarily in carrying out of any…
- § 14655 All officers and employees of the Department of Finance or the Department of Transportation on September 16, 1965, who are serving in the state civil service,…
- § 14656 The director and the Department of General Services succeed to and are vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction…
- § 14658 The Director and the Department of General Services succeed to and are vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction…
ARTICLE 1.1. Government Claims Duties §§ 14659–14659.10 · 11 sections
- § 14659 The Department of General Services and its director succeed to and are vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested…
- § 14659.01 Notwithstanding Section 13900, whenever the term “California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board,” the term “California Victim Compensation…
- § 14659.02 The Department of General Services may assign any matter related to the statutory powers and duties of the Department of General Services described in Section…
- § 14659.03 The evidence in any investigation, inquiry, or hearing may be taken by the Department of General Services or, on its behalf, by the office designated for that…
- § 14659.04 The Office of Risk and Insurance Management, any state office designated pursuant to Section 14659.02, or their designees shall keep a full and true record of…
- § 14659.05 The Director of General Services, the Office of Risk and Insurance Management, any state office designated pursuant to Section 14659.02, or their designees may…
- § 14659.06 The Department of General Services, the Office of Risk and Insurance Management, any state office designated pursuant to Section 14659.02, or their designees…
- § 14659.07 The Department of General Services shall have a seal, bearing the following inscription: “Department of General Services.” The seal shall be fixed to all writs…
- § 14659.08 The department may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3: (a) Limiting the amount, time, and place…
- § 14659.09 The department may approve plans for payroll deduction from the salaries or wages of state officers and employees under subdivision (f) of Section 1151 for…
- § 14659.10 The department shall take any and all necessary steps to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the department, and for which there exists no…
ARTICLE 2. State Property §§ 14660–14684.3 · 125 sections
- § 14660 The director may acquire title to real property in the name of the state whenever the acquisition of real property is authorized or contemplated by law, if no…
- § 14660.1 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14669, the Director of General Services, on behalf of the state, may enter into an agreement to convert an…
- § 14660.5 Whenever by statutory enactment or operation of law, a state agency is abolished or ceases to function, the control and possession of its assets, unless…
- § 14662 The Director of General Services may acquire any easements or rights-of-way which the director determines to be necessary for the proper utilization of real…
- § 14662.5 In any agreement entered into whereby the state obtains a grant of easement, lease, license, right-of-way, or right of entry (including without limitation, a…
- § 14663 With the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may establish boundaries between property of the state held in proprietary capacity and property…
- § 14664 (a) The director may execute grants to real property belonging to the state in the name and upon behalf of the state, whenever the sale or exchange of real…
- § 14665 With the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may execute grants to real property belonging to the state in the name and upon behalf of the…
- § 14666 With the approval of the state agency concerned, the director may grant and convey in the name of the state, easements and rights-of-way across real property…
- § 14666.6 (a) With the approval of the state agency concerned, the director shall negotiate in the name of the state, access to state-owned property, not used for…
- § 14666.8 (a) The director shall, within 120 days of the operative date of this section, compile and maintain an inventory of state-owned real property that may be…
- § 14667 With the approval of the state agency concerned, the director may quitclaim, in the name of the state, the right, title, and interest of the state in and to…
- § 14667.1 Notwithstanding Section 14616, the director may exempt from the director’s approval, or from the approval of the department, any state real estate acquisition…
- § 14667.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for approximately one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in road, street, and other improvements…
- § 14668 With the approval of the Governor, the director may by executive order withdraw from sale any and all public lands belonging to the state, and return any lands…
- § 14669 (a) The director may hire, lease, lease-purchase, or lease with the option to purchase any real or personal property for the use of any state agency, including…
- § 14669.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with the San Francisco Redevelopment…
- § 14669.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with the Oakland Redevelopment Agency and…
- § 14669.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, or a lease with an option to purchase with an initial…
- § 14669.35 (a) The Director of General Services may purchase, exchange, or otherwise acquire real property and construct facilities, including any improvements,…
- § 14669.4 Notwithstanding Section 14669, the director may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, or a lease with an option to purchase, with an initial option purchase…
- § 14669.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an additional amendment to the existing joint powers agreement…
- § 14669.6 Notwithstanding Section 14669, if the plan requested pursuant to Resolution Chapter 131 of the Statutes of 1991 has been completed, the Director of General…
- § 14669.65 Notwithstanding Section 14669, if the plan requested pursuant to Resolution Chapter 131 of the Statutes of 1991 has been completed, the Director of General…
- § 14669.7 The Director of General Services may enter into an agreement with federal authorities to sell, lease, or exchange land at the Northern California Women’s…
- § 14669.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an amendment to the existing joint powers agreement with the…
- § 14669.9 The legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) Based upon information contained in a statewide property inventory, the state has both substantial…
- § 14669.11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may sell or exchange, based on current market value and upon any terms and…
- § 14669.12 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an amendment to the existing joint powers agreement with the…
- § 14669.14 (a) The director may exercise the option to purchase 137,275 of net usable square feet of data center, office space, and appurtenances set forth in the lease…
- § 14669.15 (a) (1) The Director of General Services may enter into one or more agreements to acquire, construct, purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease-purchase finance,…
- § 14669.16 (a) The Department of General Services shall, by July 1, 2015, complete a long-range planning study of the state-controlled and owned office buildings in the…
- § 14669.17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with the City of Fresno, the Fresno…
- § 14669.18 (a) The Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, or…
- § 14669.19 Upon approval of the Director of General Services, and in accordance with any terms and conditions agreed upon by the city and the state that the director…
- § 14669.20 (a) The Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, or…
- § 14669.21 (a) The Director of the Department of General Services is authorized to acquire, develop, design, and construct, according to plans and specifications approved…
- § 14669.22 Notwithstanding any other law, the director shall exempt from the director’s approval, or approval of the department, transactions entered into by the State…
- § 14669.24 (a) The Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Motor Vehicles, may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, or lease with an…
- § 14670 (a) With the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may do any of the following: (1) Let for a period not to exceed five years, any real or…
- § 14670.05 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may lease to a nonprofit…
- § 14670.1 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may let to a nonprofit…
- § 14670.10 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Director of General Services leases property located at the Sonoma Developmental Center that was…
- § 14670.10.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Sonoma Developmental Center is located in Eldridge, in the County of Sonoma, near the…
- § 14670.10.6 (a) The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of General Services shall, consistent with Section 14670.10.5 and subdivision (b) of…
- § 14670.11 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the concurrence of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, may lease to the…
- § 14670.12 Notwithstanding Section 14670, and with the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may let any real property owned by the state not exceeding five…
- § 14670.13 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, but subject to the conditions specified in subdivision (c), the Department of General Services may enter into a sale or…
- § 14670.14 (a) Pursuant to Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the agency concerned, may let for a period not to exceed five years state…
- § 14670.15 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may lease to Napa County for a…
- § 14670.2 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may, in the best interests of the…
- § 14670.22 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Motor Vehicles, may lease or exchange,…
- § 14670.25 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may let the Nurses Cottage at the Agnew’s Developmental Center in the City of Santa Clara and…
- § 14670.3 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may let to a nonprofit…
- § 14670.31 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Fairview Developmental Center is located in the City of Costa Mesa, in the County of…
- § 14670.35 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may let in the best…
- § 14670.36 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Director of Developmental Services, may, in the best interests of…
- § 14670.37 If any land within the grounds of the Fairview Developmental Center is reported as excess pursuant to Section 11011 and the department determines that the land…
- § 14670.4 The Director of General Services may, subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board, enter into an agreement or agreements whereby the state will…
- § 14670.5 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services may let to a nonprofit…
- § 14670.55 The Director of General Services, with the approval of the State Public Works Board, may, based on current market value and upon any terms and conditions, and…
- § 14670.6 The Director of General Services, with the approval of the State Public Works Board and the Department of the California Highway Patrol, may exchange, based on…
- § 14670.67 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Director of Parks and Recreation and the State…
- § 14670.7 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of…
- § 14670.75 The Director of General Services may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, an agreement for the appointment of a bond trustee, an amendment to the existing…
- § 14670.9 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11011 and 14670, and Section 118 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Director of General Services, with the approval of the…
- § 14670.95 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11011, 14670, and 14670.9 and Section 118 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Director of General Services, with the approval of…
- § 14671 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the state agency concerned, may let for any period of time any real or…
- § 14671.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the director, with the consent of the state agency concerned, may let for any period of time any real property or interest…
- § 14671.5 In addition to any other provision of law granting authority to the Director of General Services to enter into leases of state property, the Director of…
- § 14671.6 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the state agency concerned, or the Trustees of the California State…
- § 14672 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services with the consent of the Department of Corrections, may let to the City of Vacaville for a…
- § 14672.1 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, may let to a nonprofit…
- § 14672.14 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11011 and 54222 or any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, with the approval of the State Public Works…
- § 14672.15 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections, upon any terms and conditions as the…
- § 14672.16 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority…
- § 14672.17 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the federal government and the Department of Corrections, upon the…
- § 14672.2 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Mental Hygiene, may let to the City of Costa Mesa for a…
- § 14672.25 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the director, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may lease to the City of San Jose for the…
- § 14672.3 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services may lease for a term of up to five years, with an option for a five-year extension of the lease…
- § 14672.4 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, on terms and conditions the director deems in the interests of the state and for a period not…
- § 14672.5 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections, may lease to the City of Folsom a parcel of…
- § 14672.51 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections, may lease to the City of Folsom for…
- § 14672.54 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Department of General Services may, upon terms and conditions in the best interest of the state, lease vacant real…
- § 14672.6 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Director of State Hospitals, may let to a nonprofit corporation, for…
- § 14672.7 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Director of Conservation, may lease to a nonprofit corporation, for…
- § 14672.8 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the state agency concerned, on terms and conditions he…
- § 14672.85 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the director, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may let to East Valley Water District for the purpose…
- § 14672.9 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may let in the…
- § 14672.91 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections, may lease to the County of Humboldt a…
- § 14672.92 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may let to a nonprofit…
- § 14672.93 Notwithstanding Section 14670, whenever a private, nonprofit organization has acquired state-owned equipment for the purpose of helping disadvantaged and…
- § 14672.94 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services may let to Solano Community College, for a period not to exceed 25 years, for the purpose of…
- § 14672.95 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services may, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, let a building located at…
- § 14672.96 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, or any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections, may…
- § 14672.97 Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections, upon the terms and conditions as the…
- § 14672.98 (a) The Department of General Services shall lease upon terms and conditions deemed in the best interest of the state, any or all of the Preston Castle portion…
- § 14672.99 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of the Youth Authority, shall lease a five acre portion…
- § 14672.100 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of the Youth Authority, may lease real property…
- § 14673 (a) (1) The jurisdiction of real property owned by the state may be transferred from one state agency to another state agency with the written approval of the…
- § 14673.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The state owns approximately 1.69 acres of real property located at 995 Fir Street in the City…
- § 14673.5 The Director of General Services may enter into negotiations with the City of Concord on behalf of the Military Department for the exchange of certain real…
- § 14673.6 The Director of General Services may transfer and convey, without charge or consideration, to the City of Salinas, all rights, title, and interests, including…
- § 14673.7 The Director of General Services, with the concurrence of the Director of Parks and Recreation, shall quitclaim to the County of Los Angeles, at no cost to the…
- § 14673.8 (a) The Director of General Services, with the concurrence of the Director of Parks and Recreation, may convey to, exchange, or lease for a term of longer than…
- § 14673.9 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The state owns approximately three acres of real property located at 875 Cypress Avenue in the…
- § 14673.10 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Located in the City of San Diego, the state owns approximately 2.7 acres of real property on…
- § 14673.11 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The state owns approximately 3.14 acres of real property located at 2440 Main Street in the…
- § 14673.12 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) The Leviathan Mine Site is a federal Superfund site regulated by the United States…
- § 14674 (a) With the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may authorize the sale or exchange of any personal property which belongs to the state, if he…
- § 14675 The director may authorize the transfer or loan of personal property owned by the state from one state agency to another state agency if he deems the transfer…
- § 14676 Upon behalf and in the name of the state, the department may contract to purchase or otherwise acquire, that certain real property situate in the City of…
- § 14677 Any state agency, with the approval of the director, may permit motor vehicle parking by state officers and employees or other persons upon state property…
- § 14678 The Department of General Services is authorized to acquire, pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11, commencing with Section 15850, Division 3,…
- § 14678.5 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14678, the Department of General Services may enter into agreements with the federal government, including the…
- § 14678.7 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “8th and 9th Street property” means property that the department is authorized to acquire, in partnership with CADA,…
- § 14679 (a) A parking facility under the jurisdiction or control of a state agency, that is available to private persons who desire to conduct business with the state…
- § 14679.5 (a) Any state agency which has under its jurisdiction or control any parking facility, which is available to state officers and employees or to private persons…
- § 14680 Whenever a state building or other state structure is about to be constructed and it is necessary to clear any land, public street or public way of any…
- § 14681 Notwithstanding any other provision of law the Department of General Services is authorized to approve and make effective an agreement between any state agency…
- § 14681.5 (a) Whenever the Director of Corrections, the Director of the Youth Authority, or the Director of General Services acting on behalf of either director, decides…
- § 14682 (a) Final determination of the use of existing state-owned and state-leased facilities that are currently under the jurisdiction of the Department of General…
- § 14684 (a) The department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall ensure that solar energy equipment is…
- § 14684.1 (a) The department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall ensure that solar energy equipment is…
- § 14684.3 (a) Not later than September 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall develop a set of criteria…
ARTICLE 3. Buildings and Grounds §§ 14685–14690.5 · 7 sections
- § 14685 (a) (1) The director shall appoint assistants, clerks, and employees as may be necessary to maintain the state buildings and grounds. The employees shall not…
- § 14686 The Department of General Services shall purchase and provide for the display of both the Flag of the United States and the Bear Flag of California in a…
- § 14687 To enable it better to perform its powers and duties relating to public buildings, the department may become a member and participate in the activities of any…
- § 14688 The department shall consider all matters of city planning affecting the future needs of the state and the relation of the state plans to those of the capital…
- § 14689 The department shall confer and advise with the planning body of the capital city concerning all matters affecting the metropolitan district in and within 15…
- § 14690 The department may make recommendations to such political units concerning the metropolitan district. In so doing it shall have regard for: (a) The present…
- § 14690.5 No later than March 1, 2022, the department shall prepare and submit to the Joint Rules Committee a report summarizing current building safety guidelines of…
ARTICLE 3.5. State Projects §§ 14691–14697 · 7 sections
- § 14691 (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Acquisition” includes purchase, option to purchase, or lease of real property,…
- § 14692 (a) (1) The State Project Infrastructure Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. (2) Except as otherwise provided in clause (vi) of subparagraph (C),…
- § 14693 (a) Any state project authorized pursuant to this article shall be funded in whole or in part by the State Project Infrastructure Fund. (b) Any state project…
- § 14694 (a) Prior to the development of the project scope, cost, and delivery method of a state project pursuant to subdivision (b), the department, upon approval by…
- § 14695 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14694, with respect to the state projects specified in subdivision (b), the Department of Finance, on behalf of the department,…
- § 14696 (a) The department shall submit, on a quarterly basis, a report on the status of each state project established by the State Public Works Board pursuant to…
- § 14697 The State Public Works Board shall not be deemed a lead or responsible agency for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing…
ARTICLE 4. State Burial Grounds §§ 14700–14703 · 4 sections
- § 14700 The Department of General Services has control of the state burial grounds in the City of Sacramento, and of the Union Cemetery in San Mateo County accepted by…
- § 14701 The fee to the state burial grounds, in the city cemetery of the City of Sacramento, is in the people of the state.
- § 14702 There may be interred in the state burial grounds in the City of Sacramento the remains of any person who: (a) Was a state officer or a Member of the Senate or…
- § 14703 The department may employ such employees as are necessary to perform its duties concerning the state burial grounds in the City of Sacramento and the Union…
ARTICLE 5. State Land Settlement §§ 14705–14708 · 4 sections
- § 14705 All money received by the department under this article shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
- § 14706 The Department of General Services has complete control of all of the land owned by the state in the Delhi Colony in Merced County, consisting of approximately…
- § 14707 The department has control of real property in the City of Sacramento, consisting of property known as the State Garage on L Street, and lots designated 83, 84…
- § 14708 All personal property received from the state land settlement shall be held by the department for use by it, for transfer to and for use by other state…
ARTICLE 6. State Building Energy Retrofits §§ 14710–14713 · 4 sections
- § 14710 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Alternative energy equipment” means alternative energy equipment, as defined in…
- § 14711.5 (a) The department in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance,…
- § 14712 The director may enter into third party agreements that the director, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, determines are appropriate and…
- § 14713 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 15814.12, the department shall retrofit all public buildings, identified in Section 14711.5, where feasible,…
ARTICLE 7. Rector Dam § 14715 · 1 section
- § 14715 The Veterans’ Home of California, for all purposes including irrigation and domestic, shall have the first and prior right to all available water stored in…
ARTICLE 8. Integrated Pest Management § 14717 · 1 section
- § 14717 (a) The Department of General Services shall apply for grants and other funding as may be available from state, federal, or other sources and upon receipt of…
CHAPTER 3. General Services Advisory Council §§ 14720–14723 · 4 sections
- § 14720 There is hereby created within the Department of General Services the General Services Advisory Council. The council shall be composed of not to exceed 12…
- § 14721 The functions of the council shall include but not be limited to: (a) Consideration of improved methods of providing centralized services. (b) Consideration of…
- § 14722 The council shall serve as an advisory body and make recommendations to the Department of General Services. The members of the council shall serve without…
- § 14723 The Director of General Services may create special advisory committees to advise the director with regard to specific problems which may arise in providing…
CHAPTER 4.5. Sale of Residential Dwellings § 14735 · 1 section
- § 14735 Upon being directed by the Controller to sell a residential dwelling pursuant to Section 16201, the department shall sell the residential dwelling in the…
CHAPTER 5. State Records §§ 14740–14746 · 5 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 14740–14741.1 · 3 sections
- § 14740 This chapter shall be known as the State Records Storage Act.
- § 14741 As used in this chapter “record” or “records” means all papers, maps, exhibits, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, punched cards, and…
- § 14741.1 As used in this chapter, “public use forms” means those forms used by the state to obtain or to solicit facts, opinions, or other information from the public…
ARTICLE 2. Administration of State Records §§ 14745–14746 · 2 sections
- § 14745 The director shall establish and administer in the executive branch of state government a records storage program that will apply efficient and economical…
- § 14746 The duties of the director shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Establishing standards, procedures, and techniques for effective storage of records. (b)…
CHAPTER 5.5. State Forms Management §§ 14770–14775 · 6 sections
- § 14770 The director shall establish and staff an activity within the department to be known as the “forms management center” for the orderly design, implementation…
- § 14771 (a) The director, through the forms management center, shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a State Forms Management Program for all state agencies,…
- § 14772 Each state agency shall appoint a forms management representative and provide necessary assistance to implement the State Forms Management Program within the…
- § 14773 “State agency” as used in this chapter does not include educational institutions.
- § 14774 This chapter shall not apply to any state form with provisions specifically authorized and established by statute.
- § 14775 (a) By June 30, 1995, each state agency shall inventory all reports and forms it requires businesses to complete and submit in order to comply with agency…
CHAPTER 6. California State Contracts Register §§ 14825–14829.1 · 10 sections
- § 14825 The Department of General Services shall publish, or shall cause to be published, the California State Contracts Register, describing therein contracts…
- § 14825.1 The California State Contracts Register shall be published not less than twice a month and shall include information deemed appropriate by the Department of…
- § 14826 In order to broaden subcontracting opportunities for small business, agencies shall maintain and provide, upon request to interested parties, the names and…
- § 14827 State agencies shall develop procedures for assuring that proposed contract opportunities are published in the California State Contracts Register as required…
- § 14827.1 No state agency shall award a contract unless notice thereof has first been published in the California State Contracts Register.
- § 14827.2 Every state agency shall furnish to the Department of General Services the information required by Section 14825.1 in sufficient time for it to be published in…
- § 14827.3 The Department of General Services may exempt a state agency from the requirement of advertising in the California State Contracts Register where the contract…
- § 14828 All governmental contracting entities shall provide to the Department of General Services which shall maintain, for review by those desiring the information,…
- § 14829 The Department of General Services shall offer copies of the California State Contracts Register for sale, and the “price” thereof shall not exceed the amount…
- § 14829.1 The Department of General Services may adopt rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this article.
CHAPTER 6.5. Small Business Procurement and Contract Act §§ 14835–14847 · 23 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 14835–14844 · 20 sections
- § 14835 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act.
- § 14836 (a) The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public purpose, and it is of benefit to the state, to promote and facilitate the fullest possible…
- § 14836.1 The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is a state law that provides assistance and services for persons regardless of immigration status within…
- § 14837 As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of General Services. (b) “Director” means the Director of General Services. (c) “Manufacturer”…
- § 14838 In order to facilitate the participation of small business, including microbusiness, in the provision of goods, information technology, and services to the…
- § 14838.1 (a) In order to encourage the participation of small businesses in the construction, alteration, demolition, repair, or improvement of the state’s…
- § 14838.2 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Market demand is a driving factor in determining profitability of California companies and the…
- § 14838.4 No small business preference shall be allowed if allowing the small business preference would result in a computed bid of the preference recipient which would…
- § 14838.5 (a) Notwithstanding the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2 (commencing with…
- § 14838.64 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825)…
- § 14838.7 (a) Notwithstanding the advertising and bidding provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this code and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section…
- § 14839 (a) There is hereby established within the department the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services. The duties of the office…
- § 14839.1 (a) The department shall have sole responsibility for certifying and determining the eligibility of small businesses and microbusinesses under this chapter.…
- § 14840 (a) (1) In the process of certifying and determining the eligibility of a disabled veteran business enterprise or a small business enterprise, including a…
- § 14841 Upon completion of an awarded contract for which a commitment to achieve small business or disabled veteran business enterprise participation goals was made,…
- § 14842 (a) A business that has obtained classification as a small business or microbusiness by reason of having furnished incorrect supporting information or by…
- § 14842.1 (a) The department shall provide an internet web page that includes web links to one or more online directories or databases of businesses certified by state…
- § 14842.5 (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtain, retain, attempt to obtain or…
- § 14843 (a) The department may make all rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this chapter. Rules and regulations shall…
- § 14844 (a) The department shall contract for a statewide procurement and contracting disparity study, in order to guide outreach strategies, state government program…
ARTICLE 2. Small Business Advocacy §§ 14845–14847 · 3 sections
- § 14845 Using existing resources, the Department of General Services’ small business advocate shall, at a minimum, provide the following services: (a) Assist certified…
- § 14846 (a) (1) Using existing resources, each state agency shall consolidate its existing staff functions that relate to contract opportunities for small business…
- § 14847 (a) In determining eligibility of a business for an award, state agencies may consider all of the following: (1) Whether the bidder has the necessary…
CHAPTER 7. Printing §§ 14850–14912 · 47 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 14850–14860 · 10 sections
- § 14850 All state printing shall be done in the Office of State Printing. State work only shall be done in the Office of State Printing. The Office of State Printing…
- § 14851 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), the Office of State Publishing may accept or authorize paid advertisements in materials printed or published…
- § 14852 All printing required by the California Exposition and State Fair and district agricultural associations is exempt from Section 14850.
- § 14853 The department has entire charge and superintendence of the state printing and binding.
- § 14854 The department shall decide upon the style and manner of printing all laws and other state documents except those printed for the Legislature.
- § 14855 The department may revise, reduce or decline to execute any order, or part of any order, which it deems unnecessary or unwarranted by law, and which will tend…
- § 14856 Appropriations from the General Fund shall not be expended for the printing or publishing of any book, pamphlet, report of activities, or compilation or…
- § 14857 When any chart, map, diagram, or other engraving is required to illustrate any document ordered to be printed, such chart, map, diagram, or engraving shall be…
- § 14858 The department may cause the state printing plant, its contents and all printing supplies and other property used or intended to be used for state printing,…
- § 14860 Whenever the Office of State Printing is not equipped to fill an order for printing or other work, the Office of State Printing shall so notify the state…
ARTICLE 2. Costs §§ 14865–14868 · 4 sections
- § 14865 All printed matter for all state agencies and the Regents of the University of California shall be prepared at the expense of their respective funds or…
- § 14866 The cost of all printing and publishing by the Office of State Printing shall be fixed by the department in an amount which will pay for all costs relating to…
- § 14867 The department shall cause to be installed and the Office of State Printing shall use a cost finding system for determining the cost of all work performed in…
- § 14868 Charges for printing publications, including legislative printing, shall include the cost of printing and distributing copies thereof to libraries as required…
ARTICLE 3. Operation of the Office of State Printing §§ 14870–14877 · 8 sections
- § 14870 The department shall execute promptly all orders for printing or binding received from the various state agencies.
- § 14871 Orders for printing shall be forwarded to the department by the state agency ordering the printing. Such orders shall contain a statement showing that…
- § 14872 There is in the Department of General Services a State Printer, who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the director, and shall serve at…
- § 14873 The department shall take charge of and is responsible for all manuscripts and other matter delivered to it for printing.
- § 14874 There shall be retained and filed in the Office of State Printing, with the job ticket, one copy or sample of the printing produced on each completed printing…
- § 14875 The department shall employ such compositors, bookbinders, pressmen, assistants and such other skilled craftsmen as the exigency of the work from time to time…
- § 14876 (a) Pressmen, typographers, linotypers, compositors, bookbinders, lithographers, engravers, apprentices and assistants and all other employees of the Office of…
- § 14877 There shall be kept in the Office of State Printing, a time book, containing the name of every employee connected with the Office of State Printing, the time…
ARTICLE 4. Publications and Documents §§ 14880–14886 · 7 sections
- § 14880 The department has general supervision of the distribution of all public documents and other publications printed for any state agency and the custody of all…
- § 14881 The department may accept for distribution or disposal documents and other publications from the Legislature, the Governor, or the elective officers of the…
- § 14882 The department may compile and publish such documents, pamphlets, bulletins or other publications as it deems are for the best interests of the state or for…
- § 14883 There shall be deducted from all money received from the sale of such documents or publications, a pro rata share of the cost of administration and the balance…
- § 14884 The index of the Constitution and laws shall be offered for sale to the public at a price to be fixed by the department. Such portion of the receipts as may be…
- § 14885 In the year 1963 and in every fourth year thereafter the Office of State Printing shall, with the approval of the department, compile or cause to be compiled,…
- § 14886 The volumes shall be distributed as follows: to each Member of the Senate and Assembly as determined by the Rules Committee of each house; to the Secretary of…
ARTICLE 5. Compilations §§ 14890–14894 · 5 sections
- § 14890 Whenever any state agency requires the compilation, printing, and publication of any volumes or pamphlets of laws or other matter for use or information in the…
- § 14891 After approval of the application by the department and upon its written direction or request, the Legislative Counsel, State Librarian, or other state agency…
- § 14892 The state agency requiring the compilation shall furnish the state agency compiling it such data and information as it has or may be able to obtain…
- § 14893 If the compilation is required for its own use or information, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from…
- § 14894 If the compilation is for the general use or information of the people, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid…
ARTICLE 6. Distribution of State Publications §§ 14900–14912 · 13 sections
- § 14900 (a) It is the policy of the State of California to make freely available to its inhabitants all state publications. (b) If a state agency proposes a regulation…
- § 14901 (a) (1) To the end that the policy specified in Section 14900 may be effectively carried out, subject to availability of the necessary resources, the…
- § 14902 (a) For purposes of this article, “state publication” or “publication” includes any document, compilation, journal, law, resolution, Blue Book, statute, code,…
- § 14903 In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, the agreed-upon number of each publication printed by the State Printer, including the…
- § 14904 In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, publications in any format not printed by the State Printer shall be distributed by the…
- § 14905 To be classified as a “complete depository” or as a “selective depository” of physical materials, a library must contract with the California State Library to…
- § 14906 Any municipal or county free library, any state college or state university library, the library of any incorporated college or university in this state, the…
- § 14907 Upon application, county law libraries, the law libraries of any law school approved by the State Bar of California, the Supreme Court Library, the law…
- § 14908 Because of the specialized service rendered the citizens of this state through assistance in the administration of justice, proximity to another depository…
- § 14909 Maintenance of basic general documents shall not be required of law library depositories, but basic legal documents shall be maintained by them. Such basic…
- § 14910 To facilitate the distribution of state publications, the California State Library shall maintain information about state publications issued and deposited…
- § 14911 If any state agency maintains a mailing list of public officials or other persons to whom publications or other printed matter is sent without charge, the…
- § 14912 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the number of copies of statutes distributed to an authorized recipient shall not exceed the number…
CHAPTER 8. Traffic §§ 14920–14922 · 3 sections
- § 14920 (a) The Department of General Services provides for the specialized consideration of all traffic problems of the state; develops specialized knowledge of…
- § 14921 The director, subject to the State Civil Service Act, shall appoint such personnel as is necessary to perform the following duties: (a) Watch the movements of…
- § 14922 Upon request of any state agency, the Director of General Services may assign competent personnel to work directly with such state agency at such locations as…
CHAPTER 8.5. Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project §§ 14925–14929 · 5 sections
- § 14925 This chapter and Article 4 (commencing with Section 14170) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration…
- § 14926 The Department of General Services shall establish and administer the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in accordance with this chapter.
- § 14927 The demonstration project shall utilize state owned equipment and facilities operated by the department, or equipment and services contracted for by the…
- § 14928 The department shall develop standards and guidelines for the demonstration project, including standards for eligibility for and utilization of services…
- § 14929 (a) The department shall conduct an evaluation of the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project established pursuant to this chapter to determine the…
CHAPTER 9. Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program) §§ 14930–14938 · 6 sections
- § 14930 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Golden State Financial Marketplace Program or GS $Mart Program.
- § 14932 The department is authorized to administer and maintain the GS $Mart Program. The GS $Mart Program is a financing program that is available for use only by…
- § 14934 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, state agencies that are statutorily authorized to acquire assets listed in subdivision (b) are hereby eligible to apply to…
- § 14936 (a) The department shall develop a financing process that requires, but shall not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Confirmation that the term of…
- § 14937 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, local agencies and school districts that are statutorily authorized to acquire goods, information technology, and related…
- § 14938 As used in this chapter, “state agency” or “state agencies” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission and the…
CHAPTER 10. State Architect §§ 14950–14964 · 14 sections
- § 14950 There is in the Department of General Services a State Architect who shall report directly to the director. He or she shall be appointed by the Governor with…
- § 14951 The Department of General Services shall succeed to the powers, duties, and functions with respect to architectural services previously vested in the Division…
- § 14952 The department shall contract with qualified architects and engineers for the performance of work when it is determined by the Director of General Services,…
- § 14953 The cost of all architectural services performed by the department for a state agency, which is supported otherwise than by appropriations from the General…
- § 14954 The department may employ such assistance as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, and may purchase or rent any necessary supplies,…
- § 14955 Where work to be performed, excluding regular maintenance work, which would otherwise be subject to the State Contract Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section…
- § 14956 This chapter, insofar as it vests in the State Architect general charge of the erection of all state buildings and require him or her to have an inspector…
- § 14957 (a) The Division of Architecture Revolving Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence and is retitled the Architecture Revolving Fund. With the…
- § 14958 The Department of General Services shall file against the Architecture Revolving Fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection with services,…
- § 14959 The Department of General Services shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the revolving fund, and any unencumbered…
- § 14960 Without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements, the Department of General Services may withdraw from the Architecture Revolving Fund not to…
- § 14961 The Director of General Services may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by the department in payment of fees, licenses, permits, or for…
- § 14963 The duties and functions formerly conducted by the State Fire Marshal that relate to construction, school, plan checking, and construction inspection are…
- § 14964 (a) The duties and functions formerly conducted by the Office of the State Architect and the State Fire Marshal that relate to hospital plan checking and…
CHAPTER 11. Emergencies §§ 14970–14976 · 7 sections
- § 14970 In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms, floods, fire, or other calamitous events the director may declare the existence of an…
- § 14971 The department may perform any work required or take any remedial measures necessary to avert, alleviate, repair, or restore damage or destruction to property…
- § 14972 The director shall transmit any declaration made under this chapter to the Department of Finance with a recommendation and request that money be allocated from…
- § 14973 The Director of Finance shall forthwith determine if a state emergency exists, and if money is available in any appropriation or emergency fund for the work…
- § 14974 Any work to be done as provided for in this chapter may be accomplished by day labor, negotiated contract, contract made upon informal bids or a combination…
- § 14975 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9550 of the Civil Code, the contractor under any contract made under this chapter need not provide a payment bond…
- § 14976 Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code,…
CHAPTER 12. Purchase of Prescription Drugs for Government Agencies §§ 14977–14982 · 7 sections
- § 14977 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of General Services.
- § 14977.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of General Services may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts on a bid or negotiated…
- § 14977.5 (a) The following state agencies shall participate in the prescription drug bulk purchasing program authorized under this chapter. (1) State Department of…
- § 14978 The department, in consultation with the agencies listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14977.5, may investigate and implement other options and strategies to…
- § 14979 The department may appoint and contract with a pharmaceutical benefits manager or other entity for purposes of the prescription drugs purchased under this…
- § 14980 The department may explore additional strategies for managing the increasing costs of prescription drugs, including: (a) Coordinating programs offered by…
- § 14982 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of General Services, University of California, and the Public Employees’ Retirement System…
CHAPTER 13. California Commission on Disability Access §§ 14985–14985.11 · 12 sections
- § 14985 The Legislature finds and declares that, despite the fact that state law has provided persons with disabilities the right to full and equal access to public…
- § 14985.1 (a) There shall be established in the state government, on or before May 1, 2009, the California Commission on Disability Access. The commission shall consist…
- § 14985.2 (a) Public members of the commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per diem while on official business of the commission, not to exceed 12 days per…
- § 14985.3 Meetings of the commission shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division…
- § 14985.4 The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the…
- § 14985.5 (a) The commission may recommend, develop, prepare, or coordinate materials, projects, or other activities, as appropriate, relating to any subject within its…
- § 14985.6 (a) A priority of the commission shall be the development and dissemination of educational materials and information to promote and facilitate disability…
- § 14985.7 (a) On or before April 15, 2013, the commission shall report to the Legislature, and to the Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary, of its…
- § 14985.8 The commission shall compile the following data with respect to any demand letter or complaint sent to the commission pursuant to Section 55.32 of the Civil…
- § 14985.9 With respect to its duties, the commission shall be an advisory commission only, and there shall be no right or obligation on the part of the state to…
- § 14985.10 The commission shall hire staff or contract for those experts or technical and professional services that may be required for the completion of any task…
- § 14985.11 This chapter shall not be implemented, and shall not remain operative, unless funds are appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature in the annual Budget…