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CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties, Generally

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.

§§ 14650–14717 · 170 sections

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. 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,…
  9. 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…
  10. 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…