CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 118.

§§ 14101–14181 · 47 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 14101–14111 · 16 sections

   • § 14101 The department shall contract with qualified architects and engineers for the performance of work when it is determined by the Director of Transportation, with…
   • § 14102 The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the department, shall study the potential cost-effectiveness and…
   • § 14103 The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the…
   • § 14104 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,…
   • § 14104.5 Where work to be performed, excluding regular maintenance work, which would otherwise be subject to the State Contract Act, does not lend itself to the…
   • § 14105 (a) The department may verify that all construction projects performed under its jurisdiction meet or exceed all standards and specifications included in the…
   • § 14105.6 (a) The department shall prepare a detailed plan that shall include steps the department will take to ensure that it is in conformance with its policies to…
   • § 14106 (a) Any toll revenues generated from a managed lane on the state highway system that is administered by a local agency shall be expended only within the…
   • § 14108 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the department shall annually compile and report information to the Legislature on or before October 1 of each year,…
   • § 14110 Consistent with federal and state laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the department’s goal setting methodology as approved by the Federal…
   • § 14110.1 (a) (1) The department shall develop and submit to the Legislature, by January 1, 2019, a detailed outreach plan intended to increase procurement opportunities…
   • § 14110.2 (a) The department shall collect voluntarily reported data on groups of interest awarded public contracts by the department, including, but not limited to,…
   • § 14110.3 The department shall achieve, at a minimum, an overall rate of 25 percent certified small business participation in state-funded contracts and procurements.…
   • § 14110.4 (a) Beginning with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the department shall take all lawful and reasonable steps to raise the disparity indices for contracts awarded…
   • § 14110.5 (a) The department shall create a web page on its internet website that contains links to existing registries and databases related to drayage trucks from all…
   • § 14111 (a) (1) The department shall develop an implementation plan for the use and integration of digital construction management technologies for use on a…
2. ARTICLE 2. Emergencies §§ 14120–14123 · 4 sections

   • § 14120 In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms and floods, the director may declare the existence of an emergency and designate the…
   • § 14121 The department may perform any work required or take any remedial measures necessary to avert, alleviate, repair, or restore damage or destruction to property…
   • § 14122 The director shall transmit any declaration made under this article to the Department of Finance with a recommendation and request that money be allocated from…
   • § 14123 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…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Contracts for Professional and Technical Services §§ 14130–14136 · 9 sections

   • § 14130 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) There is a compelling public interest in ensuring that all federal, state, local, and…
   • § 14131 The department may contract for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, planners, environmental specialists, and materials testing specialists to…
   • § 14131.1 The department, in applying the criteria for contracting for services established pursuant to this article, shall consider the workload relating to project…
   • § 14131.2 (a) Solely for the purpose of validating the selection of consultants completed prior to July 1, 1990, the Legislature hereby declares that the process of…
   • § 14132 (a) In addition to the requirements set forth in this section, in the department’s contracting out for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors,…
   • § 14133 (a) Contracts made pursuant to this article are not subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 5. (b) Contracts…
   • § 14134 (a) The department, after consultation with the commission and local transportation agencies, shall adopt guidelines for determining the appropriateness of…
   • § 14135 Each contract for engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural services entered into pursuant to this article and any construction contract resulting…
   • § 14136 (a) The department shall encourage mentor-protege agreements between prime contractors and subcontractors whereby protege firms may receive appropriate…
4. ARTICLE 3. Contracts for Services With the United States §§ 14150–14155 · 6 sections

   • § 14150 When requested in writing by the Federal Highway Administration, the Maritime Commission, the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy, the department and each…
   • § 14151 Any architectural or construction work on buildings shall be limited to projects on property owned or controlled by the State.
   • § 14152 In the performance of any such federally financed work the department may adopt any procedure as to the letting of contracts for, the conduct of, or the…
   • § 14153 As to such work to be performed by the department, the department and the California Transportation Commission may do any and all things in connection…
   • § 14154 In addition to the purposes for which money is appropriated to the department or any division thereof, all of such money or so much thereof as may be…
   • § 14155 “Department,” as used in this article, means the Department of Transportation as to work within its jurisdiction, the Department of Water Resources as to work…
5. ARTICLE 4. Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project §§ 14170–14181 · 12 sections

   • § 14170 This article and Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14925) of Part 5. 5 shall be known and may be cited as the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project.
   • § 14171 The department shall establish and administer the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in accordance with this article. The department shall develop…
   • § 14172 The department shall publicize the project and solicit proposals for programs designed to provide mass transit and high-occupancy vehicle commuters with…
   • § 14173 The department shall prescribe forms to be utilized to apply for a grant to fund a proposed program, and shall adopt regulations prescribing qualifications for…
   • § 14174 The Guaranteed Return Trip Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. An amount not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for each of the…
   • § 14175 Grants of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for projects covering a single employer or not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for projects…
   • § 14176 (a) A public or private entity may submit to the department a program proposal and an application for a grant to fund the development and initial operation of…
   • § 14177 The department shall evaluate each proposal submitted to it and award grants to qualified applicants which are selected for participation in the demonstration…
   • § 14178 The amount of any grant shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the grant applicant. The funds granted, together with the matching funds, shall be…
   • § 14179 The recipient of a grant may use the funds for costs related to the development and operation of a guaranteed return trip program, including any of the…
   • § 14180 Upon its selection of a proposed program and the award of a grant for the program, the department shall notify the Controller of its action, and the Controller…
   • § 14181 The department shall conduct an evaluation of the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in order to determine the effectiveness of individual programs…