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CA Govt Code § 14920 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8 - Traffic|Section 14920.

14920.  (a) The Department of General Services provides for the specialized consideration of all traffic problems of the state; develops specialized knowledge of rates, tariffs, and traffic problems to the end that all state shipments be accomplished in the most expeditious, economical, and efficient manner possible via carrier or carriers whose drivers and supporting personnel are operating under current collective-bargaining agreements or who are maintaining the prevailing wages, standards and conditions of employment for its driver and supporting personnel employees; insures adequate state representation before administrative rate-setting bodies; disseminates traffic information throughout all state agencies.(b) In establishing procedures for obtaining commercial moving services under competitive bid contracts the department shall act in accordance with the following:Every contract (and any bid specification therefor) hereby authorized and entered into by the state in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), the principal purpose of which is to furnish commercial moving services to relocate state offices, facilities and institutions, shall specify that no contractor performing thereunder shall pay any employee actually engaged in the moving or handling of goods being relocated under such contract less than the prevailing wage rate, except consideration may be given to bids not conforming with these employee cost provisions in areas where no such employee wage standards and conditions are reasonably available. The term “prevailing wage rate,” as used in this subdivision, means the rate paid to a majority of workmen engaged in the particular craft, classification or type of work within the locality if a majority of such workmen be paid at a single rate; if there be no single rate being paid to a majority, then the rate being paid the greater number. The determination required by this subdivision of wage rates prevailing in a given area shall be made by the Department of Industrial Relations.(c) The term “supporting personnel” for the purposes of this chapter shall include all employees of a carrier who directly participate in the actual moving and handling of goods.The amendments to this section during the 1975–76 Regular Session, shall not apply to any contract, including those that may be renewed periodically, which affects the wage rates of supporting personnel until the end of the renewal period or the end of the contract, whichever first occurs.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1174.)
CA Govt Code § 14921 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8 - Traffic|Section 14921.

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 all state freight.(b) Audit all freight and other transportation bills involving state shipments in order to determine the most advantageous and economical shipping rates which can be secured via carrier or carriers whose drivers and supporting personnel are operating under current collective-bargaining agreements or who are maintaining the prevailing wages, standards and conditions of employment for its driver and supporting personnel employees and to determine what refunds may be due the state on completed shipments.(c) Furnish upon request from any state source the proper routing and tariff description of a given shipment in order to assure the state of the lowest applicable freight charge commensurate with the provisions of Section 14920.(d) Establish and maintain such files as may be necessary to expedite shipments, secure special movements, trace and recover strayed and delayed shipments, and divert and reconsign shipments.(e) Perform such other duties as may be necessary to the efficient discharge of the rate control function.The amendments to this section during the 1975–76 Regular Session, shall not apply to any contract, including those that may be renewed periodically, which affects the wage rates of supporting personnel until the end of the renewal period or the end of the contract, whichever first occurs.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1174.)
CA Govt Code § 14922 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8 - Traffic|Section 14922.

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 the agency shall designate in order that such personnel shall become familiar with the particular problems of such agency and that the purposes of this chapter can be best accomplished.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
CA Govt Code § 14925 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8.5 - Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project|Section 14925.

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 Project.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1653, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 14926 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8.5 - Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project|Section 14926.

14926.  The Department of General Services shall establish and administer the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in accordance with this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1653, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 14927 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8.5 - Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project|Section 14927.

14927.  The demonstration project shall utilize state owned equipment and facilities operated by the department, or equipment and services contracted for by the department, to make return trip transportation available to eligible state employees in cases of emergency or other unforeseen circumstances which make it necessary for the employee to leave his or her workplace. The transportation shall be provided at no cost or at a nominal cost not to exceed the amount normally spent for home-to-work transportation by such means as a taxi, rental car, fleet car, or escort service, to the employee’s home or other agreed upon location.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1653, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 14928 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8.5 - Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project|Section 14928.

14928.  The department shall develop standards and guidelines for the demonstration project, including standards for eligibility for and utilization of services provided under the demonstration project. The services shall be available to all state employees who regularly commute to work by use of mass transit or high-occupancy vehicle.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1653, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 14929 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 8.5 - Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project|Section 14929.

14929.  (a) The department shall conduct an evaluation of the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project established pursuant to this chapter to determine the effectiveness of the project in promoting the use of mass transit and high-occupancy vehicle commuting by state employees. The evaluation shall include all of the following:(1) Utilization of services under the project.(2) Cost of providing services.(3) Impact of the project on the patterns of mass transit and high-occupancy vehicle usage by state employees.(b) Not later than July 30, 1993, the department shall submit to the Legislature the results of its evaluation of the demonstration project, together with its recommendation as to whether the project should be continued.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1653, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 14930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 9 - Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program)|Section 14930.

14930.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Golden State Financial Marketplace Program or GS $Mart Program.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 16. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 14932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 9 - Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program)|Section 14932.

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 state agencies, pursuant to Sections 14934 and 14936, to finance certain goods and services as set forth in those sections. The department may provide consultative services to facilitate a financing for a local agency or school district pursuant to Section 14937.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 99. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 14934 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 9 - Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program)|Section 14934.

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 the GS $Mart Program to enter into agreements for financing those assets without further competitive bidding.(b)  Assets eligible for financing pursuant to the GS $Mart Program include all of the following:(1) Energy conservation measures as described in Section 4217.11 or energy savings contracts as described in Section 388 of the Public Utilities Code.(2) Goods as defined in Section 10290 of the Public Contract Code.(3) (A)  Technology goods or services as described in Section 11532 or information technology as defined in subparagraph (B) that are capital assets eligible for tax exempt financing consistent with the Internal Revenue Code as confirmed by an opinion of bond counsel, as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 14936.(B) Information technology includes, but is not limited to, all electronic technology systems and services, automated information handling, system design and analysis, conversion of data, computer programming, information storage and retrieval, telecommunications, including voice, video, and data communications, requisite system controls, simulation, electronic commerce, and all related interactions between people and machines.(c) State agencies may refinance any eligible asset through the GS $Mart Program for the purpose of lowering financing costs or consolidating payments, or when refinancing will achieve an overall benefit and cost savings to the state.(d) The department shall annually provide a report by September 1 of each year to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Treasurer’s Office, and the Department of Finance that shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for each financing entered into during the preceding fiscal year:(1) Each state agency that entered into a GS $Mart financing.(2) The physical address at which the asset being financed is installed or located. (3) The amount financed by each financing.(4) The term of each financing.(5) A description of the item, good, or service financed by each financing.(6) The total amount of outstanding GS $Mart financings.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 100. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 14936 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 9 - Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program)|Section 14936.

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 financing shall be limited to the average expected economic life of the asset or assets.(2) Certification that the asset or assets to be financed are eligible under Section 14934.(3)  For tax-exempt financings, an opinion of counsel from a law firm admitted to the Treasurer’s office most current approved bond counsel pool confirming that the assets subject to the financing qualify for tax exempt financing consistent with the Internal Revenue Code.(4) The preparation and submission of payment schedules to the Controller for use by the Controller in transferring funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act to the state agency for payments due under the financing program.(5)  The use of standard financing terms and conditions, form certificates, and other form agreements. The standard financing terms and conditions, form certificates, and other form agreements, and any amendment of those standard terms and conditions, form certificates, and form agreements, shall be approved by the Department of Finance and the Treasurer’s office before they are used.(6) Prior approval by the Treasurer’s office of the specific financial terms, including, but not limited to, the quotes received, the interest rate, and the payment term, for each financing over ten million dollars ($10,000,000).(7) Prior approval by the issuer of lease-revenue bonds on behalf of the state for any financing that affects a facility encumbered by issuer’s lease-revenue bonds.(8) (A) Notice to the Department of Finance and the Treasurer’s office of each financing before seeking a request for a rate quote for that financing.(B) The notice shall identify the following:(i) The state agency seeking to enter into a GS $Mart financing.(ii) The assets to be financed.(iii) The physical address at which the asset is located.(iv) The estimated amount to be financed.(v) The estimated closing date of the financing.(b) The Controller may direct the transfer of funds according to the schedule or schedules submitted by the department pursuant to the GS $Mart Program.(c) The department, in consultation with the Department of Finance, shall be responsible for the continued development and administration of, at a minimum, financing applications, instructions, and application approval pursuant to the GS $Mart Program.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 101. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 14937 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 9 - Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program)|Section 14937.

14937.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, local agencies and school districts that are statutorily authorized to acquire goods, information technology, and related services pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10298 of the Public Contract Code and subdivision (b) of Section 10299 of the Public Contract Code, respectively, are eligible to use the preapproved lenders participating in the GS $Mart Program.(b) A local agency or school district using the preapproved lenders participating in the GS $Mart Program may arrange for consulting services to be provided by the department, at current state price book rates, in order to facilitate the local agency or school district’s financing of the assets authorized herein without further competitive bidding.(c) For tax-exempt financings, a local agency or school district shall engage independent counsel in order to obtain an opinion confirming that the assets qualify for tax-exempt financing. The local agency or school district shall be solely responsible for compliance with any rules or laws necessary to maintain the tax-exempt status of those financings. The State of California and the GS $Mart Program shall not have any responsibilities related to the tax exemption of financings authorized in this section.(d) Neither the State of California nor the GS $Mart Program shall be liable for or incur any financial responsibility in connection with any financing by a local agency or school district described in this section. Any such financing by a local agency or school district shall meet the following requirements:(1) Not be a financial obligation or debt of the State of California.(2) Be made on the basis of the credit worthiness and rating of the local agency or school district with repayment obligations being the sole responsibility of the local agency or school district.(3) Not be characterized or use terms directly or indirectly indicating it is a financing pursuant to the GS $Mart Program.(e) Any financing authorized in this section by a local agency or school district shall be done on terms and conditions that set forth the provisions of this section. Those provisions shall be set forth in any request to lenders for quotes and in any contractual arrangements related to the financings authorized in this section.(f) The department shall include in the report required by subdivision (d) of Section 14934 a summary of financings made pursuant to this section that includes the following information for each financing facilitated by the department during the preceding fiscal year:(1) The name of the local agency or school district that entered into the financing.(2) The amount of the financing.(3) The term of each financing.(4) A description of the goods, information technology, and related services financed.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 102. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 14938 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 9 - Golden State Financial Marketplace Program (GS $Mart Program)|Section 14938.

14938.  As used in this chapter, “state agency” or “state agencies” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission and the California State University and the Regents of the University of California.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 16. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 14950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 10 - State Architect|Section 14950.

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 the approval of the Senate for a term of four years commencing with January 15 next following the general election at which a Governor is elected, and he or she shall hold office until appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until 150 days shall have elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs; but he or she may be dismissed by the Governor, with or without cause, at any time. The Governor may fill any vacancy in the Office of State Architect for the unexpired portion of the term, but the appointment shall be subject to approval of the Senate at the next regular session of the Legislature.No person shall be eligible for the Office of State Architect who has not, for a period of five years next preceding his or her appointment, held a certificate to practice architecture in California issued by the California State Board of Architectural Examiners. The State Architect shall not engage in the private practice of architecture or in a managing capacity in any private business or enterprise. The salary of the State Architect shall be as provided by Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 865, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 14951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 10 - State Architect|Section 14951.

14951.  The Department of General Services shall succeed to the powers, duties, and functions with respect to architectural services previously vested in the Division of Architecture or the State Architect of the Department of Public Works.The State Architect has general charge, under the Department of General Services, of the erection of all state buildings and shall have an inspector assigned to each building during its construction. It shall be the policy of the state that one of the prime considerations in the design of state buildings shall be the conservation of energy resources needed to heat, cool, and light these buildings; along with usefulness, environmental quality, aesthetic effect, and all matters relating to fire protection and fire safety. In determining the requirements necessary to comply with this policy, the owning and operating costs for the anticipated life of the building shall be used rather than initial cost only.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 865, Sec. 4.)
CA Govt Code § 14952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 10 - State Architect|Section 14952.

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, with the approval of the Director of Finance, that the obtainable staff is unable to perform the particular work within the time the public interest requires such work to be done.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
CA Govt Code § 14953 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 10 - State Architect|Section 14953.

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 Fund, except the Veterans’ Home, shall be determined by the Director of General Services, and paid from appropriations available for the support of the state agency. All payments for services shall be deposited in the treasury to the credit and in augmentation of the current appropriation for the support of the department.(Added by renumbering Section 14102 by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
CA Govt Code § 14954 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 10 - State Architect|Section 14954.

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, instruments, tools, equipment, and conveniences.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)