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CA Educ Code § 81053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 3 - Building Standards|Section 81053.

81053.  (a) To ensure that community college districts are able to effectively exercise the option of utilizing the Field Act or the California Building Standards Code, as provided in Section 81052, and construct buildings safely, cost effectively, and in a timely manner, the Department of General Services shall develop and submit, in consultation with the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, by June 1, 2009, to the California Building Standards Commission proposed building standards for adoption as part of the California Building Standards Code that will govern the construction, reconstruction, modification, or expansion of school buildings of a community college district as provided in Section 81052, if the community college district elects not to utilize the Field Act. The Department of General Services shall review and include, where appropriate, in these standards the standards that govern the California State University. The proposed building standards shall provide for independent plan review and oversight to be performed by the Department of General Services. The standards shall become effective 30 days after adoption by the California Building Standards Commission.(b) The Department of General Services shall be responsible for plan reviews consistent with Section 81133.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 704, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Educ Code § 81054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 3 - Building Standards|Section 81054.

81054.  (a) The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) shall undertake a fact-based analysis of the length of time the Department of General Services and the community colleges take to perform their respective functions to complete community college construction and alteration projects. This information shall be compiled in a report made available to the Legislature and the Governor by March 1, 2009.(b) Following the issuance of the report described in subdivision (a), the Department of General Services shall convene a working group advisory committee consisting of a representative from the Department of General Services, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Associated General Contractors of California, and the Professional Engineers in California Government. The working group shall analyze the report and the current process to complete community college construction and alteration projects and develop recommendations for changes, if any, in the project development and review process to ensure the public safety of community college facilities through a collaborative, consistent, cost-effective, and timely project development and review process. The recommendations shall include proposed timeframe goals for the performance of each specific task performed by the Department of General Services and by private design professionals performing services for a community college district and an assessment of the staffing and other resource needs of the Department of General Services to perform its tasks related to the construction or alteration of community college facilities. The recommendations shall be submitted in writing to the Department of General Services, working group members, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education, the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, and the education budget subcommittees of the Assembly and Senate by December 31, 2009.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 704, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Educ Code § 81130 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81130.

81130.  (a) The Department of General Services under the police power of the state shall supervise the design and construction of any school building or the reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any school building, if not exempted under Section 81133, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article and building standards published in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, and to ensure that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, for the protection of life and property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a community college district to perform work with its own forces in excess of the limitations set forth in Article 41 (commencing with Section 20650) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(b) Whenever repairs due to fire damage must be made to any school building previously approved by the Department of General Services, the approved plans and specifications used in the original work under then existing rules, regulations, and building standards may be used without modification, providing all other provisions of this article are carried out.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 390, Sec. 3. Effective August 27, 1997.)
CA Educ Code § 81130.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81130.3.

81130.3.  This article, together with Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 17365) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.5 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 81050), shall be known and may be cited as the “Field Act.”(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 35, Sec. 15. Effective May 20, 2006. Operative after November 7, 2006 (Prop. 1D was adopted) by Sec. 25 of Ch. 35.)
CA Educ Code § 81130.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81130.5.

81130.5.  (a) This article does not apply to an offsite building during the time the building is used wholly or in part for community college purposes, if the building is neither owned by a community college district nor leased by a community college district under a lease containing an option to purchase that building. For the purposes of this section, an “offsite building” is a building that is situated on land that is neither owned by a community college district nor leased by a community college district under a lease containing an option to purchase the land.(b) “School building,” as used in this article, means and includes any building used, or designed to be used, for community college purposes and constructed, reconstructed, altered, or added to, by the state or by any city or city and county, by any political subdivision, by any district of any kind within the state, by any regional occupational center or program created by or authorized to act by an agreement under joint exercise of power, or by the United States government, or any agency thereof.(c) Where the primary use of either a building or complex within which the building is situated, operated by an official or board of a city, city and county, or county, or by a nonprofit foundation for a building or complex located on land owned by the United States, is for purposes other than educational, such as, but not necessarily limited to, correctional, forestry, or hospital purposes, the building shall not be considered to be a “school building” as defined in this section, notwithstanding any educational use thereof incidental to the primary purpose.(d) For the purposes of this article and Article 8 (commencing with Section 81160), “school building” does not include any of the following:(1) Any building of a community college district that is used solely for classes or programs in outdoor science, conservation, and forestry and that does not occupy, in whole or in part, the same parcel of land upon which there is situated any school maintained by the district.(2) Agricultural facilities that were not built for classroom purposes and that are used primarily for plant and animal production or the storage of materials, equipment, and supplies involved in that production.(3) Animal kennels and facilities used to house animals as part of an animal health instruction program.(e) “Construction or alteration,” as used in this article, includes any construction, reconstruction, or alteration of, or addition to, any school building.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 53, Sec. 22. (SB 77) Effective July 1, 2019.)
CA Educ Code § 81130.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81130.6.

81130.6.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite the repair, alteration, and reconstruction of community college facilities that have been damaged or destroyed by fire, earthquake, flood, or other manmade or natural disasters, to return those community college facilities to a condition that makes them useful to community college districts in the least amount of time and at the lowest appropriate cost while maintaining the integrity and safety of the structure as required by the laws of this state.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, if a community college has been damaged or destroyed by fire, earthquake, flood, or other manmade or natural disaster, all reviews or approvals required by this article shall be expedited. In no event shall any review or approval exceed 60 days, excluding weekends and holidays, from the date of receipt of all complete plans, specifications, and documentation for the facilities from the district.(c) If, upon review, the plans or specifications require minor amendment or modification, these minor amendments or modifications shall not delay the completion of the review or approval beyond the 60-day requirement specified in subdivision (b) unless the amendment or modification constitutes a major substantive change affecting the entire project. While any minor amendments or modifications are being undertaken, the remainder of the project shall continue under review so that a timely and adequate review may be completed within the 60-day requirement of subdivision (b).(d) A state agency that is required to perform any review or approval under this article may hire additional personnel or incur any additional costs necessary to perform the review or approval within the time limits set forth in this section and shall charge the district a fee not to exceed the actual cost of the review or approval.(e) As used in this section, “damaged” means damages to the extent that occupancy is precluded based upon a report of an architect or a structural engineer and the concurrence of the Department of General Services in the report’s conclusion that the occupancy of the premises is precluded.(f) The expedited review and approval required by this section shall not apply if the documents are not submitted within six months of the damage to, or destruction of, the facilities.(Added by Stats. 1995, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 7, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 1995.)
CA Educ Code § 81133.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81133.2.

81133.2.  (a) The Department of General Services shall provide training, on an ongoing basis, to its employees and to the employees of architectural and structural engineering firms that contract with the department for the purposes of this chapter. The training shall address all phases of the plan review process established under this chapter, and shall be designed to ensure that all individuals who develop and review college building plans obtain sufficient knowledge of the rules, regulations, and standards that apply under this chapter.(b) The department shall make the training described in subdivision (a) available to the employees of architectural and structural engineering firms that contract with applicant community college districts for the purpose of this chapter, and to any other individuals, firms, and governmental agencies that are involved in college building design, construction, or inspection, and that may benefit from the training.(c) The department may charge a fee for training provided pursuant to this subdivision.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 407, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Educ Code § 81133.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81133.5.

81133.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Title 3 (commencing with Section 9000) of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code, the Department of General Services may issue a stop work order when construction work on a community college is not being performed in accordance with existing law and would compromise the structural integrity of the building, thereby endangering the public safety. The Department of General Services shall allow construction of incidental and minor nonstructural additions or nonstructural alterations without invoking its stop work authority.(b) A community college district or other public board, body, or officer whose construction work on a community college is subject to a stop work order issued pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be held liable in any action filed against the public board, body, or officer for stopping work as required by the stop work order, or for any delays caused by compliance with the stop work order, except to the extent that an error or omission by the public board, body, or officer is that basis for the issuance of the stop work order.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 28. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
CA Educ Code § 81134 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81134.

81134.  (a) The Department of General Services shall establish one or more methods to ensure that each application has been completed sufficiently by the applicant to enable the plan review to be performed.(b) Upon receipt of a complete application, the Department of General Services shall inform the applicant of the period of time that it anticipates to elapse prior to commencing review of the applicant’s plans. Within 10 days of being so notified, the applicant shall make an election to either use the Department of General Services for the review of the applicant’s plans or, request that the plan review be performed by one or more qualified plan review firms pursuant to Sections 81135 and 81136. If the applicant elects to use the services of the Department of General Services for review of the applicant’s plans, the department, as it deems necessary to expedite review of the applicant’s plans, in addition to making a good faith effort to hire state employees, shall do one or more of the following:(1) Contract for assistance from one or more qualified plan review firms pursuant to Sections 81135 and 81136.(2) Employ additional staff on a temporary basis.(3) Maximize the use of department staff through the use of overtime or other appropriate means.(4) Any other action determined by the department to have the effect of expediting the review and approval process.(c) Each application shall identify, for purposes of receiving the notifications required under this subdivision, an employee of the applicant community college district and either the applicant’s architect or structural engineer. The Department of General Services immediately shall notify that employee, and the identified architect or structural engineer, when each of the following steps in the plan review process occurs:(1) The department requests the applicant’s architect or structural engineer to correct or complete any part of the application.(2) An application number is assigned to the application.(3) Review of the applicant’s plans is commenced.(4) Review of the applicant’s plans is completed and the department returns the plans to the architect or structural engineer for correction.(5) Corrected plans are returned to the department by the applicant’s architect or structural engineer for final review and approval.(6) The department approves the plans and causes a final record set of the plans to be printed in accordance with Section 17304.(d) The Department of General Services may provide additional notifications to applicants as it deems necessary.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 407, Sec. 6.5. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Educ Code § 81136 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81136.

81136.  (a) Upon submitting a complete application for review under this article, the applicant may request that the Department of General Services refer the documents necessary for the review of that application to a qualified plan review firm operating under contract with the department pursuant to Section 81135. The department immediately shall grant the request and refer the necessary documents to a qualified plan review firm if the applicant so requests. Upon completing the review, the qualified plan review firm shall submit the documents referred to it for the review of the application, together with the results of its review, to the Department of General Services.(b) The Department of General Services shall establish a procedure governing the use by applicants of the review process alternative described in this section, including, but not limited to, provisions restricting the use of qualified plan review firms on the basis of conflict of interest.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 15. Effective August 27, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 81138 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81138.

81138.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all plans, specifications, and estimates shall be prepared by a licensed architect holding a valid certificate under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or by a structural engineer holding a valid certificate to use the title structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and the observation of the work of construction shall be under the responsible charge of such an architect or structural engineer.(b) For the purposes of this section, a mechanical or electrical engineer holding a valid certificate under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code may be in responsible charge of preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates, and observation of the work of construction where the work is, as determined by the Department of General Services, of the kind normally performed by engineers certified in the particular branch of engineering for which the engineer is certified. Any architectural or structural work involved shall be the respective responsibility of a licensed architect holding a valid certificate under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a structural engineer holding a valid certificate to use the title structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 735, Sec. 3.)
CA Educ Code § 81141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81141.

81141.  From time to time, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the Department of General Services requires, the licensed architect or structural engineer in charge of observation of construction or registered engineer in charge of observation of other work, the inspector on the work, and the contractor shall each make to the Department of General Services a report, duly verified by him or her, upon a form prescribed by the Department of General Services, based upon his or her own personal knowledge, indicating that the work during the period covered by the report has been performed and materials have been used and installed, in every material respect, in compliance with the approved plans and specifications, setting forth detailed statements of fact that are required by the Department of General Services.“Personal knowledge,” as used in this section and as applied to the architect and the registered engineer, means the personal knowledge that is obtained from periodic visits to the project site of reasonable frequency for the purpose of general observation of the work, and also that is obtained from the reporting of others as to the progress of the work, testing of materials, inspection and superintendence of the work that is performed between the above-mentioned periodic visits of the architect or the registered engineer. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required.“Personal knowledge,” as applied to the inspector, means the actual personal knowledge that is obtained from his or her personal, continuous inspection of the work of construction in all stages of its progress at the site where he or she is responsible for inspection and, when work is carried out away from the site, personal knowledge that is obtained from the reporting of others on the testing or inspection of materials and workmanship for compliance with plans, specifications, or applicable standards. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required.“Personal knowledge,” as applied to the contractor, means the personal knowledge that is obtained from the construction of the building. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 111. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Educ Code § 81142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES|PART 49 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - School Sites|ARTICLE 7 - Approvals|Section 81142.

81142.  Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the Department of General Services may from time to time make such rules and regulations as it deems necessary, proper, or suitable to carry out the provisions of this article.The Department of General Services shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code for the purposes described in this article.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)