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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - AIDS TO THE LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Legislative Retirement Committee › Section 10603.

10603. The committee is authorized to make rules governing its own proceedings and to create subcommittees from its membership and assign to such subcommittees any study, inquiry, investigation, or hearing which the committee itself has authority to undertake or hold. The provisions of Rule 36 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly relating to investigating committees shall apply to the committee, and it shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities as the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly shall from time to time prescribe, and all the powers conferred upon committees by Section 11, Article IV, of the Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 312.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - AIDS TO THE LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Legislative Retirement Committee › Section 10604.

10604. The committeee shall have authority to appoint and fix the salary of such professional and other employees as may be necessary. Funds for the support of the committee shall be provided from the Contingent Funds of the Assembly and Senate in the same manner that such funds are made available to other joint committees of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 438.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - AIDS TO THE LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Legislative Retirement Committee › Section 10605.

10605. The committee shall establish a board of experts. The board of experts shall include: the Controller, the chairpersons of the investment committees of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement Board, the presidents of those boards, the executive officers of those systems, the chiefs of investment of those systems, the chief actuaries of those systems, the pension managers and treasurers of two corporations, a manager of a city pension fund, and a manager of a county pension fund.
The committee shall retain as a consultant to the board of experts an independent actuary.
The board of experts shall be reimbursed for its actual and necessary expenses.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1155, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - AIDS TO THE LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Legislative Retirement Committee › Section 10606.

10606. There shall be held during the last week of March of each year a joint meeting of the committee, the board of experts, the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement Board, the executive officers of those systems, and the State Treasurer, to review the performance of the systems. The annual reports of those systems and the financial reports and reports of operations shall be presented at the meeting.
At the meeting, the State Treasurer shall present a review of the investment practices of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System and shall transmit a copy of the report to the committee.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1155, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11000.

11000. (a) As used in this title, “state agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. As used in any section of this title that is added or amended effective on or after January 1, 1997, “state agency” does not include the California State University unless the section explicitly provides that it applies to the university.
(b) References to particular state agencies in this title, without further identification, such as to the “Treasurer” or “Department of General Services,” are references to the state officer or agency known by that name.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 938, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11000.5.

11000.5. (a) A state agency shall not permit an evaluator to review a discretionary grant application submitted by an organization or a person for which the evaluator was a representative, voting member, or staff member within the two-year period preceding receipt of that application.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Organization” does not include a public agency as defined in Section 7920.525, an auxiliary organization as defined in Section 89901 of the Education Code, or an entity of the federal government.
(2) “Person” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 7920.520.
(3) “Representative” does not include an unpaid volunteer.
(4) “Staff member” does not include an unpaid volunteer.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 156. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11000.7.

11000.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every state agency shall establish the license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued by the agencies in the manner as best to distribute the renewal work of all agencies throughout each year and permit the most efficient and economical use of personnel and equipment. To the extent practicable, provision shall be made for the proration or other adjustment of fees in the manner that no person shall be required to pay a greater or lesser fee than he or she would have been required to pay if the change in license periods or renewal dates had not occurred.
Nothing in this section shall authorize any state agency to vary the period of any license which is issued other than as authorized by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 287, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11001.

11001. Any state agency may make exhibits descriptive or illustrative of any activity or pursuit relating to its work or affairs at any international, state, district, county or municipal fair, exposition or exhibit, authorized or recognized by the laws of the state or acts of Congress and may pay all actual and necessary expenses incurred in making the exhibits from any appropriation available for the use, support or maintenance of the agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 244.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11002.

11002. If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be deemed received on the date shown by the cancellation mark stamped upon the envelope containing the remittance or on the date it was mailed if proof satisfactory to the state or state agency establishes that the mailing occurred on an earlier date.
If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified time on a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, and the cancellation mark is placed on the envelope after it is deposited in the mail:
(a) Where the cancellation mark shows both date and time, the remittance shall be deemed received on the date shown by the cancellation mark and by the time specified by law for that date.
(b) Where the cancellation mark shows only the date, the remittance shall be deemed received within the time and date specified when the cancellation mark bears a date on or before which payment is required.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 612, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11003.

11003. If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the state or state agency on or before a specified date is filed with a state agency through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be deemed filed on the date shown by the cancellation mark stamped on the envelope containing it, or on the date it was mailed if proof satisfactory to the state agency establishes that the mailing occurred on an earlier date.
If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the state or state agency on or before a specified time on a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, and the cancellation mark is placed on the envelope after it is deposited in the mail:
(a) Where the cancellation mark shows both date and time, the application, tax return or claim for credit or refund shall be deemed filed on the date shown by the cancellation mark and by the time specified by law for that date.
(b) Where the cancellation mark shows only the date, the application, tax return or claim for credit or refund shall be deemed filed within the time and date specified when the cancellation mark bears a date on or before the specified date of filing.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 612, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11004.

11004. Sections 11002 and 11003 do not apply to:
(a) Applications or other documents required or permitted to be filed under the Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(b) Applications to appropriate water under Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Water Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 59.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.

11005. (a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or dedication to the state of personal property, or every gift to the state of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, shall be approved by the Director of Finance, and every contract for the acquisition or hiring of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, entered into by or on behalf of the state, shall be approved by the Director of General Services. Any contract entered into in violation of this section is void. This section applies to any state agency that, by general or specific statute, is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into transactions referred to in this section.
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Unconditional gifts of money.
(2) The acquisition or hiring by the Department of Transportation of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest for highway purposes, but this section does apply to the hiring by that department of office space in any office building.
(3) Contracts entered into under the authority of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code.
(4) The receipt of donated, unencumbered personal property from private sources received in conjunction with the administration of the Federal Surplus Personal Property Program by the Department of General Services.
(5) The receipt of gifts of personal property in the form of interpretive or historical objects, each valued at fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less, by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
(6) The acceptance by the State Coastal Conservancy of offers to dedicate public accessways made pursuant to Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Public Resources Code.
(7) The acquisition or hiring by the High-Speed Rail Authority of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest for high-speed rail purposes, but this section does apply to the hiring by that authority of office space in any office building.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 790, Sec. 2. (SB 1172) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.1.

11005.1. The Director of Finance may accept on behalf of the State any gift of real or personal property whenever he deems such gift and the terms and conditions thereof to be in the best interest of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.2.

11005.2. (a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval by the Director of General Services is not required, every conveyance, contract, or agreement whereby an interest of the state in any real property is conveyed, demised, or let to any person, shall, before the conveyance, contract, or agreement is executed or entered into, be approved by the Director of General Services. Any conveyance, contract, or agreement executed or entered into in violation of this section is void. This section shall apply to any state agency which, by general or specific statute, is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into transactions referred to in this section.
(b) This does not apply to real property acquired by the Department of Transportation for highway purposes, real property acquired by the High-Speed Rail Authority for high-speed rail purposes, or real property administered by the State Lands Commission, the Controller, or the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 790, Sec. 3. (SB 1172) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.3.

11005.3. Any state department, board, or commission may lease any real property for the use of the state agency for storage, warehouse, or office purposes provided that the lease term does not exceed three years and the annual rental does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
Prior approval to engage in any lease activity shall first be obtained from the Department of General Services and the lease agreement shall be subject to approval by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 597, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.5.

11005.5. After January 1, 1983, if property is to be constructed, purchased, or leased, or any interest is acquired in the property, for a period of five years firm term or more, for the conduct of state business and the property is located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census, which is served by a public transit operator, as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, and is not located within a public transit corridor, as defined in Section 50093.5 of the Health and Safety Code, the property shall be subject to the determination required in Section 15808.1.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1358, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.6.

11005.6. Any lease of property by a state agency for warehouse or office uses which is entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 1991, shall contain all of the following:
(a) The state agency leasing space through any contract shall have access at all times to the leased facilities for the purpose of securing documents and information deemed vital to the continuation of the business of the state, subject to a good faith effort by the agency to obtain the building owner’s permission when exercising its right of access.
(b) Provisions for late payments, interest penalties on late payments, and eviction procedures.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1210, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11005.7.

11005.7. The Department of General Services on or before July 1, 1991, shall develop procedures and policies to expedite normal procedures for purchasing, leasing, and contracting during a business interruption.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1210, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11006.

11006. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency that requires fingerprinting for any non-law-enforcement purpose shall not require the use of specified live scan fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice to roll fingerprint impressions, as provided for under Section 11102.1 of the Penal Code.
(b) A state agency may identify on its Web site a list of live scan fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice. If a state agency does identify on its Web site a list of live scan fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice, then it shall provide a link to the Department of Justice’s Web site that lists all certified live scan fingerprinting service providers.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 248, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11006.5.

11006.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that Year 2000 Problem identification and remediation be the top information technology priority for all state agencies and departments as specified by executive order of the Governor.
(b) It is the further intent of the Legislature to establish new dates of completion that are not in conflict with Year 2000 Problem remediation for all statutorily mandated automation and information technology systems that are not crucial to public health or safety.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term “Year 2000 Problem” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 3269 of the Civil Code.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 784, Sec. 16. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.

11007. (a) Except as expressly authorized by law or as specifically authorized by the Director of General Services, property belonging to the state shall not be insured against risk of damage or destruction by fire, and the policies of fire insurance upon any property belonging to the state shall not be renewed. This section is not applicable to the State Compensation Insurance Fund nor to property owned by it.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), the Director of General Services may establish a master builders’ risk insurance program for all state construction projects during construction.
(c) Insurance authorized by this section shall be procured utilizing insurance procurement procedures approved by the Director of General Services.
(d) The master builders’ risk insurance program established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall provide that if a master policy is issued, that policy shall require a deductible from the contractor, as outlined in the request for bids or proposals.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 115, Sec. 1. (AB 2376) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.1.

11007.1. (a) The Department of Transportation, when it has acquired title to any real property for highway purposes and leases that property for commercial or business uses to the former owner for a term exceeding six months, may secure insurance against the risk of damage or destruction by fire where the former owner requests this coverage and the premium therefor is included in the rental agreed to be paid.
(b) The High-Speed Rail Authority, when it has acquired title to any real property for high-speed rail purposes and leases that property for commercial or business uses to the former owner for a term exceeding six months, may secure insurance against the risk of damage or destruction by fire where the former owner requests this coverage and the premium therefor is included in the rental agreed to be paid.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 132, Sec. 1. (AB 481) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.4.

11007.4. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Employee” includes an officer, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
(2) “Employment” includes office or employment.
(3) “Injury” means death, injury to a person, damage to or loss of property, or any other injury that a person may suffer to his person, reputation, character, feelings or estate, of such a nature that it would be actionable if inflicted by a private person.
(b) Except for a liability which may be insured against pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code, any state agency may, subject to Section 11007.7:
(1) Insure itself against all or any part of any tort or inverse condemnation liability.
(2) Insure any employee of the state against all or any part of his liability for injury resulting from an act or omission in the scope of his employment.
(3) Insure against the expense of defending a claim against the state agency or its employee, whether or not liability exists on such claim.
(c) The insurance authorized by this section may be provided by:
(1) Self-insurance, which may be, but is not required to be, funded by appropriations to establish or maintain reserves for self-insurance purposes.
(2) Insurance in any insurer authorized to transact such insurance in this state.
(3) Insurance secured in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760) of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code.
(4) Any combination of insurance authorized by paragraphs (1), (2) and (3).
(d) The authority provided by this section to insure does not affect any other statute that authorizes or requires any state agency to insure against its liability or the liability of its employees. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11007.7, no other statute limits or restricts the authority to insure under this section.
(e) Neither the authority provided by this section to insure, nor the exercise of such authority, shall:
(1) Impose any liability on the state or an employee thereof unless such liability otherwise exists.
(2) Impair any defense the state or an employee thereof otherwise may have.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.5.

11007.5. Any state agency, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may secure insurance protecting the state against loss by burglary, robbery, theft, or embezzlement of funds or securities belonging to the state which are in the possession or control of the agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.6.

11007.6. Any state agency may, subject to rules and regulations of the Department of General Services, insure its officers and employees not covered by Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 19815) of Division 5 against injury or death incurred while flying on state business in any, except regularly scheduled, passenger aircraft.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 66. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.7.

11007.7. (a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by any state agency shall be subject to approval of the Department of General Services. Any procurement of this type, upon request of the state agency concerned, may be made by the Department of General Services on behalf of the agency.
(b) Whenever the procurement of insurance or official bonds for, or on behalf of, the state is authorized by law and no state agency is specifically authorized to purchase the insurance or official bonds, the Department of General Services may procure the insurance or official bonds.
(c) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Insurance procured by the Department of Transportation or the California Transportation Commission under Sections 100.7 and 30450 to 30453, inclusive, of the Streets and Highways Code.
(2) Workers’ compensation insurance procured under Section 11870 of the Insurance Code.
(3) Insurance procured by the California State University.
(4) An insurance and risk pooling arrangement formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as specified in Section 6516.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 373, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11007.8.

11007.8. (a) If a state agency is authorized to procure insurance, that agency may operate and administer a self-insurance program. The agency may contract with the Department of General Services for the development and administration of a self-insurance program.
(b) The department may develop and administer self-insurance programs for any state agency pursuant to its authority under Section 11007.7.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1018, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11008.

11008. Whenever any State agency except the State Compensation Insurance Fund has drawn against any bank account for the payment of any claim and payment of the claim has not been made for a period of six months by reason of the failure of the claimant to present the instrument to the bank, the State agency shall pay the amount of the claim to the Treasurer in trust.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11008.2.

11008.2. Any regulation, order, or other action, adopted, prescribed, taken, or performed by the former Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency as it existed on December 31, 2003, including any office, division, board, or subdivision of the agency or by an official of the agency in the administration of a program or the performance of a duty, responsibility, or authorization transferred to another state department or agency, shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a regulation, order, or action of the agency or department to which the responsibility was transferred.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 225, Sec. 21. Effective August 16, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11008.5.

11008.5. Any program administered in part or whole by the Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency prior to January 1, 2004, pursuant to an interagency agreement with another state department or agency shall be the responsibility of the other party or parties to that interagency agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 225, Sec. 22. Effective August 16, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11009.

11009. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the members of State boards and commissions shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 11009.5.

11009.5. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Displaced” means a condition in which the person or business is unable to return to the address of record or other address associated with the license before experiencing economic hardship.
(2) “Economic hardship” means the inability to pay living or business expenses, unless otherwise defined by a state agency pursuant to subdivision (c).
(3) “Emergency” means an emergency as defined in Section 8558 or a declared federal emergency.
(4) “License” includes, but is not limited to, a certificate, registration, or other required document to engage in business.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that issues any business license may establish a process for a person or business that has been displaced or is experiencing economic hardship as a result of an emergency to submit an application, that the agency may grant, for a reduction or waiver of any fees required by the agency to obtain a license, renew or activate a license, or replace a physical license for display.
(c) A fee or waiver process established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall specify, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) The methodology used by the agency for determining whether a person, as a result of an emergency, has been displaced or is experiencing economic hardship.
(2) The procedure for applying for a reduction or fee waiver.
(3) That the application shall be made within one year of the date on which the emergency was proclaimed or declared.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. (SB 601) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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11010. (a) When a state agency, supported from the General Fund, is required to collect from any person, firm, or corporation a proportionate share of the cost of providing any service, inspection, or audit, that share shall include:
(1) A proration of the cost to the state, as determined by the Department of General Services, of janitor service for the agency and of the charge for rent actually made for space occupied by the agency in a state-owned building or that would be charged that agency were it required to pay rent for that occupancy.
(2) A proration of the administrative costs of the agency, as defined in Section 11270.
(3) The pro rata share of the cost of insuring motor vehicles belonging to the state agency against liability for damages resulting from the ownership or operation of motor vehicles and arising under Article 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of Chapter 1 of Division 9 of the Vehicle Code or, in the discretion of the Director of General Services, an amount that he or she considers equivalent to that pro rata share to be expended by him or her in accordance with law in paying claims under that article and for their investigation, adjustment, defense and administration.
(4) The pro rata cost of workers’ compensation insurance and bonds covering the officers and employees of the state agency.
(5) A proration of the state’s retirement contribution for the employees engaged in providing the services, inspection or audit.
(6) A proration of the state’s contribution toward the cost of medical and hospital care, including administrative costs, and the cost of procuring liability insurance coverage, for the employees engaged in providing the services, inspection or audit.
(7) A proration of the cost of the Attorney General’s services rendered the agency.
(8) A proration of any other costs to the state for providing the service, inspection or audit.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency, supported from the General Fund, shall levy or collect any fee or charge in an amount that exceeds the estimated actual or reasonable cost of providing the service, inspection, or audit for which the fee or charge is levied or collected, including those costs specified in subdivision (a).
(2) In the event of a conflict between this subdivision and Article 5 (commencing with Section 12990) of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, relating to fees charged by the Department of Insurance, the provisions of the Insurance Code shall prevail.
(3) This subdivision shall not apply to any fee or charge whose amount is specified in statute.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 685, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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11010.5. (a) Where authority is vested in any state agency to contract on behalf of the state, such authority shall include the power, by mutual consent of the contracting parties, to terminate, amend, or modify any contract within the scope of such authorization heretofore or hereafter entered into by such state agency. The modification, amendment, or termination of any contract subject by law to the approval of the Department of General Services, Director of General Services, or other state agency, shall also be subject to such approval.
(b) Subdivision (a) of this section does not apply to contracts entered into pursuant to any statute expressly requiring that such contracts be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids. Contracts required to be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids pursuant to any such statute may be terminated, amended, or modified only if such termination, amendment, or modification is so provided in the contract or is authorized under provision of law other than this subdivision. The compensation payable if any for such amendments and modifications shall be determined as provided in the contract. The compensation payable if any in the event the contract is so terminated shall be determined as provided in the contract or applicable statutory provision providing for such termination.
(c) Contracts of state agencies may include provisions for termination for environmental considerations at the discretion of such state agencies.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1074.)
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11011.3. (a) For purposes of this section, “department” means the Department of General Services.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall develop criteria to evaluate the suitability of state-owned parcels to be used for affordable housing by September 1, 2023.
(c) Using the criteria established under subdivision (b), the department shall conduct a comprehensive survey of all state-owned parcels, by July 1, 2024, and every four years thereafter.
(d) Upon the conclusion of each comprehensive survey conducted pursuant to subdivision (c), the department shall update its digitized inventory of all state-owned parcels that are determined or declared in excess of the state’s foreseeable needs pursuant to Section 11011 and suitable for affordable housing development.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 446, Sec. 1. (SB 561) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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11011.5. (a) If no state or other public entity seeks to obtain title to specific surplus state-owned real property, a state agency authorized to sell that property, except property acquired for state highway purposes, may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, employ a licensed real estate broker who is local with respect to that property for a negotiated commission not to exceed reasonable and customary brokerage commissions applicable to similar privately owned properties in the area in connection with that sale and pay the amount of commission earned by the broker. The commission shall be paid only out of the proceeds of the sale before the proceeds are remitted to the State Treasury. The Director of General Services shall only employ the services of a broker if the director determines that the employment of a broker to sell the property would result in a cost savings to the state. Any state properties sold through the services of a broker shall be reported, along with a comparison of the estimated cost savings obtained through the use of a broker, in the annual surplus property report to the Legislature required pursuant to Section 11011.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the state’s selection for the professional services of a licensed real estate broker shall be made on the basis of the location of the property, the broker’s demonstration of knowledge of the local real estate market and success in selling real property in the local market, and on demonstrated competence and the professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the services required. To implement this selection method, the state shall adopt specific criteria to determine the competence and qualification for the services to be performed and to evaluate the customary brokerage commission to be charged based on services in the area.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 276, Sec. 1. (AB 1421) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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11011.6. Any local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor that wishes to be considered a priority buyer of the state real property known as Lanterman Developmental Center, located at 3530 Pomona Boulevard in Pomona, Los Angeles County, which has been declared to be surplus state real property pursuant to Section 11011, shall, in addition to the requirements of Section 11011.1, demonstrate to the department that the property, or a portion of that property, will be used by the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor for the development of projects that create sustainable employment opportunities of benefit to the area and region in which the property is located.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the state real property known as Lanterman Developmental Center, located at 3530 Pomona Boulevard in Pomona, Los Angeles County, which has been declared to be surplus state real property pursuant to Section 11011, shall not be prezoned, zoned, or rezoned unless the Department of General Services requests that the property be rezoned or approves the rezoning of the property.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 515, Sec. 1. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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11011.7. All real property acquired for park and recreation purposes by the state which was formerly part of Camp Pendleton shall be used solely for park and recreation purposes and no part thereof shall be declared surplus or disposed of.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1377.)
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11011.8. (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall furnish to the Department of General Services a list of lands suitable and available for residential development that were identified by a local government as part of the housing element of its general plan pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 and subdivision (b) of Section 65583.3 and that were submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section 65583.3.
(b) The Department of General Services shall create a database of information that was furnished to it pursuant to subdivision (a) and information regarding the state lands determined or declared excess pursuant to Section 11011. The department shall make this database available and searchable by the public by means of a link on its internet website.
(c) The Department of General Services may rely on the accuracy of the information submitted by a local government pursuant to Section 65583.3 to the Department of Housing and Community Development in creating the database pursuant to subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 667, Sec. 1. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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11011.9. For purposes of expanding affordable housing development and adaptive reuse opportunities of multistory state office buildings and for adaptive reuse incentive grants, by January 1, 2024, the Department of General Services shall prepare and report to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795, a streamlined plan to transition underutilized multistory state buildings into all types of housing, including, but not limited to, rental or ownership housing opportunities.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 2592) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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11011.11. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(1) There is no complete inventory of all state real property holdings containing information on present use, characteristics of the holding, or its value.
(2) Both the Auditor General and the California Commission on State Government Organization and Economy have found that there is state-owned real property which is presently unused and should be declared surplus, and that there is little or no internal or external review to determine if lands could be declared surplus.
(3) The Auditor General, in a report entitled “California Could Earn Millions of Dollars from Better Management of its Excess Land,” also found that the state is losing money by retaining property which is not being used. This deprives the General Fund of revenues which could be generated by the sale or transfer of surplus land.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the state’s management of its real property holdings by delegating to the Department of General Services the responsibility for maintaining a central inventory of the state’s real property holdings.
(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that the staff of the Office of Space and Real Estate Services of the Department of General Services be utilized for the implementation of Section 11011.15.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 907, Sec. 1.)
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11011.13. For purposes of Section 11011.15, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Agency” means a state agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, district agricultural association, and the California State University. “Agency” does not mean the Legislature, the University of California, the State Lands Commission, or the Department of Transportation.
(b) “Fully utilized” means that 100 percent of the property is being appropriately utilized by a program of an agency every business day of the year.
(c) “Partially utilized” means one or more of the following:
(1) Less than 100 percent of the property is appropriately utilized by a program of an agency.
(2) The property is not used every business day of the year by an agency.
(3) The property is used by other nonstate governmental entities or private parties.
(d) “Excess land” means property that is no longer needed for either an existing or ongoing state program or a function of an agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 330, Sec. 1. (SB 1350) Effective January 1, 2011.)