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2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14872.

14872. There is in the Department of General Services a State Printer, who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the director, and shall serve at the pleasure of the director. His salary shall be fixed by the director in accordance with law. Such officer shall have such duties as may be assigned to him by, and shall be responsible to, the director for the performance of those duties. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as rendering inapplicable to the State Printer any conflict of interest statutes.
The State Printer shall not engage in a managing capacity in any private business or enterprise.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 545.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14873.

14873. The department shall take charge of and is responsible for all manuscripts and other matter delivered to it for printing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14874.

14874. There shall be retained and filed in the Office of State Printing, with the job ticket, one copy or sample of the printing produced on each completed printing order.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14875.

14875. The department shall employ such compositors, bookbinders, pressmen, assistants and such other skilled craftsmen as the exigency of the work from time to time requires. At no time shall more skilled craftsmen be employed than the absolute necessities of the state printing may demand.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14877.

14877. There shall be kept in the Office of State Printing, a time book, containing the name of every employee connected with the Office of State Printing, the time employed, the rate of wages, and the amount paid.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14880.

14880. The department has general supervision of the distribution of all public documents and other publications printed for any state agency and the custody of all state documents and other publications subject to public distribution, except those printed for the special use of the Legislature, the Governor, or the elective officers of the state.
The department shall fix the price and dispose of or sell the documents and publications.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14881.

14881. The department may accept for distribution or disposal documents and other publications from the Legislature, the Governor, or the elective officers of the state, when requested to do so.
The department shall fix the price and dispose of or sell the documents and publications.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14882.

14882. The department may compile and publish such documents, pamphlets, bulletins or other publications as it deems are for the best interests of the state or for public information.
The cost of compiling, printing and distributing any document, pamphlet, bulletin or other publication so issued, including salaries and other expenses, is payable from the Service Revolving Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14883.

14883. There shall be deducted from all money received from the sale of such documents or publications, a pro rata share of the cost of administration and the balance shall be paid into the Treasury, by March 31, for sales occurring during the first half of the fiscal year, by September 30, for sales occurring during the second half of the fiscal year, and credited to the fund from which the cost of printing was paid. The amounts deducted for administrative costs shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Service Revolving Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 968.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14884.

14884. The index of the Constitution and laws shall be offered for sale to the public at a price to be fixed by the department. Such portion of the receipts as may be required to complete the cost of printing, publication and distribution shall be paid into the Service Revolving Fund and the balance paid into the Treasury and credited to the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14885.

14885. In the year 1963 and in every fourth year thereafter the Office of State Printing shall, with the approval of the department, compile or cause to be compiled, published and distributed a State Blue Book.
The Blue Books shall be compiled following the convening of the session of the Legislature in the year for which the Blue Book is to be compiled and published and material therein pertaining to the Legislature shall be compiled under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly as pertaining to their respective houses.
The Blue Book shall contain only such material as the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization finds to be appropriate.
The cost of such compilation, publication and distribution shall be paid from any appropriation made for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 4 - Publications and Documents › Section 14886.

14886. The volumes shall be distributed as follows: to each Member of the Senate and Assembly as determined by the Rules Committee of each house; to the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, 15 copies; to the Governor, 25 copies; to the Lieutenant Governor, 15 copies; to the Secretary of State, the Controller, the Attorney General, the Legislative Counsel, and the Treasurer, each 10 copies; to each member of the State Board of Equalization, five copies; to the director of each state department, two copies; to the two United State Senators from California and the members of the California congressional delegation, each one copy; to the Chief Justice and Associate Justices, each one copy; to the presiding justices and associate justices of the courts of appeal, each one copy; and copies as provided in Section 14901 of this code.
All other volumes shall be sold for such price as may be fixed by the department.
Any person who publishes or sells any publication whose title contains the words “State Blue Book,” “California Blue Book,” or any similar words which tend to confuse the publication with the State Blue Book authorized by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 7.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 5 - Compilations › Section 14890.

14890. Whenever any state agency requires the compilation, printing, and publication of any volumes or pamphlets of laws or other matter for use or information in the discharge of its duties or for the general use or information of the people it shall apply to the department for its approval.
The application shall show:
(a) All the pertinent facts.
(b) The necessity for the compilation.
(c) The estimated cost.
(d) The funds or appropriations which are available for the payment of the cost pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 5 - Compilations › Section 14891.

14891. After approval of the application by the department and upon its written direction or request, the Legislative Counsel, State Librarian, or other state agency authorized or required by law to render the service, shall compile the volumes and pamphlets for printing and publication.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 5 - Compilations › Section 14892.

14892. The state agency requiring the compilation shall furnish the state agency compiling it such data and information as it has or may be able to obtain conveniently concerning the compilation.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 5 - Compilations › Section 14893.

14893. If the compilation is required for its own use or information, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from any appropriation for the state agency that is available for printing purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 5 - Compilations › Section 14894.

14894. If the compilation is for the general use or information of the people, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from funds appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14900.

14900. (a) It is the policy of the State of California to make freely available to its inhabitants all state publications.
(b) If a state agency proposes a regulation that incorporates by reference any publication, including, but not limited to, international or state standards, two copies of the referenced publication shall, if practicable, be deposited by the agency at the California State Library upon adoption of those regulations.
(c) State publications in physical format shall be made freely available to the public by distribution to libraries throughout the state, subject to the assumption by those libraries of the responsibilities of keeping the documents readily accessible for use, and of rendering assistance in their use to qualified patrons without charge.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 34. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14901.

14901. (a) To the end that the policy specified in Section 14900 may be effectively carried out, subject to availability of the necessary resources, the California State Library may create a digital repository and delivery system to maintain and preserve copies of publications in electronic format for ready access to the public. Each state agency may provide digital publications to the California State Library in an appropriate electronic format as specified by the California State Library. The California State Library shall determine the appropriate electronic format and may consult with the State Archivist.
(b) Two copies of each state publication, in physical or electronic format, as selected by the State Archivist shall be filed with the State Archivist by the State Printer or the department, commission, or other agency concerned. The cost of printing, publishing, and distributing the copies shall be fixed and charged pursuant to Section 14866.
(c) In order to maintain maximum transparency and accessibility, complete and selective repository libraries shall maintain paper copies previously distributed through this article until these legacy paper materials can be digitized.
(d) Publications printed in physical format or that have not been submitted to the California State Library pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be printed in a sufficient number of copies of each state publication as determined by the State Librarian in accordance with this section and Sections 14903, 14904, and 14907, not to exceed 350, and forwarded to the California State Library. The cost of printing, publishing, and distributing the copies shall be fixed and charted pursuant to Section 14866.
(e) When physical printing of a publication ends, the distribution of copies to the complete and selective repository libraries shall end.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 35. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14902.

14902. (a) For purposes of this article, “state publication” or “publication” includes any document, compilation, journal, law, resolution, Blue Book, statute, code, register, pamphlet, list, book, report, memorandum, hearing, legislative bill, leaflet, order, regulation, directory, periodical, or magazine, in physical or electronic format, issued by the state, the Legislature, constitutional officers, or any department, commission, or other agency thereof or prepared for the state by a private individual or organization and issued in print for access by the public. For purposes of this section, “print” includes either physical or electronic format. The publications of the University of California, however, and intraoffice or interoffice publications and forms are not state publications for purposes of this article.
(b) Publications prepared by an officer or employee of the state as part of the person’s official duties shall be placed in the public domain.
(c) Documents in the public domain can generally be reprinted without legal restriction. However, state government publications may contain copyrighted material that was used with the permission of the copyright owner. Publication in a government document does not authorize any use or appropriation of the copyrighted material without consent of the owner.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 36. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14903.

14903. In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, the agreed-upon number of each publication printed by the State Printer, including the legislative bills, daily journals, and daily or weekly histories, shall be forwarded by the State Printer to the California State Library at Sacramento, to the University of California libraries at Berkeley and Los Angeles, and to the California State University, to be allocated among the libraries of the California State University as directed by the Trustees of the California State University.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 37. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14904.

14904. In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, publications in any format not printed by the State Printer shall be distributed by the issuing department, commission, or other agency as soon as practicable after completion, first to all “complete depositories,” and second to “selective depositories,” designated by the California State Library.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 38. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14905.

14905. To be classified as a “complete depository” or as a “selective depository” of physical materials, a library must contract with the California State Library to provide adequate facilities for the storage and use of the publications, and must agree to render reasonable service without charge to qualified patrons in the use of the publications. A library designated as a “complete depository” shall be sent one copy of every state publication in a physical format, while a library designated as a “selective depository” shall be sent one copy of each publication existing in physical format from only the subset of issuing agencies the library selected or one copy of each publication existing in physical format of the publication type selected by the library.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 39. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14906.

14906. Any municipal or county free library, any state college or state university library, the library of any incorporated college or university in this state, the library of any public community college in this state, and the California State Library may contract as provided in this article. Applications are to be considered in the order of their receipt by the California State Library.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 41. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14907.

14907. Upon application, county law libraries, the law libraries of any law school approved by the State Bar of California, the Supreme Court Library, the law libraries of the courts of appeal, and the law libraries of the Department of Justice and the law library of the Continuing Education of the Bar of the University of California Extension may contract as provided in Section 14905 to become a selective or complete depository library.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 170, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14908.

14908. Because of the specialized service rendered the citizens of this state through assistance in the administration of justice, proximity to another depository library shall be disregarded in the selection of a law library as a depository of legal materials.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14909.

14909. Maintenance of basic general documents shall not be required of law library depositories, but basic legal documents shall be maintained by them. Such basic legal documents shall include legislative bills, legislative committee hearings and reports, legislative journals, statutes, administrative reports, California Administrative Code and Register, annual reports of state agencies and other legal materials published by the state, where obtainable through the agency preparing same.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14910.

14910. To facilitate the distribution of state publications, the California State Library shall maintain information about state publications issued and deposited with the library on the California State Library internet website. All state departments, commissions, and other agencies shall, upon request, supply information regarding the respective agency’s publications to the California State Library.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 42. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14911.

14911. If any state agency maintains a mailing list of public officials or other persons to whom publications or other printed matter is sent without charge, the state agency shall correct its mailing list and verify its accuracy at least once each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110, Sec. 43. (SB 820) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 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 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 6 - Distribution of State Publications › Section 14912.

14912. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the number of copies of statutes distributed to an authorized recipient shall not exceed the number requested by such recipient, or the number authorized by this article, whichever is the lesser.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 72.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)