Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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.

Where work to be performed, excluding regular maintenance work, which would otherwise be subject to the State Contract Act, does not lend itself to the preparation of plans and specifications to enable bids to be taken on a lump sum or unit basis, and the director so finds, the d…

(a) The department may verify that all construction projects performed under its jurisdiction meet or exceed all standards and specifications included in the projects. (b) Unless a contract provides that a contractor or service provider will perform quality control under the cont…

(a) The department shall prepare a detailed plan that shall include steps the department will take to ensure that it is in conformance with its policies to prevent discrimination or preferences in its employing practices or its practices in bidding and awarding public contracts t…

(a) Any toll revenues generated from a managed lane on the state highway system that is administered by a local agency shall be expended only within the respective corridor in which the managed lane is located. (b) “Managed lane” means either of the following: (1) A high-occupanc…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the department shall annually compile and report information to the Legislature on or before October 1 of each year, beginning in 2025, regarding the zero-emission vehicles that the department purchases, owns, or leases, including, but not lim…

Consistent with federal and state laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the department’s goal setting methodology as approved by the Federal Highway Administration, the department shall develop a plan by January 1, 2020, to increase by up to 100 percent the dollar …

(a) (1) The department shall develop and submit to the Legislature, by January 1, 2019, a detailed outreach plan intended to increase procurement opportunities for new and limited contracting small business enterprises, including, but not limited to, those owned by women, minorit…

(a) The department shall collect voluntarily reported data on groups of interest awarded public contracts by the department, including, but not limited to, women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises. (b) The department shall report the information collected …

The department shall achieve, at a minimum, an overall rate of 25 percent certified small business participation in state-funded contracts and procurements. For purposes of this section, “small business” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 14837.

(a) Beginning with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the department shall take all lawful and reasonable steps to raise the disparity indices for contracts awarded under the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (Part 26 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations) to 100 f…

(a) The department shall create a web page on its internet website that contains links to existing registries and databases related to drayage trucks from all of the following sources: (1) The State Air Resources Board’s online truck reporting systems. (2) The Port Drayage Truck …

(a) (1) The department shall develop an implementation plan for the use and integration of digital construction management technologies for use on a transportation infrastructure project. The implementation guide shall include a timeline of the development of guidance, policies, …

In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms and floods, the director may declare the existence of an emergency and designate the location, nature, cause, area, and extent of the emergency if in his opinion: (a) The emergency is a matter of general publ…

The department may perform any work required or take any remedial measures necessary to avert, alleviate, repair, or restore damage or destruction to property as provided in this article.

The director shall transmit any declaration made under this article to the Department of Finance with a recommendation and request that money be allocated from any available money appropriated for that purpose or to meet State emergencies within the meaning of that term as employ…

The Director of Finance shall forthwith determine if a state emergency exists, and if money is available in any appropriation or emergency fund for the work and remedial measures. Upon an affirmative finding upon these matters, he shall allocate to the Department of Transportatio…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) There is a compelling public interest in ensuring that all federal, state, local, and private funds available for the state highway program are captured and used in a timely manner. (2) In order to maximize t…

The department may contract for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, planners, environmental specialists, and materials testing specialists to provide professional and technical services relating to project study reports, project development, surveying, and construct…

The department, in applying the criteria for contracting for services established pursuant to this article, shall consider the workload relating to project study reports, project development, surveying, and construction inspection based on the total program relating to those fact…

(a) Solely for the purpose of validating the selection of consultants completed prior to July 1, 1990, the Legislature hereby declares that the process of evaluating and selecting consultants for that list of projects specifically identified in the selection process undertaken du…

(a) In addition to the requirements set forth in this section, in the department’s contracting out for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, planners, environmental specialists, and material specialists, the department shall comply with the criteria governing the stat…

(a) Contracts made pursuant to this article are not subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 5. (b) Contracts for engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, environmental, or land surveying services that the department elec…

(a) The department, after consultation with the commission and local transportation agencies, shall adopt guidelines for determining the appropriateness of contracting with private firms or on projects developed cooperatively with local jurisdictions. The guidelines shall include…

Each contract for engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural services entered into pursuant to this article and any construction contract resulting therefrom is subject to all of the following conditions: (a) The engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural …

(a) The department shall encourage mentor-protege agreements between prime contractors and subcontractors whereby protege firms may receive appropriate developmental assistance from the mentor firm to enhance protege firms’ capabilities to perform as subcontractors and suppliers.…

When requested in writing by the Federal Highway Administration, the Maritime Commission, the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy, the department and each division thereof may perform any engineering, architectural, construction, maintenance, or mechanical work for, or on behalf of,…

Any architectural or construction work on buildings shall be limited to projects on property owned or controlled by the State.

In the performance of any such federally financed work the department may adopt any procedure as to the letting of contracts for, the conduct of, or the payment for, the work, that is requested by the authorized agents of the federal agencies designated in Section 14150, or requi…

As to such work to be performed by the department, the department and the California Transportation Commission may do any and all things in connection therewith as may be done in connection with state highways and may acquire therefor, pursuant to state law, any necessary real or…

In addition to the purposes for which money is appropriated to the department or any division thereof, all of such money or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and may be expended by the department for the performance of such work. Such expenditures shall …

“Department,” as used in this article, means the Department of Transportation as to work within its jurisdiction, the Department of Water Resources as to work within its jurisdiction, the Department of Boating and Waterways as to any project under the jurisdiction of that departm…

This article and Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14925) of Part 5. 5 shall be known and may be cited as the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project.

The department shall establish and administer the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in accordance with this article. The department shall develop standards and guidelines for the demonstration project, including a definition of return trip eligibility, and, upon approv…

The department shall publicize the project and solicit proposals for programs designed to provide mass transit and high-occupancy vehicle commuters with transportation to their homes, their personal vehicles, or another agreed upon location in the event of an emergency or specifi…

The department shall prescribe forms to be utilized to apply for a grant to fund a proposed program, and shall adopt regulations prescribing qualifications for eligibility for the award of a grant, and establishing standards for auditing the expenditure of grant funds.

The Guaranteed Return Trip Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. An amount not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for each of the calendar years of 1991 and 1992, is hereby appropriated from the fund for the purpose of making grants pursuant to this a…

Grants of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for projects covering a single employer or not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for projects covering multiple employers may be made to public and private entities, including, but not limited to, all of the follow…

(a) A public or private entity may submit to the department a program proposal and an application for a grant to fund the development and initial operation of a proposed program. (b) To be eligible for funding, a proposed program shall meet all of the following criteria: (1) Serv…

The department shall evaluate each proposal submitted to it and award grants to qualified applicants which are selected for participation in the demonstration project. Grants shall be awarded in a manner which assures a reasonable distribution of grant funds throughout the state.…

The amount of any grant shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the grant applicant. The funds granted, together with the matching funds, shall be used solely for purposes of the guaranteed return trip program, as specified in Section 14180.

The recipient of a grant may use the funds for costs related to the development and operation of a guaranteed return trip program, including any of the following: (a) Development and administration of the program. (b) Program operating costs. (c) Promotion of the program and the …

Upon its selection of a proposed program and the award of a grant for the program, the department shall notify the Controller of its action, and the Controller shall disburse the amount of the grant, as specified by the department, to the applicant from the Guaranteed Return Trip…

The department shall conduct an evaluation of the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in order to determine the effectiveness of individual programs funded pursuant to this article in promoting the use of mass transit and high-occupancy vehicle commuting. Not later than …

In addition to the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Director of General Services or the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 14651, the Director of General Services or the Department of General Services is authorized and dir…

The Department of General Services succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Division of Architecture, the State Architect, or the Department of Transportation under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3910…

All public property, real or personal, of the Department of Finance or the Department of Transportation used principally or primarily in carrying out of any function, or acquired in connection with the exercise of any function, which function is transferred to the Department of G…

All officers and employees of the Department of Finance or the Department of Transportation on September 16, 1965, who are serving in the state civil service, other than temporary employees, and who are engaged in the performance of a function transferred to the Department of Gen…

The director and the Department of General Services succeed to and are vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Director of Finance, the Department of Finance, or any division, unit, or office of the Department of Finance u…

The Director and the Department of General Services succeed to and are vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore vested in the Capitol Building and Planning Commission by Chapter 2. 8 (commencing with Section 8160) of Division 1.