Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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 adm…

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.

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.

(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 …

As used in this article, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, school district, or any other public district or public corporation, any public authority, or any agency of any thereof.

(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 determin…

(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 e…

(a) On or before December 31 of each year, each state agency shall make a review of all proprietary state lands, other than tax-deeded land, land held for highway purposes, lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission, land that has escheated to the state or that ha…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 54235) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, the disposal of surplus state real property by the Department of General Services shall be subject to the requirements of this secti…

(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 Gover…

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 Univers…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer title of state Building 101, the former Lake Norconian Club Hotel in Norco and previously operated by the Department of Corrections as a minimum security facility, to the City of Norco…

(a) The Department of General Services shall maintain a complete and accurate statewide inventory of all real property held by the state and categorize that inventory by agency and geographical location. The inventory shall include all information furnished by agencies pursuant t…

The inventory prepared pursuant to Section 11011.15 shall contain the following additional information: (a) A description of the exact current and projected use of, and the extent of the use for, each property included therein that has been identified by the Department of General…

(a) The University of California, by July 1, 1988, shall furnish the department, in a uniform format specified by the department, a record of each parcel of real property which it possesses. The University of California shall update its record of real property holdings, reflectin…

The Department of Transportation, by July 1, 2002, shall furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property that it possesses, including lands, buildings, office buildings, maintenance stations, equipment yards, and parking facilities. This fur…

(a) The State Lands Commission, by July 1, 2011, shall furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property that it possesses that is not already being tracked by the statewide property inventory database. This furnishing requirement shall not ap…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11011 and 14670, except as provided in this section, the Department of General Services may lease real property under the jurisdiction of a state agency, department, or district agricultural associatio…

(a) Any private person or private company which advertises that it provides information or services regarding the sale or purchase of public property of any kind shall prominently indicate in the advertisement and any other presentation that the person or company is not a governm…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of General Services has, pursuant to former Section 11011.21, as added by Section 8 of Chapter 150 of the Statutes of 1994, and amended by Section 15 of Chapter 422 of the Statutes of 1994, developed an inventory, known a…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Director of General Services may sell or exchange, pursuant to Section 11011.1, at fair market values based upon an appraisal approved by the Department of General Services, only to the County of Napa or the Napa County Regi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer to the County of Ventura, no later than October 1, 1998, and upon approval by the county board of supervisors, the approximately 57 acre noncontiguous parcel of the Camarillo State Hos…

The Director of General Services, subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board and specific authorization by the Legislature that may be provided for in the Budget Bill, may exchange with the City of Santa Maria, at fair market value, and upon terms and conditions the …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may advertise and award contracts for services related to the disposition of real property, in accordance with this section. (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Qualified firm” means an in…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value, to the City of Norwalk, upon those terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property by January …

(a) When a state agency builds upon state-owned real property, purchases real property, or replaces landscaping or irrigation, the state agency shall reduce water consumption and increase water efficiencies for that property, where feasible, through any or all of the following me…

(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 affordab…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value, upon those terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property by January 1, 2030: Approximately 5…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value, to the City of Chino, upon those terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property: Approximatel…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, exchange, or lease to the City of Imperial, upon those terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interest of the state, all or any part of the following real property: The Californi…

(a) Upon approval from the Department of Finance, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall notify the Department of General Services and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of any state real property under its jurisdiction that has been determine…

(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…

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 r…

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.

(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 …

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 accordanc…

(a) If any state agency, including, but not limited to, state agencies acting in a fiduciary capacity, is authorized to invest funds, or to sell or exchange securities, prior approval of the Department of Finance to the investment, sale, or exchange shall be secured. (b) Every st…

(a) The Director of General Services may exercise the option to accelerate the vesting of title in the state as set forth in the lease purchase agreement dated as of December 29, 1993, of the land and buildings located in the City and County of Sacramento, California, consisting …

The director of any state department, subject to approval of the Department of General Services, may establish and maintain, or by contract or otherwise cause to be established and maintained by any person or organization, at any institution under the jurisdiction of such departm…

(a) In exercising the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon it, any state agency may construct and maintain communication lines as may be necessary. (b) In providing communications and necessary powerlines in connection with activities under subdivision (a), the agency, w…

No state funds under the control of an officer or employee of the state, or of any agency thereof, shall ever be used for membership or for any participation involving a financial payment or contribution, on behalf of the state agency, or any individual employed by or associated …

(a) On or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technology pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99, every state agency, including the California State University, that utilizes any method, device, identifier, or other database application on …

Any state agency may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the state agency, in order that this state may participate in the federal antipoverty program embodied in the “Economic Opportunity Act of 1964” (Public Law 88-452; 78 Stat. 508), contract with any public age…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, if foreign assistance funds are appropriated by the President of the United States and the Congress for the purpose of funding a foreign assistance program between California and any foreign government or governments al…

Each state agency may contract with a joint powers authority that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1, to perform examinations and related services for the state agency with respect to the …

(a) Each state agency shall establish clear flextime policies and shall direct its managers to encourage the use of flextime. (b) Each state agency shall enroll in a local or regional transportation management association, where appropriate.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency in performing its duties shall comply with all local air pollution control rules, regulations, and ordinances which are more stringent than any applicable state air pollution control statute, rule, or regulation. In an…

Each state agency shall take all practical and reasonable steps to recover civil damages for the negligent, willful, or unlawful damaging or taking of state property under the jurisdiction of the state agency, including the institution of appropriate legal action.

(a) When a statute is enacted establishing a new program or requiring interpretation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, the state agency responsible for the program or regulatory action shall, six months after the operative date or the effective date of the statute, wh…

Every state agency responsible for implementing a statute which requires interpretation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act shall prepare, by January 30 of each year, a rulemaking calendar for that year. The rulemaking calendar shall be prepared in accordance with a form…