Title GOV — California Gov. Code

“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.

The Department of General Services and its director succeed to and are vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, or its executive officer, under the following statutes…

Notwithstanding Section 13900, whenever the term “California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board,” the term “California Victim Compensation Boards,” or the term “State Board of Control” appears in any statute, regulation, contract, or any other code with respect to th…

The Department of General Services may assign any matter related to the statutory powers and duties of the Department of General Services described in Section 14659 to the Office of Risk and Insurance Management or to any other state office.

The evidence in any investigation, inquiry, or hearing may be taken by the Department of General Services or, on its behalf, by the office designated for that purpose. Every finding, opinion, and order, made pursuant to an investigation, inquiry, or hearing, when approved or conf…

The Office of Risk and Insurance Management, any state office designated pursuant to Section 14659.02, or their designees shall keep a full and true record of all proceedings, issue all necessary process, writs, warrants, and notices, and perform those other duties described in S…

The Director of General Services, the Office of Risk and Insurance Management, any state office designated pursuant to Section 14659.02, or their designees may administer oaths, certify to all official acts, and issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and production of pa…

The Department of General Services, the Office of Risk and Insurance Management, any state office designated pursuant to Section 14659.02, or their designees may administer oaths, examine witnesses, issue subpoenas, and receive evidence under such rules and regulations, pursuant …

The Department of General Services shall have a seal, bearing the following inscription: “Department of General Services.” The seal shall be fixed to all writs and authentications of copies of records and to other instruments that the department directs.

The department may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3: (a) Limiting the amount, time, and place of expenses and allowances to be paid to elected state officers, and officers and employees of the state provided for in …

The department may approve plans for payroll deduction from the salaries or wages of state officers and employees under subdivision (f) of Section 1151 for charitable contributions to the agency handling the principal combined fund drive in any area. The department shall establis…

The department shall take any and all necessary steps to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the department, and for which there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least once during each calendar year.

The director may acquire title to real property in the name of the state whenever the acquisition of real property is authorized or contemplated by law, if no other state agency is specifically authorized and directed to acquire it. However, after January 1, 1980, if the property…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14669, the Director of General Services, on behalf of the state, may enter into an agreement to convert an existing lease or leases for real property located in the City of Sacramento into a lease-purchase agreement for the purpose o…

Whenever by statutory enactment or operation of law, a state agency is abolished or ceases to function, the control and possession of its assets, unless otherwise provided by law, shall vest in the Department of General Services for such use or disposition as the department may d…

The Director of General Services may acquire any easements or rights-of-way which the director determines to be necessary for the proper utilization of real property owned or being acquired by the state. This section does not apply to land, easements, or rights-of-way to be acqui…

In any agreement entered into whereby the state obtains a grant of easement, lease, license, right-of-way, or right of entry (including without limitation, a right-of-way, or right of entry on or over property of any railroad), the state agency or its director entering into the a…

With the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may establish boundaries between property of the state held in proprietary capacity and property in private ownership, and execute and accept in behalf and in the name of the state instruments necessary to the establish…

(a) The director may execute grants to real property belonging to the state in the name and upon behalf of the state, whenever the sale or exchange of real property is authorized or contemplated by law, if no other state agency is specifically authorized and directed to execute t…

With the consent of the state agency concerned, the director may execute grants to real property belonging to the state in the name and upon behalf of the state to the United States of America in exchange for lands of the latter or for such other considerations, as the director d…

With the approval of the state agency concerned, the director may grant and convey in the name of the state, easements and rights-of-way across real property belonging to the state not used for highway rights-of-way or high-speed rail rights-of-way, for those purposes and upon th…

(a) With the approval of the state agency concerned, the director shall negotiate in the name of the state, access to state-owned property, not used for highway or high-speed rail purposes, for those purposes and subject to those conditions, limitations, restrictions, and reserva…

(a) The director shall, within 120 days of the operative date of this section, compile and maintain an inventory of state-owned real property that may be available for lease to providers of wireless telecommunications services for location of wireless telecommunications facilitie…

With the approval of the state agency concerned, the director may quitclaim, in the name of the state, the right, title, and interest of the state in and to easements and rights-of-way owned by the state, other than those acquired for highway purposes or for high-speed rail purpo…

Notwithstanding Section 14616, the director may exempt from the director’s approval, or from the approval of the department, any state real estate acquisition or conveyance involving not more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for which approval is required by s…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for approximately one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in road, street, and other improvements and for reasonable administrative fees, upon the terms, conditions, reservations, and exceptions that are in the best inter…

With the approval of the Governor, the director may by executive order withdraw from sale any and all public lands belonging to the state, and return any lands so withdrawn for the purpose of sale or other disposition in accordance with law.

(a) The director may hire, lease, lease-purchase, or lease with the option to purchase any real or personal property for the use of any state agency, including the Department of General Services, if he or she deems the hiring or leasing is in the best interests of the state. (b) …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and a land lease and a lease-purchase agreement with the joint powers agency created under the joint powers agreement f…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may sell or exchange, based on current market value and upon any terms and conditions, and with any reservations and exceptions, deemed by the director to be in the state’s best interests, the state-owne…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an amendment to the existing joint powers agreement with the Oakland Redevelopment Agency in connection with the development of approximately 700,000 gross usable square feet of new st…

(a) The director may exercise the option to purchase 137,275 of net usable square feet of data center, office space, and appurtenances set forth in the lease for 3101 Gold Camp Drive, Rancho Cordova, California, 95670, for a price not to exceed forty-seven millions dollars ($47,0…