Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Commencing no later than August 1, 2005, and no later than August 1 annually thereafter, the Department of General Services shall submit to the Department of Finance a proposal that reconciles the current fiscal year rates for service fees charged by the Department of General Ser…

The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all purposes vested by law in the office. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 applies to the director and the director is the head of a department within the meaning of the chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 116.)

For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor, in the manner that he deems necessary properly to segregate and conduct the work of the department. The director may arrange and classify the work of the department an…

Whenever any statute requires by the use of the word or words “approve,” “approval,” “authorize,” or “authorization,” the director of the department to approve or authorize any act or transaction, the approval or authorization shall be deemed to have been given only if given in w…

Notwithstanding Section 11043, the department may employ such persons as are necessary to provide house legal counsel for the department. These persons may advise the director, officers, employees, boards, commissions, and offices of the department concerning legal affairs of the…

The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the public concerning the activities of the department. Funds available for support of the department may, with the approval…

(a) The department shall commit itself to achieve improved levels of performance, as specified in this section, by focusing its efforts on enhancing the value of the services it delivers. (b) The department shall commit itself to providing both of the following: (1) Services that…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for state printing procurement purposes, printing is not considered a personal service contract as defined in Section 19130. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1124, Sec. 17. Effective September 30, 2002.)

The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall present to the host agency or family member designated by the host agency of any peace officer who is killed in the line of duty in California, the flag that was flown at half-staff over the State Capitol Building in memory of…

Each state agency that is protected by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, those state agencies currently being protected by contract private security companies, or those state agencies currently under contract with a local governmental law enforcement agency for gen…

The director and the civil executive officers of the department have the powers of a peace officer in all parts of the state in enforcing any lawful order of the department. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

(a) The department has general powers of supervision over all matters concerning the financial and business policies of the state in regard to the duties, powers, responsibilities, and jurisdiction specifically vested in the department. Whenever the department deems it necessary,…

(a) Where the Legislature directs or authorizes the department to maintain, develop, or prescribe processes, procedures, or policies in connection with the administration of its duties under this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 14650), Section 6611 of the Public Contr…

The director may exempt from his or her approval or from approval of the department any transactions involving not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for which such approval is required by statute whenever, in his or her judgment, such exemption is appropriate and in the …

The Office of the State Architect and the California Building Standards Commission, in consultation with offices and divisions within the Department of General Services, and with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall jointly adopt regulations in Title 24 of the C…

The Department of General Services may require from all agencies of the state permitted or charged by law with the handling of public money or its equivalent, financial and statistical reports, duly verified, covering the period of each fiscal year. When necessary, the department…

The Department of General Services may examine all records, files, documents, accounts, and all financial affairs of every agency mentioned in Section 14618. It may enter any public office or institution in this state and examine any records, files, books, papers or documents con…

There is in the department a general services planning officer, a procurement officer, and an executive officer of the Office of Public School Construction. Each officer or executive director may be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the director, and shall serve a…

The department has the possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, money, funds, appropriations, land and other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use of state agencies within the department. (Added by renumbering Section 1…

The director may make available to elected state officials, without charge, state parking facilities for the parking of the privately owned cars of such officials. (Added by renumbering Section 13011 by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

The department shall engage competent artists to paint oil portraits of all Governors of California whose portraits have not been painted, and a portrait of each Governor upon his retirement from office. The portraits shall be framed and hung in appropriate places in the State Ca…

The department may render advisory, investigational, or other similar service to any city, county, district or any other political subdivision of the state, or to the federal government upon such terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the director. (Added by renumbering S…

The director may require any person who has charge of, handles or has access to any state property to file an official bond in an amount to be fixed by him. (Added by renumbering Section 13075 by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to comply with applicable federal and state requirements, the Department of General Services may conduct criminal background checks of an employee, prospective employee, contractor, agent, volunteer, subcontractor, or employee of a cont…

With the approval of the department, state agencies may install and operate toll-free telephone lease lines to provide access by the public and local governmental agencies. The department shall adopt guidelines for the use of toll-free lease lines by state agencies as are necessa…

(a) The California State Sheriffs Search and Rescue Coordinators, or any successor entity, may plan and construct a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region, in consultation with the department, to honor California search-and-rescue volunteers who have died in the line of duty. (b…

(a) The Military Order of the Purple Heart, Capitol Chapter 385, or any successor entity, may plan and construct a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region, in consultation with the department, to honor California residents who have been awarded the Purple Heart. (b) The Purple He…

(a) Upon its establishment, the California Crime Victims’ Memorial Foundation, or any successor entity, may plan and construct a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region, in consultation with the department, to honor California residents who are victims of crime. (b) The Californi…

(a) The American Portuguese Club Incorporated, or any successor entity, may, in consultation with the department, plan and construct a memorial in the existing All Veterans Memorial to honor California American Portuguese veterans. (b) The California American Portuguese Veterans …

(a) The Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation may, in consultation with the Department of General Services, plan a statue of Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol Building Annex. (b) The Department of General Services, in consultation with the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol …

(a) The Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute may, in consultation with the Department of General Services, plan a bust of Mervyn M. Dymally to be placed in the State Capitol Building Annex. (b) The Department of General Services, in consultation wit…

(a) Tribal nations in the Sacramento, California, region, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan, construct, and maintain a monument to the California Native people of the Sacramento, California, region on the grounds of the State Capitol in accordance …

(a) A recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing Gold Star Families, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan, construct, and maintain a monument to the Gold Star Families of California on the grounds of the State Capitol in accordance with …

(a) A recognized nonprofit organization that is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that represents blind veterans, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan, construct, and maintain in the State Capitol Building, in …

(a) A recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan, construct, and maintain a monument to veterans of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait on …

(a) A recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing victims and survivors of communism, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may plan, construct, and maintain a monument to victims and survivors of communism on the grounds of the State Capitol in ac…

(a) (1) A recognized nonprofit organization that is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that represents Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants, may enter into negotiations with the Department of General Services and, where applicable, the s…

(a) In addition to the authority contained in Section 14638, a nonprofit organization representing Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants may propose to locate the memorial on a site within the County of Los Angeles that is not state property. If the nonprofit organization propo…

(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Motion Picture, Television, and Commercial Industries Act of 1984. (b) For purposes of this chapter, both of the following shall apply: (1) “Board” means the Board of Commissioners of the California Film Commission. (2) “C…

The Legislature finds that motion picture production in California provides unique and significant contributions to the economy of California and to the cultural enrichment of its citizens, as well as providing a unique form of entertainment for the state, country, and the world …

It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local governments to develop uniform procedures for issuing permits and to charge fees for the use of agency property or employee services, which do not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of providing the property or services fo…

The commission shall perform the following functions and activities: (a) Provide staff to the board. (b) Implement the Cooperative Motion Picture Marketing Plan. (c) Provide services necessary to increase the amount of filming within California. (d) Create a navigational link on …

(a) (1) The commission shall develop and oversee the implementation of a Cooperative Motion Picture Marketing Plan. The plan shall increase the marketing efforts of the commission, and offer state resources to local film commissions and local government liaisons to the film indus…

(a) As a means to carry out the California Film Commission’s purposes of encouraging and promoting media production in California and maintaining and improving the position of the state’s motion picture industry in the national and world markets, there is hereby created in the St…

(a) There is in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the California Film Commission. The commission shall have a Board of Commissioners consisting of 27 members. The Governor shall appoint 14 members, the Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint four members…