Article 1. General of California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.

(a) As used in this title, "state agency" includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. As used in any section of this title that is added or amended effective on or after January 1, 1997, "state agency" does not include the California State University unless the section explicitly provides that it applies to the university.
  (b) References to particular state agencies in this title, without further identification, such as to the "Treasurer" or "Department of General Services," are references to the state officer or agency known by that name.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every state agency shall establish the license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued by the agencies in the manner as best to distribute the renewal work of all agencies throughout each year and permit the most efficient and economical use of personnel and equipment. To the extent practicable, provision shall be made for the proration or other adjustment of fees in the manner that no person shall be required to pay a greater or lesser fee than he or she would have been required to pay if the change in license periods or renewal dates had not occurred. Nothing in this section shall authorize any state agency to vary the period of any license which is issued other than as authorized by law.

(a) (1) Any state agency, including, but not limited to, a district agricultural association, or a joint powers agency that includes a district agricultural association, that seeks to hold an event with an expected attendance level over 10,000 participants on property that is either owned or operated by a state agency shall, at a normally scheduled meeting, and at least 30 days prior to the event date, assess the threat of loss of life or harm to participants that the event poses. The assessment shall consider, among others, all of the following topics:
  (A) Prior events held by the promoter.
  (B) Prior events held at the facility.
  (C) Similar types of events in general.
  (D) The potential need for law enforcement.
  (E) The potential need for onsite medical care.
  (F) The potential for drug use and distribution.
  (2) If the state agency determines that, based on the facts presented to it in the assessment, there is a strong probability that loss of life or harm to the participants could occur, then the state agency shall require the promoter to prepare an event action plan. The promoter shall not hold the event until the state agency approves the event action plan. The event action plan shall address all of the following:
  (A) Health and safety concerns, including, but not limited to, whether the promoter should provide free water, whether the promoter should prohibit any person under 18 years of age from attending the event, whether the promoter should provide onsite medical care, adequacy of ventilation, attendance capacity, and exit signs.
  (B) Law enforcement concerns, including, but not limited to, a reasonable ratio of peace officers or security guards to event attendees, and mechanisms for the control of drug use and drug trafficking.
  (C) The potential need for supplying educational pamphlets, or other relevant emergency materials, including, but not limited to, first aid, to help alleviate any risk posed by the event.
  (D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, if the event is a performance that by its nature places the performers at risk, including, but not limited to, rodeos and monster truck rallies, then the event action plan is not required to address that risk.
  (3) The state agency may charge the promoter a fee that does not exceed the reasonable costs to the state agency to prepare the threat assessment pursuant to paragraph (1), or to review the event action plan pursuant to paragraph (2).
  (b) This section shall not apply to the following types of events:
  (1) An event held at a fair that has adopted the Department of Food and Agriculture's "Contract Policy and Recommended Best Practices for Contracting by California Fairgrounds."
  (2) An event regulated pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 27200) of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.
  (3) An event that is an annual fair within the network of California fairs, as described in Division 3 (commencing with Section 3001) of the Food and Agricultural Code, if the primary purpose of the event is to exhibit or promote the state's agriculture, livestock, or industrial or natural resources through exhibits, vendors, or other educational programming.
  (c) For purposes of this section, "promoter" means the individual, association, corporation, partnership, or other organization that arranges, holds, organizes, or otherwise conducts the event. In no circumstance shall the state or a state agency be considered a promoter.

Any state agency may make exhibits descriptive or illustrative of any activity or pursuit relating to its work or affairs at any international, state, district, county or municipal fair, exposition or exhibit, authorized or recognized by the laws of the state or acts of Congress and may pay all actual and necessary expenses incurred in making the exhibits from any appropriation available for the use, support or maintenance of the agency.

If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be deemed received on the date shown by the cancellation mark stamped upon the envelope containing the remittance or on the date it was mailed if proof satisfactory to the state or state agency establishes that the mailing occurred on an earlier date. If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified time on a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, and the cancellation mark is placed on the envelope after it is deposited in the mail:
  (a) Where the cancellation mark shows both date and time, the remittance shall be deemed received on the date shown by the cancellation mark and by the time specified by law for that date.
  (b) Where the cancellation mark shows only the date, the remittance shall be deemed received within the time and date specified when the cancellation mark bears a date on or before which payment is required.

If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the state or state agency on or before a specified date is filed with a state agency through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be deemed filed on the date shown by the cancellation mark stamped on the envelope containing it, or on the date it was mailed if proof satisfactory to the state agency establishes that the mailing occurred on an earlier date. If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the state or state agency on or before a specified time on a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, as determined by the state or the state agency addressee, properly addressed with postage prepaid, and the cancellation mark is placed on the envelope after it is deposited in the mail:
  (a) Where the cancellation mark shows both date and time, the application, tax return or claim for credit or refund shall be deemed filed on the date shown by the cancellation mark and by the time specified by law for that date.
  (b) Where the cancellation mark shows only the date, the application, tax return or claim for credit or refund shall be deemed filed within the time and date specified when the cancellation mark bears a date on or before the specified date of filing.

Sections 11002 and 11003 do not apply to:
  (a) Applications or other documents required or permitted to be filed under the Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
  (b) Applications to appropriate water under Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Water Code.

(a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or dedication to the state of personal property, or every gift to the state of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, shall be approved by the Director of Finance, and every contract for the acquisition or hiring of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, entered into by or on behalf of the state, shall be approved by the Director of General Services. Any contract entered into in violation of this section is void. This section applies to any state agency that, by general or specific statute, is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into transactions referred to in this section.
  (b) This section does not apply (1) to unconditional gifts of money, (2) to the acquisition or hiring by the Department of Transportation of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest for highway purposes, but does apply to the hiring by that department of office space in any office building, (3) to contracts entered into under the authority of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, (4) to the receipt of donated, unencumbered personal property from private sources received in conjunction with the administration of the Federal Surplus Personal Property Program by the Department of General Services, (5) to the receipt of gifts of personal property in the form of interpretive or historical objects, each valued at fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less, by the Department of Parks and Recreation, or (6) the acceptance by the State Coastal Conservancy of offers to dedicate public accessways made pursuant to Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Public Resources Code.

The Director of Finance may accept on behalf of the State any gift of real or personal property whenever he deems such gift and the terms and conditions thereof to be in the best interest of the State.

Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval by the Director of General Services is not required, every conveyance, contract, or agreement whereby an interest of the state in any real property is conveyed, demised, or let to any person, shall, before the conveyance, contract, or agreement is executed or entered into, be approved by the Director of General Services. Any conveyance, contract, or agreement executed or entered into in violation of this section is void. This section shall apply to any state agency which, by general or specific statute, is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into transactions referred to in this section. This section does not apply to real property acquired by the Department of Transportation for highway purposes or real property administered by the State Lands Commission, the Controller, or the State Compensation Insurance Fund.

Any state department, board, or commission may lease any real property for the use of the state agency for storage, warehouse, or office purposes provided that the lease term does not exceed three years and the annual rental does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Prior approval to engage in any lease activity shall first be obtained from the Department of General Services and the lease agreement shall be subject to approval by the department.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
  (1) "Accepted nutritional guidelines" as used in this section means the following:
  (A) Beverages that are the following or meet the following standards:
  (i) Water.
  (ii) Milk, including, but not limited to, soy milk, rice milk, and other similar dairy or nondairy milk.
  (iii) Electrolyte replacement beverages that do not contain more than 42 grams of added sweetener per 20-ounce serving.
  (iv) One hundred percent fruit juice.
  (v) Fruit-based drinks that are composed of no less than 50 percent fruit juice and that have no added sweeteners.
  (B) Food that meets the following standards:
  (i) Not more than 35 percent of its total calories are from fat. This clause does not apply to nuts, seeds, or whole grain products.
  (ii) Not more than 10 percent of its total calories are from saturated fats.
  (iii) Not more than 35 percent of its total weight is from sugar. This clause does not apply to fruits and vegetables.
  (2) "Added sweetener" means any additive that enhances the sweetness of a beverage, including, but not limited to, added sugar, but does not include the natural sugar or sugars that are contained within the fruit juice that is a component of the beverage.
  (3) "State property" as used in this section means all real property, or part thereof, used for state purposes and either owned, leased, rented, or otherwise controlled by, and occupied by, any state agency.
  (4) "Vending machine" means any mechanical device the operation of which depends upon the insertion of a coin or other thing representative of value and that dispenses or vends a food product or beverage, but does not include any mechanical device that is unable to dispense any food or beverage meeting accepted nutritional guidelines without physical alteration or any mechanical device that solely dispenses or vends hot beverages or ice cream.
  (b) A vendor that operates or maintains a vending machine on state property shall do all of the following:
  (1) Offer at least 35 percent of the food in a vending machine that meets accepted nutritional guidelines.
  (2) Offer at least one-third of the beverages in a vending machine that meets accepted nutritional guidelines. A separate one-third of the beverages offered in the vending machine shall either meet accepted nutritional guidelines or be flavored milk, beverages containing less than 20 calories per 12 ounce serving, or beverages that are composed of at least 50 percent fruit juice that may contain noncaloric sweetener. The remaining one-third of the beverages offered in the vending machine may be any beverage allowed by law.
  (c) If a vendor operates or maintains two or more vending machines that are located next to each other, the provisions of subdivision (b) may be met by calculating the percentage of the total food and beverages offered in all of the adjacent machines.

After January 1, 1983, if property is to be constructed, purchased, or leased, or any interest is acquired in the property, for a period of five years firm term or more, for the conduct of state business and the property is located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census, which is served by a public transit operator, as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, and is not located within a public transit corridor, as defined in Section 50093.5 of the Health and Safety Code, the property shall be subject to the determination required in Section 15808.1.

Any lease of property by a state agency for warehouse or office uses which is entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 1991, shall contain all of the following:
  (a) The state agency leasing space through any contract shall have access at all times to the leased facilities for the purpose of securing documents and information deemed vital to the continuation of the business of the state, subject to a good faith effort by the agency to obtain the building owner's permission when exercising its right of access.
  (b) Provisions for late payments, interest penalties on late payments, and eviction procedures.

The Department of General Services on or before July 1, 1991, shall develop procedures and policies to expedite normal procedures for purchasing, leasing, and contracting during a business interruption.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency that requires fingerprinting for any non-law-enforcement purpose shall not require the use of specified live scan fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice to roll fingerprint impressions, as provided for under Section 11102.1 of the Penal Code.
  (b) A state agency may identify on its Web site a list of live scan fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice. If a state agency does identify on its Web site a list of live scan fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice, then it shall provide a link to the Department of Justice's Web site that lists all certified live scan fingerprinting service providers.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that Year 2000 Problem identification and remediation be the top information technology priority for all state agencies and departments as specified by executive order of the Governor.
  (b) It is the further intent of the Legislature to establish new dates of completion that are not in conflict with Year 2000 Problem remediation for all statutorily mandated automation and information technology systems that are not crucial to public health or safety.
  (c) For the purposes of this section, the term "Year 2000 Problem" has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 3269 of the Civil Code.

(a) Except as expressly authorized by law or as specifically authorized by the Director of General Services, property belonging to the state shall not be insured against risk of damage or destruction by fire, and the policies of fire insurance upon any property belonging to the state shall not be renewed. This section is not applicable to the State Compensation Insurance Fund nor to property owned by it.
  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), the Director of General Services may establish a master builders' risk insurance program for all state construction projects during construction.
  (c) Insurance authorized by this section shall be procured utilizing insurance procurement procedures approved by the Director of General Services.
  (d) The master builders' risk insurance program established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall provide that if a master policy is issued, that policy shall require a deductible from the contractor, as outlined in the request for bids or proposals.

(a) The Department of Transportation, when it has acquired title to any real property for highway purposes and leases that property for commercial or business uses to the former owner for a term exceeding six months, may secure insurance against the risk of damage or destruction by fire where the former owner requests this coverage and the premium therefor is included in the rental agreed to be paid.
  (b) The High-Speed Rail Authority, when it has acquired title to any real property for high-speed rail purposes and leases that property for commercial or business uses to the former owner for a term exceeding six months, may secure insurance against the risk of damage or destruction by fire where the former owner requests this coverage and the premium therefor is included in the rental agreed to be paid.

(a) As used in this section:
  (1) "Employee" includes an officer, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
  (2) "Employment" includes office or employment.
  (3) "Injury" means death, injury to a person, damage to or loss of property, or any other injury that a person may suffer to his person, reputation, character, feelings or estate, of such a nature that it would be actionable if inflicted by a private person.
  (b) Except for a liability which may be insured against pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code, any state agency may, subject to Section 11007.7:
  (1) Insure itself against all or any part of any tort or inverse condemnation liability.
  (2) Insure any employee of the state against all or any part of his liability for injury resulting from an act or omission in the scope of his employment.
  (3) Insure against the expense of defending a claim against the state agency or its employee, whether or not liability exists on such claim.
  (c) The insurance authorized by this section may be provided by:
  (1) Self-insurance, which may be, but is not required to be, funded by appropriations to establish or maintain reserves for self-insurance purposes.
  (2) Insurance in any insurer authorized to transact such insurance in this state.
  (3) Insurance secured in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760) of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code.
  (4) Any combination of insurance authorized by paragraphs (1), (2) and (3).
  (d) The authority provided by this section to insure does not affect any other statute that authorizes or requires any state agency to insure against its liability or the liability of its employees. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11007.7, no other statute limits or restricts the authority to insure under this section.
  (e) Neither the authority provided by this section to insure, nor the exercise of such authority, shall:
  (1) Impose any liability on the state or an employee thereof unless such liability otherwise exists.
  (2) Impair any defense the state or an employee thereof otherwise may have.

Any state agency, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may secure insurance protecting the state against loss by burglary, robbery, theft, or embezzlement of funds or securities belonging to the state which are in the possession or control of the agency.

Any state agency may, subject to rules and regulations of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, insure its officers and employees not covered by Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 19815) of Division 5 against injury or death incurred while flying on state business in any, except regularly scheduled, passenger aircraft.

(a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by any state agency shall be subject to approval of the Department of General Services. Any procurement of this type, upon request of the state agency concerned, may be made by the Department of General Services on behalf of the agency.
  (b) Whenever the procurement of insurance or official bonds for, or on behalf of, the state is authorized by law and no state agency is specifically authorized to purchase the insurance or official bonds, the Department of General Services may procure the insurance or official bonds.
  (c) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
  (1) Insurance procured by the Department of Transportation or the California Transportation Commission under Sections 100.7 and 30450 to 30453, inclusive, of the Streets and Highways Code.
  (2) Workers' compensation insurance procured under Section 11870 of the Insurance Code.
  (3) Insurance procured by the California State University.
  (4) An insurance and risk pooling arrangement formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as specified in Section 6516.

(a) If a state agency is authorized to procure insurance, that agency may operate and administer a self-insurance program. The agency may contract with the Department of General Services for the development and administration of a self-insurance program.
  (b) The department may develop and administer self-insurance programs for any state agency pursuant to its authority under Section 11007.7.

Whenever any State agency except the State Compensation Insurance Fund has drawn against any bank account for the payment of any claim and payment of the claim has not been made for a period of six months by reason of the failure of the claimant to present the instrument to the bank, the State agency shall pay the amount of the claim to the Treasurer in trust.

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 administration of a program or the performance of a duty, responsibility, or authorization transferred to another state department or agency, shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a regulation, order, or action of the agency or department to which the responsibility was transferred.

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) 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 determined by the Department of General Services, of janitor service for the agency and of the charge for rent actually made for space occupied by the agency in a state-owned building or that would be charged that agency were it required to pay rent for that occupancy.
  (2) A proration of the administrative costs of the agency, as defined in Section 11270.
  (3) The pro rata share of the cost of insuring motor vehicles belonging to the state agency against liability for damages resulting from the ownership or operation of motor vehicles and arising under Article 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of Chapter 1 of Division 9 of the Vehicle Code or, in the discretion of the Director of General Services, an amount that he or she considers equivalent to that pro rata share to be expended by him or her in accordance with law in paying claims under that article and for their investigation, adjustment, defense and administration.
  (4) The pro rata cost of workers' compensation insurance and bonds covering the officers and employees of the state agency.
  (5) A proration of the state's retirement contribution for the employees engaged in providing the services, inspection or audit.
  (6) A proration of the state's contribution toward the cost of medical and hospital care, including administrative costs, and the cost of procuring liability insurance coverage, for the employees engaged in providing the services, inspection or audit.
  (7) A proration of the cost of the Attorney General's services rendered the agency.
  (8) A proration of any other costs to the state for providing the service, inspection or audit.
  (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency, supported from the General Fund, shall levy or collect any fee or charge in an amount that exceeds the estimated actual or reasonable cost of providing the service, inspection, or audit for which the fee or charge is levied or collected, including those costs specified in subdivision (a).
  (2) In the event of a conflict between this subdivision and Article 5 (commencing with Section 12990) of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, relating to fees charged by the Department of Insurance, the provisions of the Insurance Code shall prevail.
  (3) This subdivision shall not apply to any fee or charge whose amount is specified in statute.

(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 entered into by such state agency. The modification, amendment, or termination of any contract subject by law to the approval of the Department of General Services, Director of General Services, or other state agency, shall also be subject to such approval.
  (b) Subdivision (a) of this section does not apply to contracts entered into pursuant to any statute expressly requiring that such contracts be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids. Contracts required to be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids pursuant to any such statute may be terminated, amended, or modified only if such termination, amendment, or modification is so provided in the contract or is authorized under provision of law other than this subdivision. The compensation payable if any for such amendments and modifications shall be determined as provided in the contract. The compensation payable if any in the event the contract is so terminated shall be determined as provided in the contract or applicable statutory provision providing for such termination.
  (c) Contracts of state agencies may include provisions for termination for environmental considerations at the discretion of such state agencies.

(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 has been distributed to the state by court decree in estates of deceased persons, and lands under the jurisdiction of the State Coastal Conservancy, over which it has jurisdiction to determine what, if any, land is in excess of its foreseeable needs and report thereon in writing to the Department of General Services. These lands shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
  (1) Land not currently being utilized, or currently being underutilized, by the state agency for any existing or ongoing state program.
  (2) Land for which the state agency has not identified any specific utilization relative to future programmatic needs.
  (3) Land not identified by the state agency within its master plans for facility development.
  (b) Jurisdiction of all land reported as excess shall be transferred to the Department of General Services, when requested by the director of that department, for sale or disposition under this section or as may be otherwise authorized by law.
  (c) The Department of General Services shall report to the Legislature annually, the land declared excess and request authorization to dispose of the land by sale or otherwise.
  (d) The Department of General Services shall review and consider reports submitted to the Director of General Services pursuant to Section 66907.12 of this code and Section 31104.3 of the Public Resources Code prior to recommending or taking any action on surplus land, and shall also circulate the reports to all agencies that are required to report excess land pursuant to this section. In recommending or determining the disposition of surplus lands, the Director of General Services may give priority to proposals by the state that involve the exchange of surplus lands for lands listed in those reports.
  (e) Except as otherwise provided by any other law, whenever any land is reported as excess pursuant to this section, the Department of General Services shall determine whether or not the use of the land is needed by any other state agency. If the Department of General Services determines that any land is needed by any other state agency it may transfer the jurisdiction of this land to the other state agency upon the terms and conditions as it may deem to be for the best interests of the state.
  (f) When authority is granted for the sale or other disposition of lands declared excess, and the Department of General Services has determined that the use of the land is not needed by any other state agency, the Department of General Services shall sell the land or otherwise dispose of the same pursuant to the authorization, upon any terms and conditions and subject to any reservations and exceptions as the Department of General Services may deem to be for the best interests of the state. The Department of General Services shall report to the Legislature annually, with respect to each parcel of land authorized to be sold under this section, giving the following information:
  (1) A description or other identification of the property.
  (2) The date of authorization.
  (3) With regard to each parcel sold after the next preceding report, the date of sale and price received, or the value of the land received in exchange.
  (4) The present status of the property, if not sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of the report.
  (g) Except as otherwise specified by law, the net proceeds received from any real property disposition, including the sale, lease, exchange, or other means, that is received pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount, established pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, until the time that the bonds issued pursuant to the Economic Recovery Bond Act (Title 18 (commencing with Section 99050)), approved by the voters at the March 2, 2004, statewide primary election, are retired. Thereafter, the net proceeds received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. For purposes of this section, net proceeds shall be defined as proceeds less any outstanding loans from the General Fund, or outstanding reimbursements due to the Property Acquisition Law Money Account for costs incurred prior to June 30, 2005, related to the management of the state's real property assets, including, but not limited to, surplus property identification, legal research, feasibility statistics, activities associated with land use, and due diligence.
  (h) The Director of Finance may approve loans from the General Fund to the Property Acquisition Law Money Account, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, for the purposes of supporting the management of the state's real property assets.
  (i) Any rentals or other revenues received by the department from real properties, the jurisdiction of which has been transferred to the Department of General Services under this section, shall be deposited in the Property Acquisition Law Money Account and shall be available for expenditure by the Department of General Services upon appropriation by the Legislature.
  (j) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale, letting, or other disposition of any state lands pursuant to any law now or hereafter enacted authorizing the sale, letting, or disposition.
  (k) (1) The disposition of a parcel of surplus state real property, pursuant to Section 11011.1, made on an "as is" basis shall be exempt from Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21100) to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 21165), inclusive, of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code. Upon title to the parcel vesting in the purchaser or transferee of the property, the purchaser or transferee shall be subject to any local governmental land use entitlement approval requirements and to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21100) to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 21165), inclusive, of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code.
  (2) If the disposition of a parcel of surplus state real property, pursuant to Section 11011.1, is not made on an "as is" basis and close of escrow is contingent on the satisfaction of a local governmental land use entitlement approval requirement or compliance by the local government with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21100) to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 21165), inclusive, of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code, the execution of the purchase and sale agreement or of the exchange agreement by all parties to the agreement shall be exempt from Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21100) to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 21165), inclusive, of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code.
  (3) For the purposes of this subdivision, "disposition" means the sale, exchange, sale combined with an exchange, or transfer of a parcel of surplus state property.

(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 section. For purposes of this section, "surplus state real property" means real property declared surplus by the Legislature and directed to be disposed of by the Department of General Services, including any real property previously declared surplus by the Legislature but not yet disposed of by the Department of General Services prior to the enactment of this section.
  (b) (1) The department may dispose of surplus state real property by sale, lease, exchange, a sale combined with an exchange, or other manner of disposition of property, as authorized by the Legislature, upon any terms and conditions and subject to any reservations and exceptions the department deems to be in the best interests of the state.
  (2) (A) The Legislature finds and declares that the provision of decent housing for all Californians is a state goal of the highest priority. The disposal of surplus state real property is a direct and substantial public purpose of statewide concern and will serve an important public purpose, including mitigating the environmental effects of state activities. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that priority be given, as specified in this section, to the disposal of surplus state real property to housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, where land is suitable for housing and there is a need for housing in the community.
  (B) Surplus state real property that has been determined by the department not to be needed by any state agency shall be offered to any local agency, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 54221, and then to nonprofit affordable housing sponsors, prior to being offered for sale to private entities or individuals. As used in this subdivision, "nonprofit affordable housing sponsor" means any of the following:
  (i) A nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
  (ii) A cooperative housing corporation which is a stock cooperative, as defined by Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
  (iii) A limited-dividend housing corporation.
  (C) The department, subject to this section, shall maintain a list of surplus state real property in a conspicuous place on its Internet Web site. The department shall provide local agencies and, upon request, members of the public, with electronic notification of updates to the list of properties.
  (D) To be considered as a potential priority buyer of the surplus state real property, a local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor shall notify the department of its interest in the surplus state real property within 90 days of the department posting on its Internet Web site the notice of the availability of the surplus state real property. The local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the department, that the surplus state real property, or portion of that surplus state real property, is to be used by the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor for open space, public parks, affordable housing projects, or development of local government-owned facilities. When more than one local agency expresses an interest in the surplus state real property, priority shall be given to the local agency that intends to use the surplus state real property for affordable housing. If no agreement or transfer of title occurs, the priority shall next be given to the local agency that intends to use the surplus state real property for open space, public parks, or development of local government-owned facilities. The sales agreement shall be executed by the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor within 60 days after the director determines the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor is to receive the surplus state real property. The sale of the surplus state real property to a local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor pursuant to this section shall be completed, and title transferred, within 60 days of the date the department executes the sales agreement, or, if required by law, no later than 60 days after the State Public Works Board has authorized the sale. If the sale of a surplus state real property to a local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor is not completed within the timeframe specified in this subparagraph, then the department shall proceed with the process for disposal to other private entities or individuals. If no local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor informs the department of its interest in acquiring the property within 90 days of the department posting on its Internet Web site the notice of the availability of the surplus state real property, the department shall notify the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature within 30 days of the expiration of the initial 90-day timeframe.
  (c) (1) If more than one local agency desires the surplus state real property for use as an open space, a public park, or the development of a local government-owned facility, the department shall transfer the surplus state real property to the local agency offering the highest price above fair market value. If more than one local agency desires the surplus state real property for use as an affordable housing project, the department shall transfer the surplus state real property to the local agency offering the greatest number of affordable housing units. If more than one nonprofit affordable housing sponsor desires the surplus state real property for use as an affordable housing project, the department shall transfer the surplus state real property to the nonprofit affordable housing sponsor offering the greatest number of affordable housing units.
  (2) If no local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor is interested, or an agreement, as provided above, is not reached, then the disposal of the surplus state real property to private entities or individuals shall be pursuant to a public bidding process designed to obtain the highest most certain return for the state from a responsible bidder, and any transaction based on such a bidding process shall be deemed to be the fair market value for the purposes of the reporting requirements pursuant to subdivision (d).
  (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may sell surplus state real property, or a portion of surplus state real property, to a local agency, or to a nonprofit affordable housing sponsor if no local agency is interested in the surplus state real property, for affordable housing projects at a sales price less than fair market value if the department determines that such a discount will enable the provision of housing for persons and families of low or moderate income. Nothing shall preclude a local agency that purchases the surplus state real property for affordable housing from reconveying the surplus state real property to a nonprofit affordable housing sponsor for development of affordable housing. Transfer of title to the surplus state real property or lease of the surplus state real property for affordable housing shall be conditioned upon continued use of the surplus state real property as housing for persons and families of low and moderate income for at least 40 years and the department shall record a regulatory agreement that imposes affordability covenants, conditions, and restrictions on the surplus state real property. The regulatory agreement shall be a first priority lien on the surplus state real property and last for a period of at least 40 years, and if another state agency is lending funds for a project, a combined regulatory agreement shall be utilized. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the regulatory agreement shall not be subordinated to any other lien or encumbrance except for any federal loan program the statutes or regulations of which require a first priority lien for that federal loan.
  (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may transfer surplus state real property to a local agency for less than fair market value if the local agency uses the surplus state real property for parks or open-space purposes. The deed or other instrument of transfer shall provide that the surplus state real property would revert to the state if the use changed to a use other than parks or open-space purposes during the period of 25 years after the transfer date. For the purpose of this paragraph, "open-space purposes" means the use of land for public recreation, enjoyment of scenic beauty, or conservation or use of natural resources.
  (d) Thirty days prior to executing a transaction for a sale, lease, exchange, a sale combined with an exchange, or other manner of disposition of the surplus state real property for less than fair market value or for affordable housing, or as authorized by the Legislature, the Director of General Services shall report to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature all of the following:
  (1) The financial terms of the transaction.
  (2) A comparison of fair market value for the surplus state real property and the terms listed in paragraph (1).
  (3) The basis for agreeing to terms and conditions other than fair market value.
  (e) As to surplus state real property sold or exchanged pursuant to this section, the director shall except and reserve to the state all mineral deposits, as described in Section 6407 of the Public Resources Code, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the deposits. If, however, the director determines that there is little or no potential for mineral deposits, the reservation may be without surface right of entry above a depth of 500 feet, or the rights to prospect for, mine, and remove the deposits shall be limited to those areas of the surplus state real property conveyed that the director determines to be reasonably necessary for the removal of the deposits.
  (f) The failure to comply with this section, except for subdivision (d), shall not invalidate the transfer or conveyance of surplus state real property to a purchaser for value.
  (g) For purposes of this section, fair market value is established by an appraisal and economic evaluation conducted by the department or approved by the department.

(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 association, if the Director of General Services determines that the real property is of no immediate need to the state but may have some potential future use to the program needs of the agency, department, or district agricultural association.
  (2) The Director of General Services may not lease any of the following real property pursuant to this section:
  (A) Tax-deeded land or lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission.
  (B) Land that has escheated to the state or that has been distributed to the state by court decree in estates of deceased persons.
  (C) Lands under the jurisdiction of the State Coastal Conservancy or another state conservancy.
  (D) Lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation or the California State University system, or land owned by the Regents of the University of California.
  (E) Lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
  (F) Lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Fish and Game.
  (3) A lease entered into pursuant to this section shall be set at the amount of the lease's fair market value, as determined by the Director of General Services. The Director of General Services may determine the length of term or a use of the lease, and specify any other terms and conditions which are determined to be in the best interest of the state.
  (b) The Department of General Services may enter into a long-term lease of real property pursuant to this section that has outstanding lease revenue bonds and for which the real property cannot be disencumbered from the bonds, only if the issuer and trustee for the bonds approves the lease transaction, and this approval takes into consideration, among other things, that the proposed lease transaction does not breach a covenant or obligation of the issuer or trustee.
  (c) (1) All issuer- and trustee-related costs for reviewing a proposed lease transaction pursuant to this section, and all other costs of the lease transaction related to the defeasance or other retirement of any bonds, including the cost of nationally recognized bond counsel, shall be paid from the proceeds of that lease.
  (2) The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for any reasonable costs or expenses incurred in conducting a transaction pursuant to this section.
  (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 11011, the Department of General Services shall deposit into the General Fund the net proceeds of a lease entered into pursuant to this section, after deducting the amount of the reimbursement of costs incurred pursuant to this section or the reimbursement of adjustments to the General Fund loan made pursuant to Section 8 of Chapter 20 of the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session from the lease.
  (d) The Department of General Services shall transmit a report to each house of the Legislature on or before June 30, 2011, and on or before June 30 each year thereafter, listing every new lease that exceeds a period of five years entered into under the authority of this section and the following information regarding each listed lease:
  (1) Lease payments.
  (2) Length of the lease.
  (3) Identification of the leasing parties.
  (4) Identification of the leased property.
  (5) Any other information the Director of General Services determines should be included in the report to adequately describe the material provisions of the lease.

(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 licensed real estate broker who is local with respect to that property for a negotiated commission not to exceed reasonable and customary brokerage commissions applicable to similar privately owned properties in the area in connection with that sale and pay the amount of commission earned by the broker. The commission shall be paid only out of the proceeds of the sale before the proceeds are remitted to the State Treasury. The Director of General Services shall only employ the services of a broker if the director determines that the employment of a broker to sell the property would result in a cost savings to the state. Any state properties sold through the services of a broker shall be reported, along with a comparison of the estimated cost savings obtained through the use of a broker, in the annual surplus property report to the Legislature required pursuant to Section 11011.
  (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the state's selection for the professional services of a licensed real estate broker shall be made on the basis of the location of the property, the broker's demonstration of knowledge of the local real estate market and success in selling real property in the local market, and on demonstrated competence and the professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the services required. To implement this selection method, the state shall adopt specific criteria to determine the competence and qualification for the services to be performed and to evaluate the customary brokerage commission to be charged based on services in the area.

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 real property pursuant to Section 11011, shall, in addition to the requirements of Section 11011.1, demonstrate to the department that the property, or a portion of that property, will be used by the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor for the development of projects that create sustainable employment opportunities of benefit to the area and region in which the property is located.
  (b) Notwithstanding any other law, 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 real property pursuant to Section 11011, shall not be prezoned, zoned, or rezoned unless the Department of General Services requests that the property be rezoned or approves the rezoning of the property.

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) 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 Government Organization and Economy have found that there is state-owned real property which is presently unused and should be declared surplus, and that there is little or no internal or external review to determine if lands could be declared surplus.
  (3) The Auditor General, in a report entitled "California Could Earn Millions of Dollars from Better Management of its Excess Land," also found that the state is losing money by retaining property which is not being used. This deprives the General Fund of revenues which could be generated by the sale or transfer of surplus land.
  (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the state's management of its real property holdings by delegating to the Department of General Services the responsibility for maintaining a central inventory of the state's real property holdings.
  (c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that the staff of the Office of Space and Real Estate Services of the Department of General Services be utilized for the implementation of Section 11011.15.

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 University of California, the State Lands Commission, or the Department of Transportation.
  (b) "Fully utilized" means that 100 percent of the property is being appropriately utilized by a program of an agency every business day of the year.
  (c) "Partially utilized" means one or more of the following:
  (1) Less than 100 percent of the property is appropriately utilized by a program of an agency.
  (2) The property is not used every business day of the year by an agency.
  (3) The property is used by other nonstate governmental entities or private parties.
  (d) "Excess land" means property that is no longer needed for either an existing or ongoing state program or a function of an agency.

(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.
  (b) The transfer shall be completed at no cost to the City of Norco, other than costs incurred related to the actual transfer, including, but not limited to, any survey costs, title transfer fees, and staff time of department employees, which shall be paid by the City of Norco.
  (c) As a condition of the transfer, the City of Norco shall do both of the following:
  (1) No later than January 1, 2006, present to, and obtain approval of, the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Department of General Services, a final plan for the future use of state Building 101. The plan shall include a financial plan and specific benchmarks that the city will be required to meet at the end of each year of ownership, commencing with the date that is one year after the date of transfer.
  (2) Accept the property in its current condition as is and release and discharge the state from any future liability associated with the property.
  (d) As a condition of the transfer, the Department of General Services shall be transmitted a copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of Norco and the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County in support of the final plan.
  (e) Title to state Building 101 shall revert to the state at no cost if the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Department of General Services, determines that the City of Norco has not complied with its final plan for the use of state Building 101.
  (f) In maintaining state Building 101, the City of Norco shall agree to comply with all statutes and regulations pertaining to maintenance and ownership of structures registered with the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historic Resources.

(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 to subdivision (b) and the University of California pursuant to Section 11011.17. The inventory shall be updated annually.
  (b) Each agency shall furnish the department, in the format specified by the department, a record of each parcel of real property that it possesses. Each agency shall update its real property holdings through December 31 of the previous year, reflecting any changes, by July 1 of each year. This record shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following information:
  (1) The location of the property within the state and the county, the size of the property, including its acreage, and any other relevant property data which the department deems necessary. This latter requirement shall be uniformly applied to all agencies.
  (2) The date of the acquisition of the real property, if available.
  (3) The manner in which the property was acquired and the purchase price, if available.
  (4) A detailed description of the current uses of the property, including specific programmatic uses, and whether the property is fully utilized, partially utilized, or excess, with regard to either an existing or ongoing program of the agency. The agency shall also provide a detailed description of every lease, license, or other agreement relating to the use of the property.
  (5) Any projected future uses of the property during the next five years, as identified pursuant to the five-year infrastructure plan or the agency's master plan. If the property is not included in the five-year infrastructure plan or the agency's master plan, or is identified as partially utilized or excess pursuant to paragraph (4), the agency shall provide detailed information regarding the need to continue ownership or management of the property. In the case of land held for state park use, for which the projected use would exceed a five-year period, the projected use and estimated date of construction or use shall be furnished.
  (6) A concise description of each major structure located on the property.
  (7) The estimated value of real property declared surplus by the agency and real property where the agency has not identified a current or potential use.
  (c) The department shall prepare a separate report and shall update the report annually of all properties declared surplus or properties with no identified current or projected use. The report shall be made available upon request.
  (d) The head of each agency shall also certify, on or before July 1 annually, that the agency has accurately and completely reported all property information required by this section and that it has identified any excess property pursuant to Section 11011. The Department of General Services shall maintain the certification notices in a conspicuous place on its Internet Web site.

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 Services as warranting further development consideration.
  (b) An estimated value for each property located in a metropolitan area that either has commercial applications or is not currently in use or has no projected use and that has been identified by the department as warranting further development consideration.

(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, reflecting any changes, by July 1 of each year. This record shall include the following information:
  (1) The location of the property within the state and the county, the size of the property, including its acreage and any other relevant property data.
  (2) The date of acquisition of the real property, if available.
  (3) The manner in which the property was acquired and the purchase price, if available.
  (4) A description of the current uses of the property and any projected future uses.
  (5) A concise description of each major structure on the property.
  (6) The estimated value of real property declared surplus by the University of California. Where an actual appraisal is available it may be used, but it is not required.
  (b) For property used or possessed by the University of California as a campus, medical center, agricultural experiment station, part of the Natural Reserve System or government owned national laboratory, the record shall only include information required by paragraphs (1), (4), (5), and (6).

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 furnishing requirement shall not apply to existing highways. The record shall be furnished by the Department of Transportation to the Department of General Services in a uniform format specified by the Department of General Services. The Department of General Services shall consult with the Department of Transportation on the development of the uniform format. The Department of Transportation shall update its record of these real property holdings, reflecting any changes, by July 1 of each year. The record shall include the following information:
  (a) The location of the property within the state and county, the size of the property, including its acreage, and any other relevant property data.
  (b) The date of acquisition of the real property, if available.
  (c) The manner in which the property was acquired and the purchase price, if available.
  (d) A description of the current uses of the property and any projected future uses, if available.
  (e) A concise description of each major structure on the property.

(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 apply to public trust lands. The record shall be furnished by the State Lands Commission to the Department of General Services in a uniform format specified by the Department of General Services. The Department of General Services shall consult with the State Lands Commission on the development of the uniform format. The State Lands Commission shall update its record of these real property holdings, reflecting any changes occurring by December 31 of the previous year, by July 1 of each year. Except as provided in subdivision (b), the record shall include all of the following information:
  (1) The location of the property within the state and county, the size of the property, including its acreage, and any other relevant property data.
  (2) The date of acquisition of the real property, if available.
  (3) The manner in which the property was acquired and the purchase price, if available.
  (4) A description of the current uses of the property and any projected future uses, if available.
  (5) A concise description of each major structure on the property.
  (b) For school lands held in trust by the State Lands Commission, the record shall include the location of the property within the state and county and the size of the property, including its acreage.

(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 government official or a government agency.
  (b) Failure on the part of any private person or private company to prominently indicate in the advertisement and any other presentation that the person or company is not a government agency shall constitute an unfair business practice within the meaning and for the purposes of Section 17200 of the Business and Professions Code, but is not a crime.

(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 as the Surplus Property Inventory, of state-owned properties that are either surplus to the needs of the state in their entirety or are being used for a state program and some portions of the property are unused or underutilized.
  (b) State agencies, when purchasing real property, shall review the Surplus Property Inventory and purchase, lease, or trade property on that list, if possible, prior to purchasing property not on the Surplus Property Inventory.
  (c) The Department of General Services may sell, lease, exchange, or transfer for current market value, or upon terms and conditions as the Director of General Services determines are in the best interest of the state, all or part of properties as follows: Parcel 1. Approximately 292 acres with improvements thereon, known as the Agnews Developmental Center-West Campus, bounded by Lick Mill Blvd., Montague Expressway, Lafayette Street and Hope Drive, in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. Parcel 2. Approximately 56 acres known as a portion of the Agnews Developmental Center-East Campus, located between the Agnews Developmental Center and Coyote Creek, in San Jose, Santa Clara County. Parcel 3. Approximately 102 acres with improvements thereon, known as the Stockton Developmental Center, located at 510 E. Magnolia Street, in Stockton, San Joaquin County. Parcel 6. Approximately 33.56 acres with improvements thereon, known as the California Highway Patrol Motor Transport Facility and Shop, located at 2800 Meadowview Road, in Sacramento, Sacramento County. Parcel 7. Approximately 1.03 acres of land, not including improvements thereon, located at 1614 O Street, in Sacramento, Sacramento County, and leased by the Department of General Services to the Capital Area Development Authority for development of the 17th Street Commons condominiums. Parcel 8. Approximately 2 acres of land, not including improvements thereon, located on a portion of block 273 bound by 10th, 11th, P, and Q Streets, in Sacramento, Sacramento County, and leased by the Department of General Services to the Capital Area Development Authority for development of the Somerset Parkside condominiums. Parcel 9. Approximately 1.76 acres of land, not including improvements thereon, located on the south 1/2 of block bound by 15th, 16th, O, and P Streets and the south 1/4 of block bound by 14th, 15th, O, and P Streets, in Sacramento, Sacramento County, and leased by the Department of General Services to the Capital Area Development Authority for development of the Stanford Park condominiums. Parcel 10. Approximately 1.18 acres of land, not including improvements thereon, located on the north 1/2 of block bound by 9th, 10th, Q, and R Streets, in Sacramento, Sacramento County, and leased by the Department of General Services to the Capital Area Development Authority for development of the Saratoga Townhomes. Parcel 11. Approximately 3.66 acres including improvements thereon, known as the Department of General Services, Junipero Serra State Office Building, located at 107 S. Broadway, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. Parcel 12. Approximately 32 acres including improvements thereon, being a portion of the State Department of Developmental Services Fairview Developmental Center, located at 2501 Harbor Blvd., in Costa Mesa, Orange County. Parcel 13. Approximately 3.6 acres, with improvements thereon. Entire structure used as the Delano Armory by the Military Department, located at 705 South Lexington Street, in Delano, Kern County. Parcel 16. Approximately 1,720 acres of agricultural land, being a portion of the Department of Corrections' Imperial South Centinella Prison, located at 2302 Brown Road, in Imperial, Imperial County, which shall only be available for lease. Parcel 17. Approximately 800 acres of agricultural land, being a portion of the Department of Corrections' Imperial North Calipatria Prison, located at 7018 Blair Road, in Calipatria, Imperial County, which shall only be available for lease.
  (d) The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for any cost or expense incurred in the disposition of any parcels.
  (e) Notices of every public auction or bid opening shall be posted on the property to be sold pursuant to this section, and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the real property to be sold is situated.
  (f) Any sale, exchange, lease, or transfer of a parcel described in this section is exempt from Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21100) to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 21165), inclusive, of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code.
  (g) As to any property sold pursuant to this section consisting of 15 acres or less, the Director of General Services shall except and reserve to the state all mineral deposits possessed by the state, as defined in Section 6407 of the Public Resources Code, below a depth of 500 feet, without surface rights of entry. As to property sold pursuant to this section consisting of more than 15 acres, the director shall except and reserve to the state all mineral deposits, as defined in Section 6407 of the Public Resources Code, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the deposits. The rights to prospect for, mine, and remove the deposits shall be limited to those areas of the property conveyed that the director, after consultation with the State Lands Commission, determines to be reasonably necessary for the removal of the deposits.
  (h) The net proceeds of any moneys received from the disposition of any parcels described in this section shall be deposited in the General Fund.

(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 value based upon an appraisal approved by the Department of General Services, only to the County of Napa, upon those terms and conditions and subject to those reservations and exceptions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property, by January 1, 2015, after which date, if not sold or exchanged to the County of Napa, the property is no longer surplus and shall not be available for sale or exchange: Approximately 850 acres of property, currently leased to or controlled by the County of Napa as part of Skyline Park, located at the Napa State Hospital, 2100 Napa Vallejo Highway, Napa, in the County of Napa.
  (b) An agreement for the sale or exchange of the property identified in, and pursuant to, subdivision (a), shall require the County of Napa to retain title to the entire property sold or exchanged for use as a park or wilderness preserve, or in the event of the future sale or exchange of that property by the County of Napa, shall require the County of Napa, by recorded easement, to limit future uses of the property to a park or wilderness preserve.
  (c) An agreement for the sale or exchange of the property identified in, and pursuant to, subdivision (a), shall preserve Napa State Hospital's ownership and use of the property known as Camp Coombs, and Camp Coombs shall not be part of the sale or exchange of the property. An agreement for the sale or exchange of the property shall include an easement, that shall be recorded, that provides Napa State Hospital with access to Camp Coombs.
  (d) The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for any cost or expense incurred in the disposition of the property described in subdivision (a) from the proceeds of the disposition. The net proceeds of any moneys received from the disposition of the property shall be paid into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount, as established by subdivision (f) of Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
  (e) The County of Napa may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit land trust or nonprofit conservation entity for the purpose of sharing the costs associated with making the sale or exchange authorized by this section, provided that all the requirements of this section, including, but not limited to, those of subdivision (b), are met.

(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 Hospital property located on Lewis Road in Ventura County.
  (b) The transfer shall be completed at no cost to the County of Ventura, other than reasonable costs incurred by the Department of General Services in performing the transfer.
  (c) As a condition of the transfer, the County of Ventura shall agree to assume the state's position as lessor of the property and comply with all terms and conditions of any lease in effect on the property at the time of transfer.
  (d) As a condition of receiving the property at no cost, the County of Ventura shall accept the property as is, and shall maintain the property in perpetuity for public use for public facilities operated by the county, or for the operation of nonprofit uses for publicly funded programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law that limits reversionary rights to real property, including, but not limited to, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 885.010) of Title 5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code, title to this property shall revert to the possession, control, and ownership of the state should this condition be violated. This condition shall be included in the quitclaim deed to the County of Ventura.

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 director deems to be in the best interests of the state, state real property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Motor Vehicles located at 523 South McClellan Street, in the City of Santa Maria, for a land-for-land exchange, build-to-suit lease with a purchase option, new lease purchase agreement, existing leased facility, or any other equitable exchange to be occupied by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The city shall be responsible for all administrative costs associated with the exchange of properties. If the exchange is completed with the city, then the city shall reimburse the Department of General Services for any cost or expense associated with the department's review and approval of the appraisal, conveyance, and acquisition documents. If the exchange is not completed by January 1, 2010, the director may enter into an exchange agreement with parties other than the City of Santa Maria, at fair market value, and upon terms and conditions the director deems to be in the best interests of the state, to meet the objectives of this section, subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board and funding under the Budget Bill.

(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 individual, firm, or combination of firms and individuals having appropriate expertise and knowledge related to due diligence investigations, land use planning, real estate development, entitlement, appraisals, real estate economics and valuation, marketing, public relations, auctioning, and other related matters involved in the disposal, reuse, leasing, and sale of real property.
  (2) "Prequalified list" means a list of firms that possess the qualifications established by the department to perform specific types of services needed by the department pursuant to this section.
  (c) The department may establish prequalified lists in accordance with the following process:
  (1) For each type of work for which the department elects to use this process for the advertising and awarding of contracts, the department may request statements of qualifications from interested firms. The request for statements of qualifications shall be announced statewide through the State Contracts Register and any applicable publications of appropriate professional societies. Each announcement shall describe the general scope of services to be provided within each category for contracts for services that the department anticipates may be awarded during the period covered by the announcement.
  (2) The department shall evaluate the statements of qualifications, and create a list of the most qualified firms that meet the criteria established and published by the department. Discussions may be held regarding each firm's qualifications with all listed firms. The department shall maintain lists of prequalified firms, which shall be updated at least every two years from the date the lists are established to allow for additional firms to be added. The department may, at its discretion, add qualified firms more frequently than every two years.
  (3) As specific real properties are identified by the department as being eligible for contracting during the time period that the prequalified lists are valid, the department shall contact at least three qualified firms in each category of services desired by the department for the real property disposition, to determine if those qualified firms have sufficient staff and are available for performance of a specific project. If the qualified firm that is contacted is not available, the department shall continue to contact qualified firms on the prequalified list, in the order the firms appear on the list, until at least three available qualified firms are identified. If a category on the prequalified list has less than three qualified firms, the department may utilize other firms on the prequalified list that are included in a different category on the list, if those firms are able to provide the desired services.
  (4) Once the department has identified interested firms from the prequalified list, it shall solicit cost proposals from those prequalified firms. The department shall negotiate a contract for the services with the best qualified firm at compensation the department deems fair and reasonable to the state.
  (5) If the department is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the identified qualified firm, negotiations with that qualified firm shall be terminated and negotiations shall be undertaken with the next qualified firm on the prequalified list that is available to perform the contract. If a satisfactory contract cannot be negotiated with the second identified qualified firm, negotiations may be terminated and the negotiation process shall be continued with the remaining qualified firms. If the department is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with a qualified firm on three separate occasions, the department may remove that qualified firm from the prequalified list.
  (d) Contracts for services that the department elects to advertise and award in accordance with this section are not subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and shall not include services defined in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(a) The Director of General Services may sell or lease, pursuant to Section 11011.1, at market value based upon an appraisal approved by the Department of General Services, to the County of Los Angeles, upon those terms and conditions and subject to those reservations and exceptions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property, by January 1, 2015, after which date, if the property has not been sold to the county, the director may sell to any other party other than the County of Los Angeles, at market value through a competitive bid process: Approximately 27 acres of property, known as the Southern Youth Correctional Reception Center and Clinic, currently controlled by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, located at 13200 South Bloomfield Avenue, Norwalk, in the County of Los Angeles.
  (b) To the extent bonds issued by the State Public Works Board involve the property to be sold or leased pursuant to this section, all issuer- and trustee-related costs associated with the review of any proposed sale or lease, together with the costs related to the defeasance or retirement of any bonds, which may include the cost of nationally recognized bond counsel, shall be paid from the proceeds of any sale or lease authorized by this section.

(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 measures:
  (1) Replacement of landscaping with drought-tolerant plants with an emphasis on native plant species.
  (2) Replacement of irrigation timers to permit efficient watering schedules.
  (3) Replacement of existing irrigation with drip irrigation, bubblers, or low precipitation spray nozzles, or a combination of these irrigation methods.
  (4) Implementation of recycled water irrigation or rainwater capture irrigation or both.
  (5) Installation of irrigation submeters.
  (6) Use of on-site water recycling.
  (b) This section shall not apply to state-owned real property that is leased to a private party for agricultural purposes.
  (c) For purposes of this section, "feasible" means that the water efficiency measures may be accomplished in a cost-effective manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account life-cycle cost analyses and technological factors, as determined by the state agency.

Whenever 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. Every state agency shall furnish the Department of Finance with the reports and in the form, relating to the funds or securities, their acquisition, sale, or exchange, as may be requested by the Department of Finance from time to time. This section does not apply to the following state agencies:
  (a) Any state agency if issuing or dealing in securities authorized to be issued by it.
  (b) The State Treasurer.
  (c) The Regents of the University of California.
  (d) Employment Development Department.
  (e) Department of Veterans Affairs.
  (f) Hastings College of Law.
  (g) Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
  (h) State Compensation Insurance Fund.
  (i) California Transportation Commission and Department of Transportation if acting in accordance with bond resolutions adopted under the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 30000) of Division 17 of the Streets and Highways Code) prior to September 15, 1945.
  (j) Teachers' Retirement Board of the State Teachers' Retirement System.
  (k) State Athletic Commission if acting pursuant to Section 18882 of the Business and Professions Code with respect to the Boxers' Pension Fund.

(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 of the entire office building located at 450 "N" Street containing approximately 616,730 gross square feet, a parking garage, including approximately 711 exclusive parking spaces, on the block bounded by "N" Street and "O" Street, 4th Street and 5th Street, and all associated improvements, for a price not to exceed eighty-one million dollars ($81,000,000).
  (b) (1) The State Public Works Board may issue revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes pursuant to the State Building Construction Act of 1955 (Part 10b (commencing with Section 15800)) to finance the acquisition of the facilities authorized by subdivision (a) by exercise of the option to accelerate.
  (2) The Department of General Services and the State Public Works Board may borrow funds for the acquisition and related project costs from the Pooled Money Investment Account pursuant to Sections 16312 and 16313.
  (3) The amount of revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes to be sold shall equal the cost of acquisition by exercise of the option to accelerate, any additional sums necessary to pay interim and permanent financing costs and costs of issuance of the bonds. The additional amount may include interest, a reasonable required reserve fund, and the Department of General Services' costs and expenses incurred with the exercise of the option to accelerate.
  (c) In the event the bonds authorized for the projects are not sold, the Department of General Services shall adjust the Service Revolving Fund by an amount sufficient to repay any loans made by the Pooled Money Investment Account.
  (d) Notwithstanding Section 13340, funds derived from the interim and permanent financing or refinancing of the facilities specified in this section are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for these purposes.

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 department, a store or canteen for the sale to, or for the benefit of, inmates, patients and other persons entitled to institutional services, or employees of such institution, of candies, tobacco products, packaged food, nonalcoholic beverages and other articles. Such stores or canteens shall be conducted subject to rules and regulations of the department and rental, utilities and service charges shall be fixed and collected from such stores or canteens in an amount sufficient to reimburse the institution for its costs in connection with such store or canteen. The store or canteen when conducted by the institution or under the direction of the superintendent thereof, shall be operated on a nonprofit basis. Any profit derived by the institution from any store or canteen shall be deposited for the use and benefit of said inmates, patients or persons entitled to institutional services. This section shall not apply to any institution at which a store or canteen is authorized to be established under existing law.

(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, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into contracts with owners of similar facilities for use of their facilities, such as pole lines, and provisions may be made for indemnification and holding harmless of the owners of those facilities by reason of this use. Insurance may be purchased by the Department of General Services, upon request of the agency, to protect the state against loss or expense arising out of the contract.
  (c) Any claim for damages arising against the state under this section shall be presented to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board in accordance with Sections 905.2 and 945.4, and if not covered by insurance as provided under subdivision (b), the claim shall be payable only out of funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose. If the state elects to insure its liability under this section, the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board may automatically deny that claim.

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 therewith, in any private organization whose membership practices are discriminatory on the basis of any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135. This section does not apply to any public funds which have been paid to an individual employee or officer as salary.

(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 data base application on the Internet to electronically collect personal information, as defined in subdivision (d), regarding any user shall prominently display the following at least one anticipated initial point of communication with a potential user, to be determined by each agency, and in instances when the specified information would be collected:
  (1) Notice to the user of the usage or existence of the information gathering method, device, identifier, or other data base application.
  (2) Notice to the user of the type of personal information that is being collected and the purpose for which the collected information will be used.
  (3) Notice to the user of the length of time that the information gathering device, identifier, or other data base application will exist in the user's hard drive, if applicable.
  (4) Notice to the user that he or she has the option of having his or her personal information discarded without reuse or distribution, provided that the appropriate agency official or employee is contacted after notice is given to the user.
  (5) Notice to the user that any information acquired by the state agency, including the California State University, is subject to the limitations set forth in the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).
  (6) Notice to the user that state agencies shall not distribute or sell any electronically collected personal information, as defined in subdivision (d), about users to any third party without the permission of the user.
  (7) Notice to the user that electronically collected personal information, as defined in subdivision (d), is exempt from requests made pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1).
  (8) The title, business address, telephone number, and electronic mail address, if applicable, of the agency official who is responsible for records requests, as specified by subdivision (b) of Section 1798.17 of the Civil Code, or the agency employee designated pursuant to Section 1798.22 of that code, as determined by the agency, who is responsible for ensuring that the agency complies with requests made pursuant to this section.
  (b) A state agency shall not distribute or sell any electronically collected personal information about users to any third party without prior written permission from the user, except as required to investigate possible violations of Section 502 of the Penal Code or as authorized under the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit a state agency from distributing electronically collected personal information to another state agency or to a public law enforcement organization in any case where the security of a network operated by a state agency and exposed directly to the Internet has been, or is suspected of having been, breached.
  (c) A state agency shall discard without reuse or distribution any electronically collected personal information, as defined in subdivision (d), upon request by the user.
  (d) For purposes of this section:
  (1) "Electronically collected personal information" means any information that is maintained by an agency that identifies or describes an individual user, including, but not limited to, his or her name, social security number, physical description, home address, home telephone number, education, financial matters, medical or employment history, password, electronic mail address, and information that reveals any network location or identity, but excludes any information manually submitted to a state agency by a user, whether electronically or in written form, and information on or relating to individuals who are users serving in a business capacity, including, but not limited to, business owners, officers, or principals of that business.
  (2) "User" means an individual who communicates with a state agency or with an agency employee or official electronically.
  (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit an agency to act in a manner inconsistent with the standards and limitations adopted pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1) or the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).

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 agency or private agency or with any agency or entity provided by an agreement executed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of this code.

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 allied with the United States, any state agency and each department and division thereof may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the state agency and each department and division thereof, participate in any work for or on behalf of the United States if such work is completely financed by federal funds, except for general administrative expenses. Any state agency may enter into agreements with the authorized officials of the United States for the performance of any such work, subject to the terms and conditions of this section. Any agreement subject to this section shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Finance.

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 issuance of professional and vocational licenses, certifications, commissions, permits, or other similar accreditations, subject to the approval of the Director of General Services, or to other approval as required by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Cooperative Personnel Services Joint Powers Authority is hereby authorized to administer examinations and perform related services for state agencies with respect to the issuance of professional and vocational licenses, certifications, commissions, permits, or other similar accreditations, subject to the approval of the Director of General Services, or to other approval as required by law.

(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 any area where neither any local air pollution control rules, regulations, or ordinances nor any state air pollution control statute, or rule or regulation adopted by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to Section 41503 or 41504 of the Health and Safety Code, applies, the State Air Resources Board may adopt, after a public hearing, air pollution control rules and regulations for state agencies performing their duties in such areas, and each state agency in performing its duties in such area shall comply with such air pollution control rules and regulations.

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, whichever is later, issue a clear and concise summary of actions taken to implement the statute to the author of the statute, the policy committees in each house of the Legislature that considered the statute and, if the statute has been considered by the fiscal committee of either house of the Legislature, to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the fiscal committee of each house of the Legislature that considered the statute.
  (b) In addition, the state agency responsible for the program or regulatory action shall send copies of all regulations proposed to implement the statute, and notice of any hearings held on those regulations before those hearings are held, to the author of the statute, so long as the author is a Member of the Legislature.

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 format specified by the office, approved by the head of the department or, if the rulemaking agency is an entity other than a department, by the officer, board, commission, or other entity which has been delegated the authority to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations, and published in the California Regulatory Notice Register. The preparation of the rulemaking calendar shall not preclude adoption of a regulation that is not included in the rulemaking calendar but which is required by circumstances not reasonably anticipated at the time that the rulemaking calendar is prepared. The rulemaking calendar shall consist of two schedules as follows:
  (a) A schedule which describes the rulemaking necessary to implement statutes enacted during the previous year. The schedule shall include the projected dates on which the agency plans to:
  (1) Publish the notice of proposed action for each rulemaking.
  (2) Schedule a public hearing if one is required or requested.
  (3) Adopt the regulations.
  (4) Submit the regulations to the office for review. In addition, the schedule shall identify the organizational unit within the agency which is responsible for each rulemaking and the name and telephone number of the agency officer to whom inquiries concerning the rulemaking may be directed.
  (b) A schedule which describes all other rulemaking the agency plans to propose, to implement or interpret other statutes enacted during years prior to the previous year. The schedule shall contain the same information concerning rulemaking as is required in the schedule prepared under subdivision (a), and a report on the status of all uncompleted rulemaking that was described on previous calendars. In addition to publishing the rulemaking calendar in the California Regulatory Notice Register, state agencies subject to this section shall send the calendar to the author of each statute enacted during the previous year for which the agency has responsibility, together with an explanation of the priority the agency has given the statute in the rulemaking calendar.

Every state agency which is authorized by any law to conduct administrative hearings but is not subject to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) shall nonetheless comply with Sections 11435.20, 11435.25, and 11435.55 relative to the furnishing of language assistance at the hearing.

(a) The Bureau of Real Estate, on or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technology pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99, shall provide on the Internet information regarding the status of every license issued by that entity in accordance with the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), including information relative to suspensions and revocations of licenses issued by that state agency and other related enforcement action taken against persons, businesses, or facilities subject to licensure or regulation by a state agency.
  (b) The Bureau of Real Estate shall disclose information on its licensees, including real estate brokers and agents, on the Internet that is in compliance with the bureau's public record access guidelines. In instances where licensees use their home address as a mailing address, the bureau shall allow licensees to provide a post office box number or other alternate address where correspondence may be received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, real estate brokers shall provide the bureau with the actual address of their place or places of business as required by Section 10162 of the Business and Professions Code.
  (c) "Internet" for the purposes of this section has the meaning set forth in paragraph (6) of subdivision (e) of Section 17538 of the Business and Professions Code.

(a) Any department or authority specified in subdivision (b) may, upon determining that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a program within the provisions of this section, and to the extent funds are available, advance to a community-based private nonprofit agency with which it has contracted, pursuant to federal law and related state law, for the delivery of services, not to exceed 25 percent of the annual allocation to be made pursuant to the contract and those laws during the fiscal year to the private nonprofit agency. Advances in excess of 25 percent may be made on contracts financed by a federal program when the advances are not prohibited by federal guidelines. Advance payments may be provided for services to be performed under any contract with a total annual contract amount of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) or less. This amount shall be increased by 5 percent, as determined by the Department of Finance, for each year commencing with 1989. Advance payments may also be made with respect to any contract that the Department of Finance determines has been entered into with any community-based private nonprofit agency with modest reserves and potential cashflow problems. No advance payment shall be granted if the total annual contract exceeds four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), without the prior approval of the Department of Finance. The specific departments and authority mentioned in subdivision (b) shall develop a plan to establish control procedures for advance payments. Each plan shall include a procedure whereby the department or authority determines whether or not an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a particular program being funded. Each plan shall be approved by the Department of Finance.
  (b) Subdivision (a) shall apply to the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the California Department of Aging, the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including the Division of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Community Services and Development, the Employment Development Department, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of State Hospitals, the Department of Rehabilitation, the State Department of Social Services, the Department of Child Support Services, the State Department of Education, the area boards on developmental disabilities, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and the California Environmental Protection Agency, including all boards and departments contained therein. Subdivision (a) shall also apply to the California Health and Human Services Agency, which may make advance payments, pursuant to the requirements of that subdivision, to multipurpose senior services projects as established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 9560) of Division 8.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Subdivision (a) shall also apply to the Natural Resources Agency, including all boards and departments contained in that agency, which may make advance payments pursuant to the requirements of that subdivision with respect to grants and contracts awarded to certified local community conservation corps.
  (c) A county may, upon determining that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a program within the provisions of this section, and to the extent funds are available, and not more frequently than once each fiscal year, advance to a community-based private nonprofit agency with which it has contracted, pursuant to any applicable federal or state law, for the delivery of services, not to exceed 25 percent of the annual allocation to be made pursuant to the contract and those laws, during the fiscal year to the private nonprofit agency.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to the extent consistent with applicable federal law or regulation, any state department and the Controller pursuant to Section 15202, after receiving a request by a board of supervisors of an affected county which has a population of 150,000 or less as of January 1, 1983, and upon determining that advance payment is essential to the effective implementation of a particular program, and further to the extent that funds are available, and not more frequently than once each month, may advance to the county an amount not to exceed one-twelfth of the annual allocations, subventions, or reimbursements required for the delivery of services by a county.
  (b) The director of each department and the Controller shall promulgate regulations or guidelines and a plan to establish control procedures to define the scope of operational information required from a county in order to guarantee advance payments pursuant to this section. No county may receive an advance payment unless the county has complied with the provisions of the department's plan and regulations. Each department plan shall be approved by the Department of Finance prior to its implementation.
  (c) Claim schedules for advance payments shall be presented to the appropriate department in the manner prescribed by the department. Payment of claims shall be made within 60 days after a claim is received by the department.
  (d) Each department and the Controller shall review periodically and adjust advances to actual expenditures for the claim period. Additionally, each department and the Controller shall take into consideration the timing of the implementation of new programs in the computation of advances. The authority contained in this chapter shall not supersede or limit any other provision of law authorizing the state to conduct required audits of claims transactions.
  (e) A county, upon determining that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a particular program, to the extent funds are available, and not more frequently than once each month, may advance to other affected local public agencies located within its jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, school districts, special districts, or cities, an amount not to exceed one-twelfth of the annual allocations, reimbursements, or subventions required for the delivery of services pursuant to related state and federal laws.
  (f) This section does not apply to the State Department of Social Services.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law, if a principal agency is not designated by statute, a principal state agency shall be designated by the Governor for the coordination of procedures, forms, and deadlines in every area of regulatory activity under the state's jurisdiction, as determined by the Governor. All other state agencies shall defer to the principal agency in the performance of their duties in a particular regulatory area, or upon a particular project, with respect to procedures, forms, and deadlines, but not with respect to any other area of authority.
  (b) This section shall not apply to the processing of any permit pursuant to Division 34 (commencing with Section 71000) of the Public Resources Code.
  (c) No part of this section shall be construed to limit the authority of any agency to hold public hearings on any matter within the jurisdiction of that agency.
  (d) No part of this section shall be construed to authorize any state agency to adopt or implement procedures, forms, or deadlines in conflict with those explicitly specified in statute or in conflict with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500)).
  (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer upon any state agency decisionmaking authority over substantive matters within another agency's jurisdiction, including any informational and public hearing requirements needed to make regulatory and permitting decisions.
  (f) As used in this section, "agency" and "principal agency" shall not mean a court or any office of the judicial branch of government.

(a) No state agency shall send any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to, the individual's social security number, telephone number, driver's license number, or credit card account number, unless that personal information is contained within sealed correspondence and cannot be viewed from the outside of that sealed correspondence.
  (b) "Outgoing United States mail" for the purposes of this section includes correspondence sent via a common carrier, including, but not limited to, a package express service and a courier service.
  (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 11000, "state agency" includes the California State University.

(a) All state agencies, as defined in Section 11000, are encouraged and authorized to cooperate with federally recognized California Indian tribes on matters of economic development and improvement for the tribes.
  (b) Cooperation by state agencies with federally recognized California Indian tribes may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
  (1) Providing information on programs available to assist Indian tribes.
  (2) Providing technical assistance on the preparation of grants and applications for public and private funds, and conducting meetings and workshops.
  (3) Any other steps that may reasonably be expected to assist tribes to become economically self-sufficient.
  (c) Cooperation by state agencies on economic development and improvement for federally recognized California Indian tribes, as described in this section, shall not be construed to include activities that promote gambling.

(a) Each state department and state agency shall enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy, in adherence with the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). Each state department and state agency shall conspicuously post its privacy policy on its Internet Web site.
  (b) The privacy policy required by subdivision (a) shall include, but is not limited to, the following principles:
  (1) Personally identifiable information is only obtained through lawful means.
  (2) The purposes for which personally identifiable data are collected are specified at or before the time of collection, and any subsequent use is limited to the fulfillment of purposes not inconsistent with those purposes previously specified.
  (3) Personal data shall not be disclosed, made available, or otherwise used for purposes other than those specified, except with the consent of the subject of the data, or as authorized by law or regulation.
  (4) Personal data collected must be relevant to the purpose for which it is collected.
  (5) The general means by which personal data is protected against loss, unauthorized access, use modification or disclosure shall be posted, unless that disclosure of general means would compromise legitimate state department or state agency objectives or law enforcement purposes.
  (6) Each state department or state agency shall designate a position within the department or agency, the duties of which shall include, but not be limited to, responsibility for the privacy policy within that department or agency.
  (c) For purposes of this section, the term "conspicuously post" shall include posting the privacy policy through any of the following means:
  (1) An Internet Web page on which the actual privacy policy is posted if the Internet Web page is the homepage or first significant page after entering the Internet Web site.
  (2) An icon that hyperlinks to an Internet Web page on which the actual privacy policy is posted, if the icon is located on the homepage or the first significant page after entering the Internet Web site, and if the icon contains the word "privacy." The icon shall also use a color that contrasts with the background color of the Internet Web page or is otherwise distinguishable.
  (3) A text link that hyperlinks to an Internet Web page on which the actual privacy policy is posted, if the text link is located on the homepage or first significant page after entering the Internet Web site, and if the text link does any of the following:
  (A) Includes the word "privacy."
  (B) Is written in capital letters equal to or greater in size than the surrounding text.
  (C) Is written in larger type than the surrounding text or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or is set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols or other marks that call attention to the language.
  (4) Any other functional hyperlink that is so displayed that a reasonable person would notice it and understand it to hyperlink to the actual privacy policy.

Except as provided in the Budget Act and implementing statutes, no automatic increases shall be provided to the University of California, California State University, the state courts, or to state agency operations, including, but not limited to, annual price increases to state departments and agencies.

(a) Every state agency that requests on any written form or written publication, or through its Internet Web site, whether a person is a veteran, shall request that information only in the following format: "Have you ever served in the United States military?"
  (b) This section shall apply only to a written form or written publication that is newly printed on or after July 1, 2014.