Section 12501.5 Of Chapter 7. The Federal Laboratory Contracting Act From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
12501.5
. (a) The Governor shall designate the Secretary of State
and Consumer Services as the state's representative for purposes of
communicating and negotiating with representatives of the United
States Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, federally funded DOE and NASA research and
development centers in California, and NASA field centers in
California regarding any issue that may affect a contractual
relationship between the state and these federal entities. The
Secretary of State and Consumer Services may delegate this
responsibility to the Director of the Department of General Services
if the secretary views such delegation as necessary to advance the
successful negotiation of contracts between the state and one or more
of those federal entities.
(b) The Secretary of State and Consumer Services or his or her
designee shall develop policies and procedures to encourage and
enable the contracting process with federally funded DOE and NASA
research and development centers and NASA field centers and shall
develop model contract language that is available for use by any
state agency or department in negotiating a contract with one of
these centers. The Regents of the University of California shall not
be considered a state agency for the purposes of this chapter, and
specifically shall not be covered as prime contractor with the DOE
for management of DOE laboratories.