Section 81054 Of Article 3. Building Standards From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 49. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) shall undertake a
fact-based analysis of the length of time the Department of General
Services and the community colleges take to perform their respective
functions to complete community college construction and alteration
projects. This information shall be compiled in a report made
available to the Legislature and the Governor by March 1, 2009.
(b) Following the issuance of the report described in subdivision
(a), the Department of General Services shall convene a working group
advisory committee consisting of a representative from the
Department of General Services, the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, the Associated General Contractors of
California, and the Professional Engineers in California Government.
The working group shall analyze the report and the current process to
complete community college construction and alteration projects and
develop recommendations for changes, if any, in the project
development and review process to ensure the public safety of
community college facilities through a collaborative, consistent,
cost-effective, and timely project development and review process.
The recommendations shall include proposed timeframe goals for the
performance of each specific task performed by the Department of
General Services and by private design professionals performing
services for a community college district and an assessment of the
staffing and other resource needs of the Department of General
Services to perform its tasks related to the construction or
alteration of community college facilities. The recommendations shall
be submitted in writing to the Department of General Services,
working group members, the Senate and Assembly Committees on
Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education, the Assembly
Committee on Higher Education, and the education budget subcommittees
of the Assembly and Senate by December 31, 2009.