Article 3. Project Proposals of California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 49. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.

The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall:
  (a) Advise the governing board of each community college district on the acquisition of new college sites, and after a review of available plots, give the governing board of the district in writing a list of the approved locations in the order of their merit, considering especially the matters of educational merit, reduction of traffic hazards, and conformity to the organized regional plans as presented in the master plan of the planning commission having jurisdiction, and charge the governing board of the community college district a reasonable fee as determined by the board of governors for each 10 acres or fraction thereof of schoolsite reviewed.
  (b) Establish standards for community college facilities.
  (c) Review plans and specifications for all construction in those community college districts that have submitted plans and specifications therefor to the board of governors for approval.
  (d) For services rendered for the review of plans and specifications of a proposed project, the board of governors shall charge a reasonable fee as established by it.
  (e) Approve plans and specifications submitted by governing boards of community college districts, and return without approval and with recommendation for changes, any plans not conforming to established standards.

The governing board of each community college district, before letting any contract or contracts totaling one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or more, in the erection of any new community college facility, or for any addition to, or alteration of, an existing community college facility, shall submit plans therefor to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and obtain the written approval of the plans by the board of governors. No contract for construction made by any governing board of a community college district contrary to this section is valid, nor shall any public money be paid for erecting, adding to, or altering any facility in contravention of this section.

The governing board of a community college district may include a proposed site in its plans for a project and may enter into an agreement with the owner of property constituting such proposed site whereby the district, for an annual consideration to be borne by the district, is given an option to purchase, or lease with an option to purchase such property at an unspecified future date, as a building site. The existence of such an agreement shall in no way affect the determination of the share of the cost of the project to be borne by the state under this chapter, and the consideration paid by the district for such option or lease shall not be considered part of the cost of the project in determining the state's share of the funding thereof. Such option or lease agreement shall constitute an obligation of the district and shall not be construed as in any way creating an obligation on the part of the state.