Section 15855 Of Part 11. Property Acquisition Law From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 11.
15855
. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as
provided in subdivision (b), the State Public Works Board is the only
state agency that may exercise the power of eminent domain to
acquire property needed by any state agency for any state purpose or
function.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not affect or limit the right of the
Department of Transportation, Department of Water Resources, State
Lands Commission, State Reclamation Board, Hastings College of the
Law, or the Regents of the University of California to exercise the
power of eminent domain. Subdivision (a) does not affect or limit the
exercise of the power of eminent domain by the Department of Fish
and Game pursuant to Section 1348 of the Fish and Game Code.