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This part does not prohibit any state agency which is authorized by law to contract for such services from contracting with an independent contractor for the performance of work of a character for which a license is required under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, the performance of which work can not satisfactorily be secured by appointments under this part.

The "state civil service" includes state officers and employees, appointed or employed by or under the Adult Authority or the Director of Corrections, and who are engaged exclusively in the administration or enforcement, or the performance or discharge, of the laws, rules or regulations, or the powers or duties thereunder, governing persons under commitment to the Department of Corrections or on parole from a state prison.

The "state civil service" shall include all fire protection personnel employed at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Los Alamitos.

The "state civil service" shall include all personnel appointed or employed in the Bureau of Pupil Personnel Services in the Division of Instruction of the Department of Education.

The "state civil service" shall include all vocational education personnel appointed or employed in the State Department of Education, who are now excluded because they are engaged in work financed in whole or in part with federal funds or in work done by co-operation between the state and the federal government.

The "state civil service" shall include all teachers who have been employed for a period of six months at the Orientation Center for the Blind who are now excluded under subdivision (i) of Article VII of the Constitution.

The "state civil service" shall include all personnel appointed or employed in the Bureau of National Defense Education Act Administration of the Department of Education. Personnel of the Bureau of National Defense Education Act Administration who on the effective date of this section hold, and for six months or more preceding that date have held, the positions of Chief, Bureau of National Defense Education; Assistant Chief, Bureau of National Defense Education; education research project investigator; or consultant in national defense education are permanent employees. All other personnel of that bureau holding such a position on the effective date of this act are temporary employees whose term of temporary appointment begins on the effective date of this act.