Section 67521 Of Article 1. Creation Of The Authority From California Government Code >> Title 7.8. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. The authority is a public corporation of the State of
California, independent of the agencies from which its board is
appointed and in carrying out its corporate purpose as provided in
this title, will be performing an essential governmental function.
The powers and duties of the authority are those granted or imposed
by this chapter, and the powers granted by this chapter are not
restricted or qualified by Title 2 (commencing at Section 8000) of
this code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 13290) of Part 3 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of this code shall not be applicable to the
authority. The authority shall not be deemed a "state agency" as that
term is defined by Section 11000 of this code; provided that if the
authority itself undertakes the work of developing, designing and
construction of the regional transit terminal the provisions of
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 14250) of Part 5 of Division 3 of
Title 2 which are applicable to public bidding and award of contracts
shall apply to the authority insofar as they can be made applicable
thereto. The authority shall be deemed a "state agency" for purposes
of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1,
Division 3, Title 2.