Section 10337 Of Article 4. Contracts For Services From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. (a) The State Personnel Board may establish such standards
and controls over approval of contracts by the Department of General
Services as are necessary to assure that the approval is consistent
with the merit employment principles and requirements contained in
Article VII of the California Constitution. The substantive
provisions of the standards shall be established at the discretion of
the State Personnel Board. The specific procedures for contract
review pursuant to such standards shall be established jointly by the
board and the department.
It is the intent of the Legislature that except as provided in
this section, the standards and controls established under this
subdivision shall not be constructed in such a fashion or construed
in such a manner as to authorize the State Personnel Board to
establish a separate program for reviewing and approving each and
every contract in the place of, or in addition to, the program
administered by the Department of General Services pursuant to this
article. The State Personnel Board may, when it has reason to believe
that a proposed contract is not in compliance with the provisions of
Section 19130 of the Government Code, and shall, when requested to
do so by an employee organization representing state employees,
direct a state agency to transmit the contract to it for review.
(b) The State Personnel Board shall direct any state agency to
transmit to it for review any contract proposed or executed pursuant
to subdivision (a) of Section 19130 of the Government Code, if the
review has been requested by an employee organization notified
pursuant to Section 19131 of the Government Code. The review shall
occur prior to any review conducted by the Department of General
Services. The board shall restrict its review to the question as to
whether the contract complies with the provisions of subdivision (a)
of Section 19130 of the Government Code and any additional standards
and controls established pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
The board may disapprove the contract only if it determines that the
contract does not comply.
The board shall delegate the review of such a contract to the
executive officer of the board. Within 15 days of its receipt, the
executive officer shall notify the employee organization which
requested the review whether he or she intends to approve or
disapprove it. If the employee organization requests it, the
executive officer shall grant the employee organization the
opportunity to present its case against the contract and the reasons
why the contract should be referred to the board for a hearing. Upon
a showing of good cause by the employee organization, the executive
officer shall schedule the disputed contract for a hearing before the
board for the purpose of receiving evidence and hearing arguments
concerning the propriety of the disputed contract. In any case, the
executive officer shall approve or disapprove the contract or refer
it to the board for a hearing within 30 days of its receipt. The
reasons for a decision by the executive officer, or the board,
approving or disapproving the contract shall be stated in writing.
(c) A contract proposed or executed pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 19130 of the Government Code shall be reviewed by the State
Personnel Board if the board receives a request to conduct such a
review from an employee organization representing state employees.
Any such review shall be restricted to the question as to whether the
contract complies with the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section
19130 of the Government Code. The board shall delegate the review of
such a contract to the executive officer of the board. If the
employee organization requests it, the executive officer shall grant
the employee organization the opportunity to present its case against
the contract and the reasons why the contract should be referred to
the board for a hearing. Upon a showing of good cause by the employee
organization, the executive officer shall schedule the disputed
contract for a hearing before the board for the purpose of receiving
evidence and hearing arguments concerning the propriety of the
disputed contract. The executive officer shall approve or disapprove
the contract or refer it to the board for a hearing within 30 days of
its receipt. The reasons for the decision by the executive officer,
or the board, approving or disapproving the contract shall be stated
in writing.
(d) Contracts subject to State Personnel Board review under this
section shall not become effective unless and until approval is
granted.