Section 12502 Of Chapter 7. The Federal Laboratory Contracting Act From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that
enters into a prime contract with a federally funded DOE or NASA
research and development center or NASA field center, or that enters
into a prime contract with another entity that, in turn, issues a
subcontract to a federally funded DOE or NASA research and
development center or a NASA field center located in California may,
if requested by the contracting party, make contract payments to the
center for contracted services in advance.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that enters into
a prime contract with a federally funded DOE or NASA research and
development center or NASA field center, or that enters into a prime
contract with another entity that, in turn, issues a subcontract to a
federally funded DOE or NASA research and development center or NASA
field center located in the state may not indemnify the center with
respect to products liability, intellectual property, and general
liability claims arising out of the activities to be carried out by
the center pursuant to the contract.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency shall not audit
the records of any federally funded DOE or NASA research and
development center or NASA field center, but the state agency may
rely on the services of any cognizant federal audit agency, including
the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the United States Government
Accountability Office, the DOE Office of Inspector General, and the
NASA Office of Inspector General, to satisfy auditing requirements.
(d) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Federally funded research and development center" means a
federally funded research and development center as defined in
Subpart 2.1 of Part 2 of Subchapter A of Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) "NASA field center" means a field center identified as such by
NASA and authorized by Title III of the Space Act of 1958.