California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 11000.
  (a) As used in this title, “state agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. As used in any section of this...
• Section 11000.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every state agency shall establish the license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued by the agencies in...
• Section 11000.10.
  (a) (1) Any state agency, including, but not limited to, a district agricultural association, or a joint powers agency that includes a district agricultural association, that seeks...
• Section 11001.
  Any state agency may make exhibits descriptive or illustrative of any activity or pursuit relating to its work or affairs at any international, state, district,...
• Section 11002.
  If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a...
• Section 11003.
  If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the state or state agency on or...
• Section 11004.
  Sections 11002 and 11003 do not apply to:(a) Applications or other documents required or permitted to be filed under the Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100)...
• Section 11005.
  (a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or dedication to the state of personal property, or every gift to the...
• Section 11005.1.
  The Director of Finance may accept on behalf of the State any gift of real or personal property whenever he deems such gift and the...
• Section 11005.2.
  Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval by the Director of General Services is not required, every conveyance, contract, or agreement whereby an interest of...
• Section 11005.3.
  Any state department, board, or commission may lease any real property for the use of the state agency for storage, warehouse, or office purposes provided...
• Section 11005.4.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Accepted nutritional guidelines” as used in this section means the following:(A) Beverages that are the...
• Section 11005.5.
  After January 1, 1983, if property is to be constructed, purchased, or leased, or any interest is acquired in the property, for a period of...
• Section 11005.6.
  Any lease of property by a state agency for warehouse or office uses which is entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 1991,...
• Section 11005.7.
  The Department of General Services on or before July 1, 1991, shall develop procedures and policies to expedite normal procedures for purchasing, leasing, and contracting...
• Section 11006.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency that requires fingerprinting for any non-law-enforcement purpose shall not require the use of specified live scan...
• Section 11006.5.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that Year 2000 Problem identification and remediation be the top information technology priority for all state agencies and...
• Section 11007.
  (a) Except as expressly authorized by law or as specifically authorized by the Director of General Services, property belonging to the state shall not be insured...
• Section 11007.1.
  (a) The Department of Transportation, when it has acquired title to any real property for highway purposes and leases that property for commercial or business uses...
• Section 11007.4.
  (a) As used in this section:(1) “Employee” includes an officer, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.(2) “Employment” includes office or...
• Section 11007.5.
  Any state agency, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may secure insurance protecting the state against loss by burglary, robbery, theft, or...
• Section 11007.6.
  Any state agency may, subject to rules and regulations of the Department of General Services, insure its officers and employees not covered by Part 2.6...
• Section 11007.7.
  (a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by any state agency shall be subject to approval of the Department of General Services. Any procurement of...
• Section 11007.8.
  (a) If a state agency is authorized to procure insurance, that agency may operate and administer a self-insurance program. The agency may contract with the Department...
• Section 11008.
  Whenever any State agency except the State Compensation Insurance Fund has drawn against any bank account for the payment of any claim and payment of...
• Section 11008.2.
  Any regulation, order, or other action, adopted, prescribed, taken, or performed by the former Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency as it existed on December 31,...
• Section 11008.5.
  Any program administered in part or whole by the Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency prior to January 1, 2004, pursuant to an interagency agreement with...
• Section 11009.
  Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the members of State boards and commissions shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed necessary expenses incurred...
• Section 11010.
  (a) When a state agency, supported from the General Fund, is required to collect from any person, firm, or corporation a proportionate share of the cost...
• Section 11010.5.
  (a) Where authority is vested in any state agency to contract on behalf of the state, such authority shall include the power, by mutual consent of...
• Section 11011.
  (a) On or before December 31 of each year, each state agency shall make a review of all proprietary state lands, other than tax-deeded land, land...
• Section 11011.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 54235) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5,...
• Section 11011.2.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11011 and 14670, except as provided in this section, the Department of General Services may...
• Section 11011.5.
  (a) If no state or other public entity seeks to obtain title to specific surplus state-owned real property, a state agency authorized to sell that property,...
• Section 11011.6.
  Any local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor that wishes to be considered a priority buyer of the state real property known as Lanterman Developmental...
• Section 11011.7.
  All real property acquired for park and recreation purposes by the state which was formerly part of Camp Pendleton shall be used solely for park...
• Section 11011.11.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(1) There is no complete inventory of all state real property holdings containing information on present use, characteristics of the...
• Section 11011.13.
  For purposes of Section 11011.15, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Agency” means a state agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, district agricultural association, and the California...
• Section 11011.14.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer title of state Building 101, the former Lake Norconian Club Hotel in...
• Section 11011.15.
  (a) The Department of General Services shall maintain a complete and accurate statewide inventory of all real property held by the state and categorize that inventory...
• Section 11011.16.
  The inventory prepared pursuant to Section 11011.15 shall contain the following additional information:(a) A description of the exact current and projected use of, and the extent...
• Section 11011.17.
  (a) The University of California, by July 1, 1988, shall furnish the department, in a uniform format specified by the department, a record of each parcel...
• Section 11011.18.
  The Department of Transportation, by July 1, 2002, shall furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property that...
• Section 11011.19.
  (a) The State Lands Commission, by July 1, 2011, shall furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property that...
• Section 11011.20.a.
  (a) Any private person or private company which advertises that it provides information or services regarding the sale or purchase of public property of any kind...
• Section 11011.21.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of General Services has, pursuant to former Section 11011.21, as added by Section 8 of Chapter 150...
• Section 11011.24.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Director of General Services may sell or exchange, pursuant to Section 11011.1, at fair market value...
• Section 11011.25.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer to the County of Ventura, no later than October 1, 1998, and...
• Section 11011.26.
  The Director of General Services, subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board and specific authorization by the Legislature that may be provided...
• Section 11011.27.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may advertise and award contracts for services related to the disposition of real property, in accordance with this section....
• Section 11011.28.
  (a) The Director of General Services may sell or lease, pursuant to Section 11011.1, at market value based upon an appraisal approved by the Department of...
• Section 11011.29.
  (a) When a state agency builds upon state-owned real property, purchases real property, or replaces landscaping or irrigation, the state agency shall reduce water consumption and...
• Section 11012.
  Whenever any state agency, including, but not limited to, state agencies acting in a fiduciary capacity, is authorized to invest funds, or to sell or...
• Section 11012.5.
  (a) The Director of General Services may exercise the option to accelerate the vesting of title in the state as set forth in the lease purchase...
• Section 11013.
  The director of any state department, subject to approval of the Department of General Services, may establish and maintain, or by contract or otherwise cause...
• Section 11014.
  (a) In exercising the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon it, any state agency may construct and maintain communication lines as may be necessary.(b) In...
• Section 11015.
  No state funds under the control of an officer or employee of the state, or of any agency thereof, shall ever be used for membership...
• Section 11015.5.
  (a) On or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technology pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99, every state agency, including the...
• Section 11016.
  Any state agency may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the state agency, in order that this state may participate in the federal...
• Section 11016.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, if foreign assistance funds are appropriated by the President of the United States and the Congress...
• Section 11016.5.
  Each state agency may contract with a joint powers authority that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with...
• Section 11016.9.
  (a) Each state agency shall establish clear flextime policies and shall direct its managers to encourage the use of flextime.(b) Each state agency shall enroll in a...
• Section 11017.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency in performing its duties shall comply with all local air pollution control rules, regulations, and ordinances...
• Section 11017.1.
  Each state agency shall take all practical and reasonable steps to recover civil damages for the negligent, willful, or unlawful damaging or taking of state...
• Section 11017.5.
  (a) When a statute is enacted establishing a new program or requiring interpretation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, the state agency responsible for the program...
• Section 11017.6.
  Every state agency responsible for implementing a statute which requires interpretation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act shall prepare, by January 30 of each year,...
• Section 11018.
  Every state agency which is authorized by any law to conduct administrative hearings but is not subject to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) shall...
• Section 11018.5.
  (a) The Bureau of Real Estate, on or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technology pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99,...
• Section 11019.
  (a) Any department or authority specified in subdivision (b) may, upon determining that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a program within...
• Section 11019.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to the extent consistent with applicable federal law or regulation, any state department and the Controller pursuant to...
• Section 11019.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law, if a principal agency is not designated by...
• Section 11019.7.
  (a) No state agency shall send any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to,...
• Section 11019.8.
  (a) All state agencies, as defined in Section 11000, are encouraged and authorized to cooperate with federally recognized California Indian tribes on matters of economic development...
• Section 11019.9.
  (a) Each state department and state agency shall enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy, in adherence with the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8...
• Section 11019.10.
  Except as provided in the Budget Act and implementing statutes, no automatic increases shall be provided to the University of California, California State University, the...
• Section 11019.11.
  (a) Every state agency that requests on any written form or written publication, or through its Internet Web site, whether a person is a veteran, shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018