California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 14705 — All money received by the department under this article shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
• § 14706 — The Department of General Services has complete control of all of the land owned by the state in the Delhi Colony in Merced County, consisting of approximately 58.
• § 14707 — The department has control of real property in the City of Sacramento, consisting of property known as the State Garage on L Street, and lots designated 83, 84 and H on Fifth Street, for use for state
• § 14708 — All personal property received from the state land settlement shall be held by the department for use by it, for transfer to and for use by other state agencies which receive their support from the Ge
• § 14710 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Alternative energy equipment” means alternative energy equipment, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 15814.
• § 14711.5 — (a) The department in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, shall identify each public building in th
• § 14712 — The director may enter into third party agreements that the director, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, determines are appropriate and cost-effective to implement energy efficiencies
• § 14713 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 15814.
• § 14715 — The Veterans’ Home of California, for all purposes including irrigation and domestic, shall have the first and prior right to all available water stored in Rector Dam on state property in Napa County.
• § 14717 — (a) The Department of General Services shall apply for grants and other funding as may be available from state, federal, or other sources and upon receipt of appropriate funds, shall implement a demon
• § 14720 — There is hereby created within the Department of General Services the General Services Advisory Council.
• § 14721 — The functions of the council shall include but not be limited to: (a) Consideration of improved methods of providing centralized services.
• § 14722 — The council shall serve as an advisory body and make recommendations to the Department of General Services.
• § 14723 — The Director of General Services may create special advisory committees to advise the director with regard to specific problems which may arise in providing centralized services to state agencies.
• § 14735 — Upon being directed by the Controller to sell a residential dwelling pursuant to Section 16201, the department shall sell the residential dwelling in the manner prescribed and in accordance with the p
• § 14740 — This chapter shall be known as the State Records Storage Act.
• § 14741 — As used in this chapter “record” or “records” means all papers, maps, exhibits, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, punched cards, and other documents produced, received, owned or
• § 14741.1 — As used in this chapter, “public use forms” means those forms used by the state to obtain or to solicit facts, opinions, or other information from the public or private citizens, partnerships, corpora
• § 14745 — The director shall establish and administer in the executive branch of state government a records storage program that will apply efficient and economical records storage methods to the utilization, m
• § 14746 — The duties of the director shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Establishing standards, procedures, and techniques for effective storage of records.
• § 14770 — The director shall establish and staff an activity within the department to be known as the “forms management center” for the orderly design, implementation and maintenance of a statewide forms manage
• § 14771 — (a) The director, through the forms management center, shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a State Forms Management Program for all state agencies, and provide assistance in establishing inte
• § 14772 — Each state agency shall appoint a forms management representative and provide necessary assistance to implement the State Forms Management Program within the agency.
• § 14773 — “State agency” as used in this chapter does not include educational institutions.
• § 14774 — This chapter shall not apply to any state form with provisions specifically authorized and established by statute.
• § 14775 — (a) By June 30, 1995, each state agency shall inventory all reports and forms it requires businesses to complete and submit in order to comply with agency requirements.
• § 1480 — Every officer, agent or employee not required by statute to give an official bond may be required to give an individual official bond, or other form of individual bond, in the amount to be fixed by th
• § 1481 — (a) When deemed expedient by the appointing power, a master official bond or other form of master bond may be used which shall provide coverage on more than one officer, employee, or agent who is requ
• § 1481.1 — For the purposes of Section 1481 the board of supervisors of a county is deemed to be the appointing power of the adult probation officer, his assistants and deputies and the adult probation officer,
• § 1482 — Each such bond may contain a provision authorizing the appointing power to cancel it, if it is an individual bond, or the contract of coverage of any officer, agent or employee covered thereunder, or
• § 14825 — The Department of General Services shall publish, or shall cause to be published, the California State Contracts Register, describing therein contracts proposed by the state.
• § 14825.1 — The California State Contracts Register shall be published not less than twice a month and shall include information deemed appropriate by the Department of General Services, and shall include all of
• § 14826 — In order to broaden subcontracting opportunities for small business, agencies shall maintain and provide, upon request to interested parties, the names and addresses of firms to whom requests for prop
• § 14827 — State agencies shall develop procedures for assuring that proposed contract opportunities are published in the California State Contracts Register as required by this article.
• § 14827.1 — No state agency shall award a contract unless notice thereof has first been published in the California State Contracts Register.
• § 14827.2 — Every state agency shall furnish to the Department of General Services the information required by Section 14825.
• § 14827.3 — The Department of General Services may exempt a state agency from the requirement of advertising in the California State Contracts Register where the contract is necessary for the immediate preservati
• § 14828 — All governmental contracting entities shall provide to the Department of General Services which shall maintain, for review by those desiring the information, all of the following: (a) Names of contrac
• § 14829 — The Department of General Services shall offer copies of the California State Contracts Register for sale, and the “price” thereof shall not exceed the amount necessary to pay all expenses incurred in
• § 14829.1 — The Department of General Services may adopt rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this article.
• § 14835 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act.
• § 14836 — (a) The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public purpose, and it is of benefit to the state, to promote and facilitate the fullest possible participation by all citizens in the affairs of t
• § 14836.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is a state law that provides assistance and services for persons regardless of immigration status within the meaning of Section 1621(d) of Title 8
• § 14837 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of General Services.
• § 14838 — In order to facilitate the participation of small business, including microbusiness, in the provision of goods, information technology, and services to the state, and in the construction, including al
• § 14838.1 — (a) In order to encourage the participation of small businesses in the construction, alteration, demolition, repair, or improvement of the state’s infrastructure, as provided in the infrastructure-rel
• § 14838.2 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Market demand is a driving factor in determining profitability of California companies and the ability of those companies to invest in busi
• § 14838.4 — No small business preference shall be allowed if allowing the small business preference would result in a computed bid of the preference recipient which would exceed the amount of funds appropriated b
• § 14838.5 — (a) Notwithstanding the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) and Chapter 3 (commencing w
• § 14838.64 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2.
• § 14838.7 — (a) Notwithstanding the advertising and bidding provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this code and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public
• § 14839 — (a) There is hereby established within the department the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services.
• § 14839.1 — (a) The department shall have sole responsibility for certifying and determining the eligibility of small businesses and microbusinesses under this chapter.
• § 14840 — (a) (1) In the process of certifying and determining the eligibility of a disabled veteran business enterprise or a small business enterprise, including a microbusiness, the department shall require t
• § 14841 — Upon completion of an awarded contract for which a commitment to achieve small business or disabled veteran business enterprise participation goals was made, the contractor shall report to the awardin
• § 14842 — (a) A business that has obtained classification as a small business or microbusiness by reason of having furnished incorrect supporting information or by reason of having withheld information, and tha
• § 14842.1 — (a) The department shall provide an internet web page that includes web links to one or more online directories or databases of businesses certified by state agencies with industrial classification co
• § 14842.5 — (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtain, retain, attempt to obtain or retain, or aid another in fraudulently obt
• § 14843 — (a) The department may make all rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this chapter.
• § 14844 — (a) The department shall contract for a statewide procurement and contracting disparity study, in order to guide outreach strategies, state government program development, and improvements to contract
• § 14845 — Using existing resources, the Department of General Services’ small business advocate shall, at a minimum, provide the following services: (a) Assist certified small businesses and certified disabled
• § 14846 — (a) (1) Using existing resources, each state agency shall consolidate its existing staff functions that relate to contract opportunities for small business into a single point of contact for small bus
• § 14847 — (a) In determining eligibility of a business for an award, state agencies may consider all of the following: (1) Whether the bidder has the necessary facilities, organizational capability, experience,
• § 14850 — All state printing shall be done in the Office of State Printing.
• § 14851 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), the Office of State Publishing may accept or authorize paid advertisements in materials printed or published by the office, a state agency, or a vendo
• § 14852 — All printing required by the California Exposition and State Fair and district agricultural associations is exempt from Section 14850.
• § 14853 — The department has entire charge and superintendence of the state printing and binding.
• § 14854 — The department shall decide upon the style and manner of printing all laws and other state documents except those printed for the Legislature.
• § 14855 — The department may revise, reduce or decline to execute any order, or part of any order, which it deems unnecessary or unwarranted by law, and which will tend to consume unnecessarily the appropriatio
• § 14856 — Appropriations from the General Fund shall not be expended for the printing or publishing of any book, pamphlet, report of activities, or compilation or synopsis of laws, rules or regulations, or othe
• § 14857 — When any chart, map, diagram, or other engraving is required to illustrate any document ordered to be printed, such chart, map, diagram, or engraving shall be prepared or procured by the department.
• § 14858 — The department may cause the state printing plant, its contents and all printing supplies and other property used or intended to be used for state printing, wherever located, to be insured against dam
• § 14860 — Whenever the Office of State Printing is not equipped to fill an order for printing or other work, the Office of State Printing shall so notify the state agency or agencies submitting the order and th
• § 14865 — All printed matter for all state agencies and the Regents of the University of California shall be prepared at the expense of their respective funds or appropriations.
• § 14866 — The cost of all printing and publishing by the Office of State Printing shall be fixed by the department in an amount which will pay for all costs relating to such printing and publishing, including d
• § 14867 — The department shall cause to be installed and the Office of State Printing shall use a cost finding system for determining the cost of all work performed in the Office of State Printing.
• § 14868 — Charges for printing publications, including legislative printing, shall include the cost of printing and distributing copies thereof to libraries as required by Section 14901.
• § 14870 — The department shall execute promptly all orders for printing or binding received from the various state agencies.
• § 14871 — Orders for printing shall be forwarded to the department by the state agency ordering the printing.
• § 14872 — There is in the Department of General Services a State Printer, who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the director, and shall serve at the pleasure of the director.
• § 14873 — The department shall take charge of and is responsible for all manuscripts and other matter delivered to it for printing.
• § 14874 — There shall be retained and filed in the Office of State Printing, with the job ticket, one copy or sample of the printing produced on each completed printing order.
• § 14875 — The department shall employ such compositors, bookbinders, pressmen, assistants and such other skilled craftsmen as the exigency of the work from time to time requires.
• § 14876 — (a) Pressmen, typographers, linotypers, compositors, bookbinders, lithographers, engravers, apprentices and assistants and all other employees of the Office of State Printing employed in allied work s
• § 14877 — There shall be kept in the Office of State Printing, a time book, containing the name of every employee connected with the Office of State Printing, the time employed, the rate of wages, and the amoun
• § 14880 — The department has general supervision of the distribution of all public documents and other publications printed for any state agency and the custody of all state documents and other publications sub
• § 14881 — The department may accept for distribution or disposal documents and other publications from the Legislature, the Governor, or the elective officers of the state, when requested to do so.
• § 14882 — The department may compile and publish such documents, pamphlets, bulletins or other publications as it deems are for the best interests of the state or for public information.
• § 14883 — There shall be deducted from all money received from the sale of such documents or publications, a pro rata share of the cost of administration and the balance shall be paid into the Treasury, by Marc
• § 14884 — The index of the Constitution and laws shall be offered for sale to the public at a price to be fixed by the department.
• § 14885 — In the year 1963 and in every fourth year thereafter the Office of State Printing shall, with the approval of the department, compile or cause to be compiled, published and distributed a State Blue Bo
• § 14886 — The volumes shall be distributed as follows: to each Member of the Senate and Assembly as determined by the Rules Committee of each house; to the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembl
• § 14890 — Whenever any state agency requires the compilation, printing, and publication of any volumes or pamphlets of laws or other matter for use or information in the discharge of its duties or for the gener
• § 14891 — After approval of the application by the department and upon its written direction or request, the Legislative Counsel, State Librarian, or other state agency authorized or required by law to render t
• § 14892 — The state agency requiring the compilation shall furnish the state agency compiling it such data and information as it has or may be able to obtain conveniently concerning the compilation.
• § 14893 — If the compilation is required for its own use or information, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from any appropriation for the state agency th
• § 14894 — If the compilation is for the general use or information of the people, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from funds appropriated for that purp
• § 14900 — (a) It is the policy of the State of California to make freely available to its inhabitants all state publications.
• § 14901 — (a) (1) To the end that the policy specified in Section 14900 may be effectively carried out, subject to availability of the necessary resources, the California State Library may create a digital repo
• § 14902 — (a) For purposes of this article, “state publication” or “publication” includes any document, compilation, journal, law, resolution, Blue Book, statute, code, register, pamphlet, list, book, report, m
• § 14903 — In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, the agreed-upon number of each publication printed by the State Printer, including the legislative bills, daily journals, and dail
• § 14904 — In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, publications in any format not printed by the State Printer shall be distributed by the issuing department, commission, or other a
• § 14905 — To be classified as a “complete depository” or as a “selective depository” of physical materials, a library must contract with the California State Library to provide adequate facilities for the stora
• § 14906 — Any municipal or county free library, any state college or state university library, the library of any incorporated college or university in this state, the library of any public community college in
• § 14907 — Upon application, county law libraries, the law libraries of any law school approved by the State Bar of California, the Supreme Court Library, the law libraries of the courts of appeal, and the law l
• § 14908 — Because of the specialized service rendered the citizens of this state through assistance in the administration of justice, proximity to another depository library shall be disregarded in the selectio
• § 14909 — Maintenance of basic general documents shall not be required of law library depositories, but basic legal documents shall be maintained by them.
• § 14910 — To facilitate the distribution of state publications, the California State Library shall maintain information about state publications issued and deposited with the library on the California State Lib
• § 14911 — If any state agency maintains a mailing list of public officials or other persons to whom publications or other printed matter is sent without charge, the state agency shall correct its mailing list a
• § 14912 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the number of copies of statutes distributed to an authorized recipient shall not exceed the number requested by such recipient, or the number auth
• § 14920 — (a) The Department of General Services provides for the specialized consideration of all traffic problems of the state; develops specialized knowledge of rates, tariffs, and traffic problems to the en
• § 14921 — The director, subject to the State Civil Service Act, shall appoint such personnel as is necessary to perform the following duties: (a) Watch the movements of all state freight.
• § 14922 — Upon request of any state agency, the Director of General Services may assign competent personnel to work directly with such state agency at such locations as the agency shall designate in order that
• § 14925 — This chapter and Article 4 (commencing with Section 14170) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project.
• § 14926 — The Department of General Services shall establish and administer the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in accordance with this chapter.
• § 14927 — The demonstration project shall utilize state owned equipment and facilities operated by the department, or equipment and services contracted for by the department, to make return trip transportation
• § 14928 — The department shall develop standards and guidelines for the demonstration project, including standards for eligibility for and utilization of services provided under the demonstration project.
• § 14929 — (a) The department shall conduct an evaluation of the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project established pursuant to this chapter to determine the effectiveness of the project in promoting the u
• § 14930 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Golden State Financial Marketplace Program or GS $Mart Program.
• § 14932 — The department is authorized to administer and maintain the GS $Mart Program.
• § 14934 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, state agencies that are statutorily authorized to acquire assets listed in subdivision (b) are hereby eligible to apply to the GS $Mart Program to enter into agreeme
• § 14936 — (a) The department shall develop a financing process that requires, but shall not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Confirmation that the term of financing shall be limited to the average expec
• § 14937 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, local agencies and school districts that are statutorily authorized to acquire goods, information technology, and related services pursuant to subdivision (b) of Sec
• § 14938 — As used in this chapter, “state agency” or “state agencies” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission and the California State University and the Regents o
• § 14950 — There is in the Department of General Services a State Architect who shall report directly to the director.
• § 14951 — The Department of General Services shall succeed to the powers, duties, and functions with respect to architectural services previously vested in the Division of Architecture or the State Architect of
• § 14952 — The department shall contract with qualified architects and engineers for the performance of work when it is determined by the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Director of Financ
• § 14953 — The cost of all architectural services performed by the department for a state agency, which is supported otherwise than by appropriations from the General Fund, except the Veterans’ Home, shall be de
• § 14954 — The department may employ such assistance as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, and may purchase or rent any necessary supplies, instruments, tools, equipment, and conveniences.
• § 14955 — Where work to be performed, excluding regular maintenance work, which would otherwise be subject to the State Contract Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contra
• § 14956 — This chapter, insofar as it vests in the State Architect general charge of the erection of all state buildings and require him or her to have an inspector assigned to each building during its construc
• § 14957 — (a) The Division of Architecture Revolving Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence and is retitled the Architecture Revolving Fund.
• § 14958 — The Department of General Services shall file against the Architecture Revolving Fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection with services, new construction, major construction and eq
• § 14959 — The Department of General Services shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the revolving fund, and any unencumbered balance in any portion of the fund, eith
• § 14960 — Without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements, the Department of General Services may withdraw from the Architecture Revolving Fund not to exceed at any one time the sum of five hund
• § 14961 — The Director of General Services may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by the department in payment of fees, licenses, permits, or for rentals, property or services, wherein the lic
• § 14963 — The duties and functions formerly conducted by the State Fire Marshal that relate to construction, school, plan checking, and construction inspection are hereby transferred to the Office of the State
• § 14964 — (a) The duties and functions formerly conducted by the Office of the State Architect and the State Fire Marshal that relate to hospital plan checking and construction inspection are hereby transferred
• § 14970 — In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms, floods, fire, or other calamitous events the director may declare the existence of an emergency and designate the location, nat
• § 14971 — The department may perform any work required or take any remedial measures necessary to avert, alleviate, repair, or restore damage or destruction to property as provided in this chapter.
• § 14972 — The director shall transmit any declaration made under this chapter to the Department of Finance with a recommendation and request that money be allocated from any available money appropriated for tha
• § 14973 — The Director of Finance shall forthwith determine if a state emergency exists, and if money is available in any appropriation or emergency fund for the work and remedial measures.
• § 14974 — Any work to be done as provided for in this chapter may be accomplished by day labor, negotiated contract, contract made upon informal bids or a combination thereof without the necessity of complying
• § 14975 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9550 of the Civil Code, the contractor under any contract made under this chapter need not provide a payment bond before the commencement of the work but must
• § 14976 — Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, the director need not determine the prevail
• § 14977 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of General Services.
• § 14977.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of General Services may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts on a bid or negotiated basis with manufacturers and suppliers of s
• § 14977.5 — (a) The following state agencies shall participate in the prescription drug bulk purchasing program authorized under this chapter.
• § 14978 — The department, in consultation with the agencies listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14977.
• § 14979 — The department may appoint and contract with a pharmaceutical benefits manager or other entity for purposes of the prescription drugs purchased under this chapter.
• § 14980 — The department may explore additional strategies for managing the increasing costs of prescription drugs, including: (a) Coordinating programs offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers that provide pres
• § 14982 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of General Services, University of California, and the Public Employees’ Retirement System regularly meet and share information regarding ea
• § 14985 — The Legislature finds and declares that, despite the fact that state law has provided persons with disabilities the right to full and equal access to public facilities since 1968, and that a violation
• § 14985.1 — (a) There shall be established in the state government, on or before May 1, 2009, the California Commission on Disability Access.
• § 14985.10 — The commission shall hire staff or contract for those experts or technical and professional services that may be required for the completion of any task authorized or study required by this chapter.
• § 14985.11 — This chapter shall not be implemented, and shall not remain operative, unless funds are appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
• § 14985.2 — (a) Public members of the commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per diem while on official business of the commission, not to exceed 12 days per year.
• § 14985.3 — Meetings of the commission shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2).
• § 14985.4 — The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) To employ any administrative, te
• § 14985.5 — (a) The commission may recommend, develop, prepare, or coordinate materials, projects, or other activities, as appropriate, relating to any subject within its jurisdiction.
• § 14985.6 — (a) A priority of the commission shall be the development and dissemination of educational materials and information to promote and facilitate disability access compliance.
• § 14985.7 — (a) On or before April 15, 2013, the commission shall report to the Legislature, and to the Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary, of its activities and efforts since the commissio
• § 14985.8 — The commission shall compile the following data with respect to any demand letter or complaint sent to the commission pursuant to Section 55.
• § 14985.9 — With respect to its duties, the commission shall be an advisory commission only, and there shall be no right or obligation on the part of the state to implement the findings of the commission without
• § 14998 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Motion Picture, Television, and Commercial Industries Act of 1984.
• § 14998.1 — The Legislature finds that motion picture production in California provides unique and significant contributions to the economy of California and to the cultural enrichment of its citizens, as well as
• § 14998.10 — It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local governments to develop uniform procedures for issuing permits and to charge fees for the use of agency property or employee services, which do no
• § 14998.11 — The commission shall perform the following functions and activities: (a) Provide staff to the board.
• § 14998.12 — (a) (1) The commission shall develop and oversee the implementation of a Cooperative Motion Picture Marketing Plan.
• § 14998.13 — (a) As a means to carry out the California Film Commission’s purposes of encouraging and promoting media production in California and maintaining and improving the position of the state’s motion pictu
• § 14998.2 — (a) There is in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the California Film Commission.
• § 14998.3 — (a) The board shall submit a list of recommended candidates for the position of Director of the California Film Commission to the Governor for consideration.
• § 14998.4 — (a) The board shall meet at least three times per year and shall select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members.
• § 14998.5 — The board is authorized to contract for production consultants and appoint an advisory board.
• § 14998.55 — The commission shall annually release, through the 2019–20 fiscal year, a summary report on the status of the Film and Television Tax Credit Program established pursuant to Sections 17053.
• § 14998.7 — Any funds appropriated to, or for use by, the commission for purposes of this chapter, shall be under the control of the Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development or his o
• § 14998.8 — (a) The director of the commission shall be the permitting authority for the use of state-owned property and state employee services for the purpose of making commercial motion pictures.
• § 14998.9 — The director of the commission shall prepare and implement a program to promote media production for the benefit of the state’s economy.
• § 14999 — The Commission for Economic Development, hereinafter referred to as the commission, is continued in existence.
• § 14999.1 — The commission shall consist of 17 members appointed as follows: Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.
• § 14999.10 — The Legislature finds and declares that the Commission for Economic Development is solely an advisory body to the Legislature, to the Governor, and to state departments, offices, and agencies, and tha
• § 14999.2 — The commission may appoint task forces to study and report on specific issues which relate to the purposes of this chapter.
• § 14999.20 — The California Film Commission shall, with input from the media production industry and local and state government, develop and adopt a “model process for granting film permits.
• § 14999.21 — (a) The California Film Commission shall send to each city and county a copy of the model process for granting film permits for local consideration.
• § 14999.3 — The commission shall appoint advisory committees from outside its membership to represent the aerospace, manufacturing, maritime, tourism and world trade segments of the state’s economy, and such othe
• § 14999.30 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Film Permit Act.
• § 14999.31 — The California Film Commission and its director shall encourage the use of the uniform application form described in Section 14999.
• § 14999.32 — The uniform film permit application form shall include all of the following provisions: (a) The name, address, email, and telephone number of the applicant or duly authorized representative, and, if a
• § 14999.33 — (a) If a county, city, or city and county requires a permit for media production, it is encouraged to use the uniform film permit application form when processing film permit applications.
• § 14999.34 — This chapter shall apply to any city, including any charter city.
• § 14999.35 — No fee which is greater than the actual cost incurred shall be charged by any county, city, city and county, or special district for media production which occurs entirely on private property.
• § 14999.36 — A city or county may adopt an ordinance or other regulation governing the issuance of permits to engage in the use of property for occasional commercial filming, on location, pursuant to Section 65302
• § 14999.37 — (a) A local or state public official involved in the granting of a film permit may not require directly or indirectly a charitable donation or any other consideration in exchange for granting, or supp
• § 14999.4 — Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as authorized by the commission chairman,
• § 14999.5 — A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business for the commission.
• § 14999.50 — It is the intent of the Legislature to help develop California’s media production industry and thereby further strengthen the state’s economy by providing surplus government-owned property to media pr
• § 14999.55 — (a) The State Theatrical Arts Resources (STAR) Partnership is hereby established within the California Film Commission.
• § 14999.6 — The commission may act at any regular or special meeting.
• § 14999.7 — The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including but not limited to, all of the following: (a) To adopt such rules and re
• § 14999.8 — The commission shall consider programs to further the economic development of the state.