California Government Code 11007.7 – (a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by any state …
(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 this type, upon request of the state agency concerned, may be made by the Department of General Services on behalf of the agency.
(b) Whenever the procurement of insurance or official bonds for, or on behalf of, the state is authorized by law and no state agency is specifically authorized to purchase the insurance or official bonds, the Department of General Services may procure the insurance or official bonds.
Terms Used In California Government Code 11007.7
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
(c) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Insurance procured by the Department of Transportation or the California Transportation Commission under Sections 100.7 and 30450 to 30453, inclusive, of the Streets and Highways Code.
(2) Workers’ compensation insurance procured under § 11870 of the Insurance Code.
(3) Insurance procured by the California State University.
(4) An insurance and risk pooling arrangement formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as specified in Section 6516.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 373, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)