(a) Whenever the Director of Corrections, the Director of the Youth Authority, or the Director of General Services acting on behalf of either director, decides either to go out to bid to construct a state building, expand an existing building, expand the use of an existing building, or enter into a lease of an existing building, he or she shall notify in writing, at least 60 days prior to going out to bid or entering into a lease, all of the following officials of his or her intent to construct, expand, or lease the building, along with a description of the location of the building:

(1) Each Member of the Legislature whose district encompasses the location of the building to be constructed, expanded, or leased or whose district encompasses the location of the building to be relocated when the relocation is to another member’s district.

Terms Used In California Government Code 14681.5

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • director: refer to the Department of General Services and the Director of General Services, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 14602
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(2) The clerk of the county board of supervisors in the county in which the building is to be constructed, expanded, or leased.

(3) If the building is to be constructed, expanded, or leased within a city, the city clerk and the mayor of the city.

(b) In those instances where either the Director of Corrections or the Director of the Youth Authority is exempt from the bidding process, that director, or the Director of General Services if he or she is acting on behalf of either director, shall notify the clerk of the legislative body of the affected agency described in subdivision (a), in writing, at least 60 days prior to the construction, expansion, or lease of a building.

(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1309, Sec. 1.)