The Legislature declares that a centralization of business management functions and services of state government is necessary to take advantage of specialized techniques and skills, provide uniform management practices, and to insure a continuing high level of efficiency and economy. A Department of General Services is created to provide centralized services including, but not limited to, planning, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state buildings and property; purchasing; printing; architectural services; administrative hearings; government claims; and accounting services. The Department of General Services shall develop and enforce policy and procedures and shall institute or cause the institution of those investigations and proceedings as it deems proper

to assure effective operation of all functions performed by the department and to conserve the rights and interests of the state.

There is in the state government, in the Government Operations Agency, the Department of General Services.

The Department of General Services is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of General Services. As used in this part, “department” and “director” refer to the Department of General Services and the Director of General Services, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires.

The Director of General Services is appointed by and holds office at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the director is subject to confirmation by the Senate. The annual salary of the director is provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of this code.

Commencing no later than August 1, 2005, and no later than August 1 annually thereafter, the Department of General Services shall submit to the Department of Finance a proposal that reconciles the current fiscal year rates for service fees charged by the Department of General Services to state agencies, and details any adjustments proposed for budget fiscal year rates to be included in the Governor’s Budget.

The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all purposes vested by law in the office.

Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 applies to the director and the director is the head of a department within the meaning of the chapter.

For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor, in the manner that he deems necessary properly to segregate and conduct the work of the department.

The director may arrange and classify the work of the department and with the approval of the Governor may create such divisions and subdivisions as may be necessary, and change or abolish them from time to time.

Whenever any statute requires by the use of the word or words “approve,” “approval,” “authorize,” or “authorization,” the director of the department to approve or authorize any act or transaction, the approval or authorization shall be deemed to have been given only if given in writing by the director, the deputy director, or by some other officer or employee of the department acting pursuant to written authority of the director. The term “in writing” includes a secured electronic signature, whereby an electronically produced document may be signed

electronically by the authorized signatory who possesses a secured electronic password available only to the signatory or his or her designee.

Notwithstanding Section 11043, the department may employ such persons as are necessary to provide house legal counsel for the department. These persons may advise the director, officers, employees, boards, commissions, and offices of the department concerning legal affairs of the department. The official legal adviser concerning the department’s interdepartmental powers, functions, and relationships with other departments is the Attorney General. House legal counsel for the department when authorized by the Attorney General may represent the department and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the department.

The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the public concerning the activities of the department. Funds available for support of the department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance, be used to pay the cost of preparation, publication, and distribution.

the director’s designee, in lieu of the Director of Finance, may approve DGS Form 22 and DGS Form 220, including the extension of time to expend transferred funds, the transfer of funds from one work order to another, and the Return of Funds Document.

from the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority, when in the director’s discretion, it is cost beneficial to do so and if the director or the director’s designee continues to include the authority in soliciting quotations for goods.

the Architecture Revolving Fund, if a sufficient fund balance exists in the work order to pay the claim and the payment does not require a budget augmentation to complete the project.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for state printing procurement purposes, printing is not considered a personal service contract as defined in Section 19130.

The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall present to the host agency or family member designated by the host agency of any peace officer who is killed in the line of duty in California, the flag that was flown at half-staff over the State Capitol Building in memory of the officer and a memorial certificate.

Each state agency that is protected by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, those state agencies currently being protected by contract private security companies, or those state agencies currently under contract with a local governmental law enforcement agency for general law enforcement services, excluding all current mutual aid agreements, shall, as soon as practical, report to the Department of the California Highway Patrol all crimes and criminally caused property damage on state-owned or state-leased property where state employees are discharging their duties. This section shall not apply to incidents that result in the filing of Incidence Memoranda issued by the Parole Divisions of the Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth

Authority.

The director and the civil executive officers of the department have the powers of a peace officer in all parts of the state in enforcing any lawful order of the department.

Department of the California Highway Patrol has jurisdiction over those matters related to the security of state officers, property, and occupants of state property. The Department of the California Highway Patrol may also assist the department in the department’s investigations conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).

The director may exempt from his or her approval or from approval of the department any transactions involving not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for which such approval is required by statute whenever, in his or her judgment, such exemption is appropriate and in the best interests of the state. Written notice of exemptions shall be given to the Controller.

The Office of the State Architect and the California Building Standards Commission, in consultation with offices and divisions within the Department of General Services, and with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall jointly adopt regulations in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations to establish a standard of lighting for parking lots at the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges. This standard shall be adopted and submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for approval

on or before June 30, 1991, and published by the commission in the 1992 triennial publication of the California Building Code.

The Office of the State Architect shall also adopt regulations in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations to establish the Illumination Engineering Society Handbook recommendations as the standard lighting level for primary campus walkways used at night at the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges. These regulations shall be adopted and submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for approval on or before June 30, 1991, and published by the commission in the 1992 triennial publication of the California Building Code.

This section shall not apply to the University of California unless the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, makes it applicable.