SECTIONS 81050-81054 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 81050-81054

81050. "School building," as used in this article, means any
building used, or designed to be used, for community college purposes
and constructed by the state, by any city, county, or city and
county, by any district of any kind within the state, by any regional
occupational center or program created by or authorized to act by an
agreement under joint exercise of power, or by the United States
government, or any agency thereof.

81051. (a) Each school building that has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places, and to be used for community
college purposes, shall be renovated according to the Field Act, as
defined in Section 81130.3. If subdivision (b) applies, that building
may be renovated according to the regulations adopted by the State
Architect pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 17280.5.
(b) The governing board of a community college district that
proposes to renovate, pursuant to this section, a school building
that does not comply with the Field Act shall hold a public hearing,
after giving appropriate public notice, for the purpose of gaining
public input on the matter. The governing board shall adopt its
decision on this proposal at a public hearing.

81052. Each school building constructed, reconstructed, modified,
or expanded after July 1, 2006, on a community college campus shall
be built according to the Field Act, as defined in Section 81130.3,
or according to the California Building Standards Code, as adopted by
the California Building Standards Commission.

81053. (a) To ensure that community college districts are able to
effectively exercise the option of utilizing the Field Act or the
California Building Standards Code, as provided in Section 81052, and
construct buildings safely, cost effectively, and in a timely
manner, the Department of General Services shall develop and submit,
in consultation with the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, by June 1, 2009, to the California Building
Standards Commission proposed building standards for adoption as part
of the California Building Standards Code that will govern the
construction, reconstruction, modification, or expansion of school
buildings of a community college district as provided in Section
81052, if the community college district elects not to utilize the
Field Act. The Department of General Services shall review and
include, where appropriate, in these standards the standards that
govern the California State University. The proposed building
standards shall provide for independent plan review and oversight to
be performed by the Department of General Services. The standards
shall become effective 30 days after adoption by the California
Building Standards Commission.
(b) The Department of General Services shall be responsible for
plan reviews consistent with Section 81133.

81054. (a) The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) shall undertake a
fact-based analysis of the length of time the Department of General
Services and the community colleges take to perform their respective
functions to complete community college construction and alteration
projects. This information shall be compiled in a report made
available to the Legislature and the Governor by March 1, 2009.
(b) Following the issuance of the report described in subdivision
(a), the Department of General Services shall convene a working group
advisory committee consisting of a representative from the
Department of General Services, the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, the Associated General Contractors of
California, and the Professional Engineers in California Government.
The working group shall analyze the report and the current process to
complete community college construction and alteration projects and
develop recommendations for changes, if any, in the project
development and review process to ensure the public safety of
community college facilities through a collaborative, consistent,
cost-effective, and timely project development and review process.
The recommendations shall include proposed timeframe goals for the
performance of each specific task performed by the Department of
General Services and by private design professionals performing
services for a community college district and an assessment of the
staffing and other resource needs of the Department of General
Services to perform its tasks related to the construction or
alteration of community college facilities. The recommendations shall
be submitted in writing to the Department of General Services,
working group members, the Senate and Assembly Committees on
Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education, the Assembly
Committee on Higher Education, and the education budget subcommittees
of the Assembly and Senate by December 31, 2009.