SECTIONS 81836-81839 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 81836-81839

81836. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
shall:
(a) Advise the governing board of each community college district
on the acquisition of new college sites, and after a review of
available plots, give the governing board of the district in writing
a list of the approved locations in the order of their merit,
considering especially the matters of educational merit, reduction of
traffic hazards, and conformity to the organized regional plans as
presented in the master plan of the planning commission having
jurisdiction, and charge the governing board of the community college
district a reasonable fee as determined by the board of governors
for each 10 acres or fraction thereof of schoolsite reviewed.
(b) Establish standards for community college facilities.
(c) Review plans and specifications for all construction in those
community college districts that have submitted plans and
specifications therefor to the board of governors for approval.
(d) For services rendered for the review of plans and
specifications of a proposed project, the board of governors shall
charge a reasonable fee as established by it.
(e) Approve plans and specifications submitted by governing boards
of community college districts, and return without approval and with
recommendation for changes, any plans not conforming to established
standards.

81837. The governing board of each community college district,
before letting any contract or contracts totaling one hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($150,000), or more, in the erection of any new
community college facility, or for any addition to, or alteration of,
an existing community college facility, shall submit plans therefor
to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and
obtain the written approval of the plans by the board of governors.
No contract for construction made by any governing board of a
community college district contrary to this section is valid, nor
shall any public money be paid for erecting, adding to, or altering
any facility in contravention of this section.

81839. The governing board of a community college district may
include a proposed site in its plans for a project and may enter into
an agreement with the owner of property constituting such proposed
site whereby the district, for an annual consideration to be borne by
the district, is given an option to purchase, or lease with an
option to purchase such property at an unspecified future date, as a
building site.
The existence of such an agreement shall in no way affect the
determination of the share of the cost of the project to be borne by
the state under this chapter, and the consideration paid by the
district for such option or lease shall not be considered part of the
cost of the project in determining the state's share of the funding
thereof.
Such option or lease agreement shall constitute an obligation of
the district and shall not be construed as in any way creating an
obligation on the part of the state.