SECTIONS 15490-15492 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 15490-15492

15490. (a) There is in the state government the State Allocation
Board, consisting of the Director of Finance, the Director of General
Services, a person appointed by Governor, and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The board shall also include three Members of the
Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, two of whom shall
belong to the majority party and one of whom shall belong to the
minority party, and three Members of the Assembly appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly, two of whom shall belong to the majority
party and one of whom shall belong to the minority party.
(b) The members of the board and the Members of the Legislature
meeting with the board shall receive no compensation for their
services but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary
expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.
(c) The Director of General Services shall provide assistance to
the board as the board requires. The board may, by a majority vote of
all members, do one or more of the following:
(1) Appoint an employee to report directly to the board as
assistant executive officer.
(2) Fix the salary and other compensation of the assistant
executive officer.
(3) Employ additional staff members, and secure office space and
furnishings, as necessary to support the assistant executive officer
in the performance of his or her duties.

15491. (a) The State Allocation Board shall provide for live video
and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that are
open to the public through a technology that is accessible to as
large a segment of the public as possible, including, but not limited
to, the use of any of the following technologies:
(1) Cable, satellite, over-the-air, or any other type of
transmission that can be accessed through a television.
(2) Web cast.
(b) The board shall ensure that any Web cast transmission
implemented pursuant to subdivision (a) may be transmitted over and
accessed through the K-12 High-Speed Network established pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11800 of the Education
Code.
(c) The board shall consult with the State Chief Information
Officer for the purposes of implementing this section pursuant to the
duties that the State Chief Information Officer is required to
perform, as described in Section 11545.

15492. (a) The Department of General Services shall assign one
full-time position within the Office of Public School Construction to
the performance of the following functions:
(1) Providing advisory assistance to school districts regarding
the process of site acquisition for projects for which the State
Allocation Board has approved funding under Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 17210) of Part 10.5 of the Education Code.
(2) Formulating recommendations for administrative or statutory
revision to the manner in which school sites are acquired under
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17210) of Part 10.5 of the
Education Code, and submitting those recommendations to the State
Allocation Board.
(b) The Department of General Services shall establish a screening
unit or other mechanism within the Office of Public School
Construction to ensure that the office responds in a timely manner to
any inquiry regarding the status of an application for project
funding under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17210) of Part 10.5
of the Education Code.
(c) The requirements set forth in this section shall not increase
the staffing level of the Office of Public School Construction, as
that staffing level existed on the operative date of this section.