10383-10383.8

PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE
SECTION 10383-10383.8




10383.  The Department of General Services is hereby designated as
the agency for the State of California responsible for distribution
of federal surplus personal property, excepting food commodities, in
accordance with subdivision (j) of Section 203 of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. Sec.
484), as amended, and succeeds to and is vested with the duties,
purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by
the State Department of Education with respect to the distribution of
federal surplus personal property, excepting the duties, purposes,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Department
of Education with respect to the distribution of federal surplus food
commodities.



10383.1.  The department shall cooperate with the federal government
and its agencies in securing the expeditious and equitable
distribution of surplus personal property of the federal government,
excepting food commodities, to eligible institutions in California,
assist those institutions in securing that property, and do all
things necessary to the execution of its powers and duties as the
state agency for the distribution of federal personal surplus
property, excepting food commodities, in accordance with subdivision
(j) of Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended.



10383.2.  The department may enter into cooperative agreements with,
and may provide for utilization by, federal agencies, with or
without payment or reimbursement, of the property, facilities,
personnel, and services of the department in carrying out the
purposes of this article.



10383.3.  The Director of General Services may create a committee to
serve as an advisory body to the department to ensure that
distribution of federal surplus personal property to eligible
recipients will be accomplished fairly and equitably. In the event
that such a committee is created, the membership shall be
representative of a cross section of those institutions that are
eligible recipients, and the members shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed for any actual and necessary expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of their advisory
function.



10383.4.  The department shall develop a detailed state plan of
operation in accordance with subdivision (j) of Section 203 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended,
and the Governor shall certify and submit the plan to the
Administrator of the Federal General Services Administration.




10383.5.  The cash resources of the Surplus Property - Hardware
Program from surplus-personal property transferred to this state in
accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. Sec. 484(j)) shall be deposited in the Service
Revolving Fund in the State Treasury, created pursuant to Section
16420 of the Government Code. All costs of the Department of General
Services attributable to the distribution of surplus personal
property pursuant to this article shall be paid from the Service
Revolving Fund.


10383.6.  The Department of General Services shall have the
possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment,
supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property
real or personal held for the benefit or use of the State Department
of Education in the performance of the duties, powers, purposes,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction pertaining to surplus personal
property, excepting food commodities, that on the operative date of
this section are vested in the Department of General Services.



10383.7.  All officers and employees of the State Department of
Education as mutually agreed by the Department of General Services to
be on the operative date of this section serving in the state civil
service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the
performance of the function vested in the Department of General
Services by this article shall be transferred to the Department of
General Services. The status, position, and rights of such persons
shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by them
as officers and employees of the Department of General Services
pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions
exempt from civil service.



10383.8.  The department may make all rules and regulations
consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this article. Those rules and regulations shall be
adopted, amended, or repealed in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code.