(a) The Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center are consolidated within, and their functions are transferred to, the Office of Technology Services.
(b) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this chapter, the Office of Technology Services is the successor to, and is vested with, all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center, and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center. Any reference in statutes, regulations, or contracts to those entities with respect to the transferred functions shall be construed to refer to the Office of Technology Services unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(c) A lease, license, or any other agreement to which either the Stephen P. Teale Data Center or the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center is a party shall not be void or voidable by reason of this chapter, but shall continue in full force and effect, with the Office of Technology Services assuming all of the rights, obligations, and duties of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center or the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, respectively.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 11793 and subdivision (e) of Section 11797, on and after the effective date of this chapter, the balance of any funds available for expenditure by the Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, with respect to business telecommunications systems and services functions in carrying out any functions transferred to the Office of Technology Services by this chapter, shall be transferred to the Technology Services Revolving Fund created by Section 11544, and shall be made available for the support and maintenance of the Office of Technology Services.
(e) Any reference in statute regulation, or contract to the former Stephen P. Teale Data Center Fund or the California Health and Human Services Data Center Revolving Fund shall be construed to refer to the Technology Services Revolving Fund unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(f) All books, documents, records, and property of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, excluding the Systems Integration Division, shall be transferred to the Office of Technology Services.
(g) (1) All officers and employees of the former Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, are transferred to the Office of Technology Services.
(2) The status, position, and rights of any officer or employee of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, shall not be affected by the transfer and consolidation of the functions of that officer or employee to the Office of Technology Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 10. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 93 of Ch. 28.)