(a) Whenever the Director of Corrections, the Director of the Youth Authority, or the Director of General Services acting on behalf of either director, decides either to go out to bid to construct a state building, expand an existing building, expand the use of an existing building, or enter into a lease of an existing building, he or she shall notify in writing, at least 60 days prior to going out to bid or entering into a lease, all of the following officials of his or her intent to construct, expand, or lease the building, along with a description of the location of the building:
(1) Each Member of the Legislature whose district encompasses the location of the building to be constructed, expanded, or leased or whose district encompasses the location of the building to be relocated when the relocation is to another member’s district.
(2) The clerk of the county board of supervisors in the county in which the building is to be constructed, expanded, or leased.
(3) If the building is to be constructed, expanded, or leased within a city, the city clerk and the mayor of the city.
(b) In those instances where either the Director of Corrections or the Director of the Youth Authority is exempt from the bidding process, that director, or the Director of General Services if he or she is acting on behalf of either director, shall notify the clerk of the legislative body of the affected agency described in subdivision (a), in writing, at least 60 days prior to the construction, expansion, or lease of a building.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1309, Sec. 1.)