The secretary shall administer and enforce this chapter, and may exercise any or all of the administrative powers that are conferred by Sections 11180 to 11191, inclusive, of the Government Code upon a head of a department. In order to effectuate the declared purposes of this chapter, the secretary may contract to carry out the declared intent and purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 73. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)