(a) State building or facility projects eligible for retrofitting, reconstruction, repair, replacement, relocation, or other seismic hazard abatement shall be based upon criteria established by the State Architect. The criteria shall include the factor of the population at risk of injury and may include, but are not limited to, the report by H.J. Degenkolb and Associates to the Seismic Safety Commission dated April 19, 1981, Seismic Safety Commission Report Number 604, as revised on December 31, 1987, or any updates of those reports received and adopted by the Seismic Safety Commission.
(b) If the state building or facility is designated as a historic building as defined in Section 18955 of the Health and Safety Code, the State Architect shall consult with the Office of Historic Preservation before proposing to demolish the building or facility.
(c) The State Architect may determine that because of the age, material used in construction, potential for ground failure in an earthquake, or the type of construction or the design of the structure, it would be more cost-effective to replace or relocate rather than rehabilitate the state building or facility. Upon that determination, the Director of General Services may submit to the Department of Finance a recommendation that the building be replaced or relocated. Upon receipt of the recommendation, the Director of Finance shall review and consider that recommendation and may recommend to the Governor inclusion of this project in the annual Budget Bill or any other legislative bill.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 122 at the June 5, 1990, election.)