(a) If the department’s total project delivery plan for any year requires a permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level which equals the 1986–87 budgeted permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level, the department’s budget request for that year shall contain a permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level equal to its 1986–87 authorized permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level.

(b) If the department’s total project delivery plan for any year requires a permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime and contract services which exceed the 1986–87 authorized permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime and contract services, the department’s budget request for that year shall contain a permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime equal to the 1986–87 authorized permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime plus one-half of the excess over the 1986–87 authorized permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime and contract services. The department may contract out, pursuant to Section 14131, an equal number of personnel year equivalents for each authorized permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime which exceed the 1986–87 authorized permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level and personnel year equivalents for cash overtime.

(c) For purposes of this section, “permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level” means the department’s permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level funded by state and federal funds through the State Highway Account.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 525, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)