(a) The Director of General Services, as agent for the Department of Transportation, may enter into an agreement to purchase, lease-purchase, or lease with an option to purchase or exchange real property in the City of San Bernardino for the purpose of providing office and parking facilities, and any other improvements, betterments, and facilities related thereto, in order to allow consolidation of the offices of the Department of Transportation in the Riverside/San Bernardino region.

(b) The Department of Transportation shall take necessary actions to ensure that its annual budget includes all payments which may be necessary to satisfy the obligation for the office and parking facilities authorized pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c) Following the procurement and occupancy of the building and facilities described in subdivision (a), the Department of Transportation may lease or sell the office building at 247 West 3rd Street in the City of San Bernardino. The net proceeds of that lease or sale shall be applied toward any obligations undertaken pursuant to subdivision (a).

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the office and parking facilities obtained by the Department of General Services pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be and remain under the jurisdiction and control of, and shall be operated and maintained by, the Department of Transportation. Construction or acquisition of any office and parking facilities utilizing the financing methods authorized by subdivision (a) shall be done by the Department of General Services as agent of the Department of Transportation. The Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, may contract for design, design/build, and construction, construction management, and other services related to the design and construction of the office and parking facilities obtained pursuant to subdivision (a).

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 430, Sec. 1. Effective September 22, 1993.)