(a)  Cooperative agreements shall be subject to review and approval by the Department of General Services pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, except as follows:

(1)  Changes in the scope of work approved under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 38077.

(2)  For allowable cost agreements, changes in line item budgets of up to 15 percent of the annual total, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), so long as the contract total does not increase or decrease. This maximum amount shall be assessed annually and automatically adjusted in accordance with cost-of-living indexes.

(3)  Agreements, and amendments to those agreements, under programs expressly exempted from the review and approval of the Department of General Services pursuant to statute, including, but not limited to, those exemptions granted prior to January 1, 1994.

(b)  (1)  A nonprofit organization or governmental agency that is awarded a cooperative agreement shall not be subject to the minority and women business and disabled veterans participation goals set forth in Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 10115 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code with respect to that portion of the cooperative agreement budget that is for personnel related costs of the cooperative agreement, as determined by the department.

(2)  A nonprofit organization or governmental agency that is awarded a cooperative agreement shall also be exempt from the participation goals described in paragraph (1) when the cooperative agreement meets any of the following criteria:

(A)  The amount of the cooperative agreement is one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or less annually.

(B)  In the case of a nonprofit organization, the nonprofit organization to be awarded the cooperative agreement has a board of directors of which at least 51 percent of the members are any combination of women, minorities, and disabled veterans.

(C)  Cooperative agreements that result from requests for application.

(c)  The Director of General Services may exempt from his or her approval or from approval of the department any cooperative agreements for which, in his or her judgment, the exemption is appropriate and in the best interests of the state. Written notice of an exemption shall be given to the Controller.

(d)  Subdivision (b) shall become inoperative on June 30, 1997.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 386, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)