Cal. GOV § 11010.5
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 11010.5, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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Official statutory text
(a) Where authority is vested in any state agency to contract on behalf of the state, such authority shall include the power, by mutual consent of the contracting parties, to terminate, amend, or modify any contract within the scope of such authorization heretofore or hereafter entered into by such state agency. The modification, amendment, or termination of any contract subject by law to the approval of the Department of General Services, Director of General Services, or other state agency, shall also be subject to such approval.
(b) Subdivision (a) of this section does not apply to contracts entered into pursuant to any statute expressly requiring that such contracts be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids. Contracts required to be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids pursuant to any such statute may be terminated, amended, or modified only if such termination, amendment, or modification is so provided in the contract or is authorized under provision of law other than this subdivision. The compensation payable if any for such amendments and modifications shall be determined as provided in the contract. The compensation payable if any in the event the contract is so terminated shall be determined as provided in the contract or applicable statutory provision providing for such termination.
(c) Contracts of state agencies may include provisions for termination for environmental considerations at the discretion of such state agencies.
(b) Subdivision (a) of this section does not apply to contracts entered into pursuant to any statute expressly requiring that such contracts be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids. Contracts required to be let or awarded on the basis of competitive bids pursuant to any such statute may be terminated, amended, or modified only if such termination, amendment, or modification is so provided in the contract or is authorized under provision of law other than this subdivision. The compensation payable if any for such amendments and modifications shall be determined as provided in the contract. The compensation payable if any in the event the contract is so terminated shall be determined as provided in the contract or applicable statutory provision providing for such termination.
(c) Contracts of state agencies may include provisions for termination for environmental considerations at the discretion of such state agencies.
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