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Effective Jan 1, 2014Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.
- (a) An administering agency may establish a peer review group.
(b) If an administering agency establishes a peer review group, the administering agency shall do all of the following:
- (1) Before establishing a peer review group, develop a transparent process for selecting members of the group.
(2) Draft a charter. The charter also shall be posted on the administering agency’s Internet Web site as a public document and shall contain all of the following information:
- (A) The group’s official name or designation.
- (B) The group’s objective and the scope of its activities.
- (C) A statement of the expertise and balance of interests required of the group membership to perform its charge.
- (D) The name of the administering agency and official to whom the group reports.
- (E) A description of the duties for which the group is responsible.
- (F) The estimated number and frequency of group meetings.
- (G) The estimated annual operating costs for the group.
- (H) A statement that authorizes a peer reviewer to conduct his or her duties under the charter impartially, without restriction or limitation, and in a manner the peer reviewer believes is necessary to appropriately review a proposed project.
- (I) A statement that declares whether the members of the peer review group have signed a conflict of interest disclosure form that would identify real or perceived conflicts between a peer reviewer and the specified public works project.