Section 524.

(a) A central diagnostic laboratory building to be constructed on the Davis campus of the university adjacent to the facilities of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, together with the equipment necessary for a modern veterinary diagnostic laboratory, is hereby specifically authorized. The department may include a request for physical facilities planning and working drawings funds in its 1983–84 budget request and for construction funds in the 1984–85 budget request. The funds may be transferred, as appropriate, to the university for planning, working drawings, and construction. Title to the facility shall vest in the Regents of the University of California, and the facility shall be dedicated for use as a veterinary diagnostic laboratory so long as it is needed for that purpose.

(b) Prior to completion of construction of a central diagnostic laboratory on the Davis campus of the university, the director may continue to provide interim laboratory services and to contract with the university for diagnostic services which can be rendered more effectively by the university. In order to assure the orderly transfer of the veterinary diagnostic program from the department to the university, a Transition Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Administrative Committee is established. The committee shall consist of the director or his or her designee, who will serve as chairman, the Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine or his or her designee who will serve as assistant chairman, and two additional members, one appointed by the director and one by the dean. The committee shall advise the department and the university on the operation of the laboratories during the period prior to the diagnostic laboratory system being fully transferred from the department to the university.

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1536, Sec. 4.)