{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-18590","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 18590","heading":"","body":"This part does not prohibit any state agency which is authorized by law to contract for such services from contracting with an independent contractor for the performance of work of a character for which a license is required under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, the performance of which work can not satisfactorily be secured by appointments under this part.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 2. STATE CIVIL SERVICE [18500. - 19799.]","CHAPTER 1. General [18500. - 18599.8.]","ARTICLE 4. Scope [18590. - 18599.8.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4f2af2cd68adc9997b620fc7f9bfb501619a9283eab66b48d2c11cdcf76279ce","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-18577","next":"us-ca/gov-18591"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}