{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-65950.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 65950.5","heading":"","body":"(a) If an applicant for a development project for natural gas exploration or production and a public agency agree in writing to expedite the public agency’s actions pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 65940) or this article, the public agency may provide the services, contract with a private entity, or employ persons on a temporary basis to perform the services necessary to meet those time limits.\n(b) The private entities or persons temporarily employed by the public agency may, pursuant to a contract or agreement with the public agency, perform any of the functions necessary to comply with the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section 65940), this article, or local ordinances adopted pursuant to those articles, except those functions reserved by those articles or local ordinances to the legislative body of a local agency.\n(c) A public agency may charge the applicant a fee that does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service pursuant to this section. A local agency shall comply with Section 66014, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 66016), and Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 66020).","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000. - 66499.58.]","DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000. - 66345.4.]","CHAPTER 4.5. Review and Approval of Development Projects [65920. - 65964.5.]","ARTICLE 5. Approval of Development Permits [65950. - 65957.5.]"],"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":"ae13b527d0529a6002b42442137793243b15f535cf89e8c375210aa8a82f3910","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-65950.1","next":"us-ca/gov-65951"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}