(a) Performance criteria or performance criteria and concept drawings shall be submitted to the BSCC for review and approval before the county issues a request for proposals for the services of a design-build entity.

(b) Construction documents shall be submitted to the BSCC and the State Fire Marshal for review and approval.

(c) The BSCC will review the construction documents as soon as practicable, but no later than thirty (30) calendar days, and in the event of any major deficiencies, the BSCC will notify the county in writing. Deficiencies may be identified as either failures to comply with Minimum Standards for Local Juvenile Facilities or as design features that may pose serious safety, security, operational, or management problems if left uncorrected, even where Minimum Standards for Local Juvenile Facilities are not violated.

(d) Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 1975, to enhance safety and security, the BSCC may require changes in construction materials if the materials proposed with the construction documents are not essential or customary, as used statewide for same security level facilities.

(e) Deficiencies in compliance with the operational and physical plant requirements in the Minimum Standards for Local Juvenile Facilities in Title 15, CCR, Division 1, Chapter 1, Subchapter 5 and Title 24, CCR, Part 1, Chapter 13, Section 13-201 and Part 2, Volume 1, Chapter 12, Section 1230 and construction materials shall be corrected prior to completion of construction.

(f) The Board will have final approval of all projects, and Board approval or disapproval of any project is not subject to the appeal process as described in Article 5.

(g) No state moneys shall be encumbered in contracts let by a participating county until performance criteria or performance criteria and concept drawings have been approved by the BSCC pursuant to subsection (a) and a design-build contract has been awarded.