Section 12814 - Isolation of agency or department automated applications, computer hardware, networking devices for year 2000 problem(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency or department or political subdivision of the state may isolate any of its automated applications, computer hardware, or networking devices from nonproprietary networks, input streams, power sources, or other devices at any time and for any duration from 3 a.m. on December 31, 1999, to 12 p.m. on January 1, 2000, inclusive, if the Governor, the Chief Information Officer, upon designation of the Governor, or the Governor's Year 2000 Problem Executive Council, as established in Executive Order D-3-99, grants a written authorization for the proposed isolation.(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "Year 2000 Problem" has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 3269 of the Civil Code.Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 784, Sec. 19. Effective October 10, 1999.