(a) The commissioner is authorized and directed to develop and promulgate standards governing the utilization of administrative space by all state agencies which require emphasis on cost effectiveness and decentralization. The standards shall be uniformly applied to all state agencies except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this Code section; but the standards shall recognize and provide for different types of administrative space required by the various state agencies and the different types of administrative space that may be required by a single state agency.

(b) The department shall be authorized to reassign administrative space to the various state agencies in order to bring the utilization of administrative space into conformity with the standards promulgated under subsection (a) of this Code section. Any additional administrative space required by a state agency shall be approved by and obtained through the department. The commissioner shall be authorized to grant exceptions to the standards governing the utilization of administrative space when the reassignment of such space would involve unnecessary expenses or the disruption of services being provided by a state agency. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing the granting of such exceptions, and the rules and regulations shall be uniformly applied by the commissioner to all state agencies requesting an exception to the standards.