BILL NUMBER: AB 1047	CHAPTERED  07/27/07

	CHAPTER  144
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 27, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 27, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 9, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 13, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Houston

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to amend Section 22020 of, and to add Section 22001.5 to,
the Public Contract Code, relating to Uniform Public Construction
Cost Accounting Act.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1047, Houston. Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act:
notification.
   Existing law allows a public agency to elect to be subject to the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, which authorizes
bidding procedures for public projects, as specified.
   This bill would require the Controller to send a notice, on or
before January 1, 2009, to all public agencies describing the
provisions of, and the benefits of, using the bidding procedures
authorized under the act.
    Existing law requires the California Uniform Public Construction
Cost Accounting Commission to make recommendations to the Controller
regarding adjustments to specified monetary limits based on material
changes in public construction costs, which shall become effective
beginning with the fiscal year that commences following the
Controller's notification to affected public agencies of the
adjustment, as specified.
   This bill would instead require the Controller's notification of
the adjustment to be sent to all public agencies, and would require
the notification to also include a description of the provisions of,
and the benefits of, using the bidding procedures authorized under
the act.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 22001.5 is added to the Public Contract Code,
to read:
   22001.5.  On or before January 1, 2009, the Controller shall send
a notice to all public agencies describing the provisions of this
chapter and the benefits of using its provisions. This notice shall
also be included in any notification issued by the Controller
pursuant to Section 22020.
  SEC. 2.  Section 22020 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   22020.  In accordance with procedures and standards adopted
pursuant to Section 22017, every five years the commission shall
consider whether there have been material changes in public
construction costs and make recommendations to the Controller
regarding adjustments in the monetary limits prescribed by Section
22032, but in no case shall the amount, as adjusted, be less than
fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Any adjustment shall be effective
beginning with the fiscal year which commences not less than 60 days
following the Controller's notification to all public agencies of
the adjustment. That notification shall also describe the provisions
of this chapter and the benefits of using its provisions.