BILL NUMBER: SB 1122	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend  Section 10507.7   Sections
10507.7 and 10516  of the Public Contract Code, relating to
public contracts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1122, as amended, Wright. Public contracts: 
competitive bidding:  University of California  :
competitive bidding and employment  .
   Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California,
except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of
more than $50,000 annually for goods and materials be sold to the
University of California to the lowest responsible bidder meeting
specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing law also requires
contracts for services to be performed, other than personal or
professional services, involving an expenditure of $50,000 or more
annually to be made or entered into with the lowest responsible
bidder meeting specifications, or else to reject all bids.
   This bill would increase the amount for which the above contracts
must meet lowest responsible bidder specifications to contracts
involving an expenditure of more than $100,000 annually. 
   Existing law prohibits officers or employees of the University of
California from engaging in any employment, activity, or enterprise
from which the officer or employee receives compensation or has a
financial interest if that employment, activity, or enterprise is
sponsored or funded by a university department or contract, unless it
is within the scope of the officer's or employee's regular
university employment. Existing law exempts from that section
officers or employees of the university with teaching or research
responsibilities.  
   This bill would also exempt student employees who receive payment
for additional campus activities or engagements outside of the scope
of their primary university employment. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 10507.7 of the Public Contract Code is amended
to read:
   10507.7.  Except as provided for in this article, the Regents of
the University of California shall let all contracts involving an
expenditure of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
annually for goods and materials to be sold to the University of
California to the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications,
or else reject all bids. Contracts for services to be performed,
other than personal or professional services, involving an
expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more
annually shall be made or entered into with the lowest responsible
bidder meeting specifications, or else all bids shall be rejected. If
the regents deem it to be for the best interest of the university,
the regents may, on the refusal or failure of the successful bidder
for materials, goods, or services to execute a tendered contract,
award it to the second lowest responsible bidder meeting
specifications. If the second lowest responsible bidder fails or
refuses to execute the contract, the regents may likewise award it to
the third lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications.
   SEC. 2.    Section 10516 of the   Public
Contract Code   is amended to read: 
   10516.  No officer or employee of the University of California
shall engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise from which
the officer or employee receives compensation or in which the officer
or employee has a financial interest if that employment, activity,
or enterprise is sponsored or funded, or sponsored and funded, by any
university department through or by a university contract unless the
employment, activity, or enterprise is within the course and scope
of the officer's or employee's regular university employment. No
officer or employee in the university shall contract on his or her
own individual behalf as an independent contractor with any
university department to provide services or goods. This section
shall not apply to officers or employees of the university with
teaching or research responsibilities  ,   nor shall it
apply to student employees for payment for additional campus
activities or engagements outside of the scope of their primary
university employment  .