BILL NUMBER: AB 720	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 22032 of, and to repeal Section 22031 of,
the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 720, as introduced, Hall. Public contracts: uniform
construction cost accounting provisions: alternative procedures.
   Existing law establishes procedures for local public agencies to
follow when engaged in public works projects, and authorizes agencies
to elect to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting
provisions. Existing law specifies that a board of supervisors or a
county road commissioner is not prohibited by those provisions from
utilizing, as an alternative, other procedures governing county
highway contracts.
   This bill would repeal the above provision that specifies that a
board of supervisors or a county road commissioner is not prohibited
from using alternative procedures governing county highway contracts.

   Existing law authorizes public projects of $30,000 or less to be
performed by the employees of the public agency by force account,
negotiated contract, or purchase order.
   This bill would increase that authorization to $45,000.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22031 of the Public Contract Code is repealed.

   22031.  Nothing in this article shall prohibit a board of
supervisors or a county road commissioner from utilizing, as an
alternative to the procedures set forth in this article, the
procedures set forth in Article 25 (commencing with Section 20390) of
Chapter 1. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   22032.  (a) Public projects of  thirty  
forty-   five  thousand dollars  ($30,000)
  ($45,000)  or less may be performed by the
employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated
contract, or by purchase order.
   (b) Public projects of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
($125,000) or less may be let to contract by informal procedures as
set forth in this article.
   (c) Public projects of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand
dollars ($125,000) shall, except as otherwise provided in this
article, be let to contract by formal bidding procedure.