BILL NUMBER: AB 943	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 20751 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 943, as introduced, Williams. Public contracts: local
contracts: ports.
   Existing law governing contracts for port districts requires that
contracts for new construction work exceeding $10,000, or the
purchase of supplies exceeding $25,000, or projects involving
building maintenance and improvements exceeding $10,000, be let by
the board of the port district by competitive bidding, in accordance
with specified procedures.
   This bill would instead require that all of those types of
contracts for port districts be let by the board by competitive
bidding if the cost of the contract exceeds an unspecified amount.
   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 20751 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   20751.  Contracts for  the doing of  new
construction work, the cost of which exceeds  ten thousand
dollars ($10,000)  ,  $____ ($____)  or the
purchasing of supplies, the cost of which exceeds 
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)   $____ ($___
  _)  , or projects involving maintenance of buildings
and improvements, the cost of which exceeds  ten thousand
dollars ($10,000)  , $____ ($____)  shall be let by
the board upon competitive bidding.
   Notice of the proposed letting of contract shall be given by
publication pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the
county in which the district is located, at least five days before
the time fixed for opening bids. Bidding shall be by sealed proposals
filed with the district, upon forms furnished by it, and under such
rules and regulations as the board may prescribe. All bids shall be
publicly opened and declared under procedures established by the
board, and the award of the contract shall be made in open session of
the board to the lowest and best responsible bidder.