BILL NUMBER: AB 946	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Bonnie Lowenthal and Butler
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Smyth)
   (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member 
 Mitchell   Coauthors:   Assembly
Members   Davis,   Knight,   Mitchell,
  and John A. Pérez  )
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Lowenthal,   Runner,   and Strickland   )


                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 4218) to
Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to public
contracts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 946, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal. Public contracts: Los
Angeles County: regional interoperable communications system.
   Under the State Contract Act, the erection, construction,
alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building,
road, or other state improvement of any kind that will exceed a
specified amount, is accomplished by awarding a contract to the
lowest responsible bidder. Similar provisions exist for local agency
contract projects.
   This bill would authorize the County of Los Angeles or the Los
Angeles Regional Interoperable Communication System Authority to
solicit proposals and enter into agreements with private entities for
the delivery of a regional interoperable communications system and
all related infrastructure to be used by public safety agencies and
emergency responders located in the County of Los Angeles, as
specified.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 4218) is added to
Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 3.3.  REGIONAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN
LOS ANGELES COUNTY


   4218.  Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525)
of Division 5 of this code, or Part 3 (commencing with Section 20100)
of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, the County of Los Angeles
or the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communication System
Authority may solicit proposals and enter into agreements with
private entities for the delivery of a regional interoperable
communications system and all related infrastructure to be used by
public safety agencies and emergency responders located in the County
of Los Angeles, including, but not limited to, the studying,
planning, design, developing, and financing of the system, the
delivery and installation of equipment, the architectural and
engineering design of the improvements to real property, the
construction of the improvements to real property, and the
maintenance, rebuilding, repair, or operation, or any combination
thereof, pertaining to that regional interoperable communications
system. The solicitation process shall ensure that the contractor is
selected in compliance with a "procurement by competitive proposals"
process as described in Section  24.36(d)(e) of Part 24
  24.36  of Title 15 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique requirements for a regional interoperable
communications system in the County of Los Angeles.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to allow the County of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles
Regional Interoperable Communication System Authority to contract for
a regional interoperable communications system as soon as possible,
it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
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