BILL NUMBER: SB 725	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 725, as introduced, Berryhill. Public contracts.
   The Public Contract Code provides procedures that local agencies
are required to follow when they build public works projects. When
local agencies voluntarily use the Uniform Public Construction Cost
Accounting Act, they may use their own employees for projects of
$30,000 or less, while projects of $125,000 or less require informal
procedures and those in excess of $125,000 require formal bids.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   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 22032 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   22032.  (a) Public projects of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
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  the  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.