BILL NUMBER: SB 1424	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Sections 5536.23, 6749.5, and 8759.5 to the Business
and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1424, as introduced, Harman. Professions and vocations:
architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors: contracting
with state or local agencies.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons
engaged in the practice of architecture by the California Architects
Board and authorizes that board to discipline architects. Existing
law provides for the licensing and regulation of professional
engineers and land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers,
Land Surveyors, and Geologists, and authorizes that board to
discipline professional engineers and licensed land surveyors.
   Existing law allows the making of contracts by state and local
agency heads for architectural, landscape architectural, engineering,
environmental services, land surveying, or construction project
management services based on demonstrated competence and professional
qualifications rather than competitive bidding. Existing law also
requires state and local agencies to adopt procedures that prohibit
unlawful activity in the making of contracts for these services,
including rebates or kickbacks, and requires that individuals or
firms proposing to provide services under these provisions provide
evidence to the state or local agency of their expertise and
experience in the provision of these services.
   This bill would require that architects licensed by the California
Architects Board, as well as professional engineers and land
surveyors licensed by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land
Surveyors, and Geologists, comply with these provisions when
competing for contracts with state or local agencies for the
provision of architectural, engineering, or land surveying services.

   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 5536.23 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   5536.23.  When competing to provide architectural services to a
state or local agency, an architect shall comply with the provisions
of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1
of the Government Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 6749.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   6749.5.  When competing to provide engineering services to a state
or local agency, a professional engineer shall comply with the
provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5
of Title 1 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 3.  Section 8759.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   8759.5.  When competing to provide land surveying services to a
state or local agency, a professional land surveyor shall comply with
the provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of
Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.