BILL NUMBER: AB 44	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan

                        DECEMBER 18, 2012

   An act to amend Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, relating
to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 44, as introduced, Buchanan. Subletting and Subcontracting Fair
Practices Act: bidding practices.
   The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act requires the
entity taking bids for the construction of any public work or
improvement to specify that any person making a bid or offer to
perform the work shall, in his or her bid or offer, include specified
information, including the name and location of the place of
business of each subcontractor who will perform work or labor or
render service to the prime contractor in or about the work or
improvement.
   This bill would the remove the requirement that the location of
each subcontractor's business be included in the bid or offer and
instead require that the California contractor license number of each
subcontractor be provided.
   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 4104 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   4104.  Any officer, department, board  ,  or commission
taking bids for the construction of any public work or improvement
shall provide in the specifications prepared for the work or
improvement or in the general conditions under which bids will be
received for the doing of the work incident to the public work or
improvement that any person making a bid or offer to perform the
work, shall, in his or her bid or offer, set forth:
   (a) (1) The name and the  location of the place of
business   California contractor license number  of
each subcontractor who will perform work or labor or render service
to the prime contractor in or about the construction of the work or
improvement, or a subcontractor licensed by the State of California
who, under subcontract to the prime contractor, specially fabricates
and installs a portion of the work or improvement according to
detailed drawings contained in the plans and specifications, in an
amount in excess of one-half of 1 percent of the prime contractor's
total bid or, in the case of bids or offers for the construction of
streets or highways, including bridges, in excess of one-half of 1
percent of the prime contractor's total bid or ten thousand dollars
($10,000), whichever is greater.
   (2) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), any information requested by
the officer, department, board, or commission concerning any
subcontractor who the prime contractor is required to list under this
subdivision, other than the subcontractor's name and 
location of business   California contractor license
number  , may be submitted by the prime contractor up to 24
hours after the deadline established by the officer, department,
board, or commission for receipt of bids by prime contractors.
   (B) A state or local agency may implement subparagraph (A) at its
option.
   (b) The portion of the work that will be done by each
subcontractor under this act. The prime contractor shall list only
one subcontractor for each portion as is defined by the prime
contractor in his or her bid.