BILL NUMBER: AB 44	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

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 amended, 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  , the location of the place of business,
 and the 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  , location of
business,  and 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.