BILL NUMBER: AB 1578	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Ting)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gordon)
   (Coauthor: Senator Lieu)

                        JANUARY 30, 2014

   An act to add  Section 10373 to the Public Contract Code
   Section 19137 to the Government Code  , relating
to  public contracts   personal services
contracts  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1578, as amended, Pan.  Public contracts for services:
online database: expenditures.   Personal services
contracts: online database: expenditures.  
   The California Constitution establishes that the civil service
includes every officer and employee of the state, except as otherwise
provided in the California Constitution, and requires civil service
appointment to be made under a general system based on merit
ascertained by competitive examination.  
   The State Civil Service Act establishes standards for the use of
personal services contracts by state agencies and authorizes personal
services contracts when prescribed conditions are met. 
   Existing law sets forth requirements for the acquisition of goods
and services by state agencies and sets forth the various
responsibilities of the Department of General Services and other
state agencies in overseeing and implementing state contracting
procedures and policies.
   This bill would require the  department  
Department of General Services  to  post specific
information on its Internet Web site pertaining to California state
government contracts for services, and would require the Governor's
Budget to identify total expenditures for service contracts.
  establish and maintain an online database of personal
services contracts, as specified. This bill would require the
Department of General Services to compile an   annual
Personal Services Contractor Expenditure Budget to accompany the
Governor's Budget, detailing total expenditures for personal services
contracts for California state government. 
   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 19137 is added to the 
 Government Code   , to read:  
   19137.  (a) The Department of General Services shall establish and
maintain an online database of personal services contracts that is
accessible to the public, searchable, sortable, and downloadable. The
database shall include all of the following:
   (1) Description of the personal services contract and services
being purchased.
   (2) Name of the department, agency, or division contracting for
the service.
   (3) Name of the contractor and any and all subcontractors.
   (4) Effective and expiration dates of the contract.
   (5) Annual amount paid to the contractor in past fiscal years and
the current fiscal year under the contract, by funding source.
   (6) Annual amount proposed to be paid to the contractor in the
fiscal years beyond the approved budget.
   (7) Total projected cost of the contract for all fiscal years, by
funding source.
   (b) The Department of General Services shall compile the
information listed in subdivision (a) in an annual Personal Services
Contractor Expenditure Budget accompanying the Governor's Budget,
detailing total spending on total personal services contracts for
California state government.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 10373 is added to the Public
Contract Code, to read:
   10373.  (a) The Department of General Services shall establish and
maintain an online database of service contracts that is accessible,
searchable, sortable, and downloadable. The database shall include
all of the following:
   (1) Description of the contract and services being purchased.
   (2) Name of the department, agency, or division contracting for
the service.
   (3) Name of the contractor and any and all subcontractors.
   (4) Effective and expiration dates of the contract.
   (5) Annual amount paid to the contractor in past fiscal years and
the current fiscal year under the contract, by funding source.
   (6) Annual amount proposed to be paid to the contractor in the
fiscal years beyond the approved budget.
   (7) Total projected cost of the contract for all fiscal years, by
funding source.
   (8) A list of private contractor employees for each contract,
reflected as full-time equivalent positions, their hourly wage rates,
and the number of private contractor employees and consultants for
the current and previous fiscal years.
   (b) The information listed in subdivision (a) shall be compiled in
an annual Service Contractor Expenditure Budget accompanying the
Governor's Budget, detailing total spending on total service
contracts for California state government.