BILL NUMBER: AB 2447	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 20321 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2447, as introduced, Cooley. Public contracts: Sacramento
Regional Transit District.
   Existing law requires the Sacramento Regional Transit District to
award contracts for the construction of transit works or transit
facilities that exceed $5,000 to the lowest responsible bidder after
competitive bidding, except in an emergency, as specified.
   This bill would increase that amount to $25,000.
   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 20321 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   20321.  Contracts for the construction of transit works or transit
facilities in excess of  five   twenty-five
 thousand dollars  ($5,000)   ($25,000)
 shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after
competitive bidding, except in emergency declared by four-fifths vote
of the board of the district.