BILL NUMBER: SB 502	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 10504.5 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 502, as introduced, Block. University of California: bidding
requirements.
   Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California,
except as specified, to let any contract for a project to the lowest
responsible bidder. Existing law also provides that where the
Regents of the University of California are of the view that a
project of $100,000 or less does not require the application of all
provisions of law relating to competitive bidding by the university,
the regents shall solicit bids in writing and award the work to the
lowest responsible bidder or reject all bids.
   This bill would raise the dollar threshold for the cost of a
project to $600,000 and require the regents, on a 2-year basis, to
adjust that amount upward or downward to reflect the percentage
change in the California Construction Index, as 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 10504.5 of the Public Contract Code is amended
to read:
   10504.5.   (a)    Where the nature of the work,
in the opinion of the regents, is such that the application of all of
the provisions of this chapter in connection with that work is not
required, and the cost of the project does not exceed  one
  six  hundred thousand dollars  ($100,000)
  ($600,000)  , the regents shall solicit bids in
writing and shall award the work to the lowest responsible bidder or
reject all bids. 
   (b) On January 1, 2016, and biennially thereafter, the project
cost limit shall be adjusted upward or downward by the regents to
reflect the percentage change in the annual California Construction
Index as used by the Department of General Services. The amount shall
be rounded off to the nearest one-thousand-dollar ($1,000) figure.