BILL NUMBER: AB 411	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lackey

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2015

   An act to amend Section 10290 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 411, as introduced, Lackey. Public contracts.
   Existing law generally requires the Department of General Services
to approve state agency contracts for the acquisition of goods and
services. Existing law defines several terms relating to these
contract acquisitions.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
provision of law setting forth these definitions.
   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 10290 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   10290.  As used in this  chapter:   chapter,
the following definitions shall apply: 
   (a) "Department" means the Department of General Services.
   (b) "Director" means the Director of General Services.
   (c) "Centralized purchasing" means the purchase for state agencies
of materials, supplies, and equipment by the Office of Procurement.
   (d) "Goods" means all types of tangible personal property,
including materials, supplies, and equipment.
   (e) "Office" means the Office of Procurement in the Department of
General Services.
   (f) "Price schedule" means an agreement between the Office of
Procurement and a supplier under which the supplier agrees to accept
orders from the office or a state agency for specified goods at set
prices for a specified period of time but which does not obligate the
office or state agencies to contract for the specified goods from
the supplier.
   (g) "Regional contract" means a contract of the same type as a
statewide contract but applicable only to specified contracting in a
particular area or region of the state.
   (h) "Statewide contract" means a contract awarded by the Office of
Procurement to one or more suppliers for the acquisition of
specified goods for a period of time, at a price, and in an amount
set forth in the contract.
   (i) "Multiple award" means a contract of indefinite quantity for
one or more similar goods, information technology, or services to
more than one supplier.
   (j) "Multiple award schedule" (MAS)  is  
means an agreement established between the General Services
Administration of the United States and certain suppliers to do
business under specific prices, terms, and conditions for specified
goods, information technology, or services.