BILL NUMBER: AB 1505	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 13, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández

                        MARCH 4, 2015

   An act to amend Section 802 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1505, as amended, Roger Hernández. Statute of limitations:
public contracts.
   Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to split or separate into
smaller work orders or projects any public work project for the
purpose of evading the requirement that public work be done by
contract after competitive bidding.
   Existing law requires that the prosecution of a misdemeanor,
unless otherwise provided by law, commence within one year of the
commission of the offense.
   This bill would require that prosecution for a misdemeanor
resulting from  a city  evading provisions requiring
public work projects to be done by contract after competitive
bidding, as prescribed, be commenced within 3 years of the commission
of the offense.
   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 802 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   802.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e),
prosecution for an offense not punishable by death or imprisonment
in the state prison or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170
shall be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.
   (b) Prosecution for a misdemeanor violation of Section 647.6 or
former Section 647a committed with or upon a minor under the age of
14 years shall be commenced within three years after commission of
the offense.
   (c) Prosecution of a misdemeanor violation of Section 729 of the
Business and Professions Code shall be commenced within two years
after commission of the offense.
   (d) Prosecution of a misdemeanor violation of Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code shall be commenced as follows:
   (1) With respect to Sections 7028.17, 7068.5, and 7068.7 of the
Business and Professions Code, within one year of the commission of
the offense.
   (2) With respect to Sections 7027.1, 7028.1, 7028.15, 7118.4,
7118.5, 7118.6, 7126, 7153, 7156, 7157, 7158, 7159.5 (licensee only),
7159.14 (licensee only), 7161, and 7189 of the Business and
Professions Code, within two years of the commission of the offense.
   (3) With respect to Sections 7027.3 and 7028.16 of the Business
and Professions Code, within three years of the commission of the
offense.
   (4) With respect to Sections 7028, 7159.5 (nonlicensee only), and
7159.14 (nonlicensee only) of the Business and Professions Code,
within four years of the commission of the offense.
   (e) Prosecution for a misdemeanor violation of Section 6126,
10085.6, 10139, or 10147.6 of the Business and Professions Code or
Section 2944.6 or 2944.7 of the Civil Code shall be commenced within
three years after discovery of the commission of the offense, or
within three years after completion of the offense, whichever is
later.
   (f) Prosecution for a violation of Section  20163
  20116, 20123.5, 20150.11,   20163, 20657,
20922, or 22033  of the Public Contract Code shall commence
within three years of the commission of the offense.