BILL NUMBER: AB 1441	CHAPTERED  06/09/00

	CHAPTER   36
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 9, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JUNE 9, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lempert

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to the California Community Colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1441, Lempert.   California Community Colleges.
   Existing law specifies that all contracts entered into by any
state agency for specified services are void unless and until
approved by the Department of General Services.  That law exempts
certain transactions from that law, including transactions entered
into by the Trustees of the California State University.
   This bill also would exempt transactions entered into by the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges from that law.
   The bill also would provide that it shall not be construed to
provide any exemption for the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges or the Chancellor's Office of the California
Community Colleges from provisions of law governing personal services
contracts.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   10295.  All contracts entered into by any state agency for (a) the
hiring or purchase of equipment, supplies, materials, or elementary
school textbooks, (b) services, whether or not the services involve
the furnishing or use of equipment, materials or supplies or are
performed by an independent contractor, (c) the construction,
alteration, improvement, repair or maintenance of property, real or
personal, or (d) the performance of work or services by the state
agency for or in cooperation with any person, or public body, are
void unless and until approved by the department.  Every such
contract shall be transmitted with all papers, estimates, and
recommendations concerning it to the department and, if approved by
the department, shall be effective from the date of the approval.
This section applies to any state agency that by general or specific
statute is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into
transactions referred to in this section.  This section does not
apply to any transaction entered into by the Trustees of the
California State University, by the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, or by a department under the State
Contract Act or the California State University Contract Law, any
contract of a type specifically mentioned and authorized to be
entered into by the Department of Transportation under Section 14035
or 14035.5 of the Government Code, Sections 99316 to 99319,
inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code, or the Streets and Highways
Code, any contract entered into by the Department of Transportation
that is not funded by money derived by state tax sources but, rather,
is funded by money derived from federal or local tax sources, any
contract entered into by the Department of Personnel Administration
for state employees in state bargaining units that have agreed to
this section in a memorandum of understanding for employee benefits,
occupational health and safety, training services, or combination
thereof any contract let by the Legislature, or any contract entered
into under the authority of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770)
of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code.
  SEC. 2.  Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of
Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code applies to the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the
Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges, and nothing
in this act shall be construed to provide any exemption for the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges or the
Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges from that
article.  The Legislature finds and declares that this section is
declaratory of existing law.