BILL NUMBER: AB 616	CHAPTERED  07/06/99

	CHAPTER   55
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 6, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 6, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 28, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 9, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 21, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Oller

                        FEBRUARY 19, 1999

   An act to amend Section 12751 of, and to add and repeal Section
12751.5 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 616, Oller.  Municipal utility districts:  bid requirements.
   The Municipal Utility District Act requires the purchase of
supplies and materials by a municipal utility district to be let by
contract to the lowest responsible bidder when the expenditure is in
excess of $20,000, or, in any district with a population of 250,000
or more, in excess of $50,000, as prescribed, with annual adjustments
to those dollar limits.
   This bill, with respect to a district with a population below
250,000, would generally increase that $20,000 figure to $25,000.
The bill , until January 1, 2003, with respect to all districts,
would require the purchase of a vehicle to be by contract let to the
lowest responsible bidder if the expenditure required exceeds
$50,000.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 12751 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   12751.  (a) Except as specified in Section 12751.5, the purchase
of all supplies and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or in a district that has a
population of 250,000 or more, when the expenditure required exceeds
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), shall be by contract let to the
lowest responsible bidder.  Notice requesting bids shall be published
pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code at least 10 days
before bids are received.  The district may reject any and all bids
and readvertise in its discretion.  The board may authorize the
general manager to determine, in the discretion of the general
manager, whether to reject all bids and whether, after the bids have
been rejected, to readvertise.
   (b) The dollar limit identified in subdivision (a) shall annually
be adjusted upward or downward to reflect the percentage change in
the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases
of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the U.S.
Department of Commerce.  The annual adjustments shall be rounded to
the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000).
  SEC. 2.  Section 12751.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   12751.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 12751, the purchase of a
vehicle shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder if
the expenditure required exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
  (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2003,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, 2003, deletes or extends that date.