BILL NUMBER: AB 1047	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 13, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Houston

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to  add Section 22002.5 to   amend
Section 22020 of, and to add Section 22001.5 to,  the Public
Contract Code, relating to Uniform Public Construction Cost
Accounting Act.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1047, as amended, Houston. Uniform Public Construction Cost
Accounting Act: notification.
   Existing law allows a public agency to elect to be subject to the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, which authorizes
bidding procedures for public projects, as specified.
   This bill would require the Controller to send  notices
annually   a notice, on or before January 1, 2009, 
to  all  public agencies  detailing the existence
  describing the provisions  of, and the benefits
 available, under   of using the bidding
procedures authorized under,  the act. 
    Existing law requires the California Uniform Construction Cost
Accounting Commission to make recommendations to the Controller
regarding adjustments to specified monetary limits based on material
changes in public construction costs, which shall become effective
beginning with the fiscal year that commences following the
Controller's notification to affected public agencies of the
adjustment, as specified.  
   This bill would instead require the Controller's notification of
the adjustment to be sent to all public agencies, and would require
the notification to also include a description of the provisions of,
and the benefits of using the bidding procedures authorized under,
the act. 
   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 22001.5 is added to the 
 Public Contract Code   , to read:  
   22001.5.  On or before January 1, 2009, the Controller shall send
a notice to all public agencies describing the provisions of this
chapter and the benefits of using its provisions. This notice shall
also be included in any notification issued by the Controller
pursuant to Section 22020. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 22020 of the   Public
Contract Code   is amended to read: 
   22020.  In accordance with procedures and standards adopted
pursuant to Section 22017, every five years the commission shall
consider whether there have been material changes in public
construction costs and make recommendations to the Controller
regarding adjustments in the monetary limits prescribed by Section
22032, but in no case shall the amount, as adjusted, be less than
fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Any adjustment shall be effective
beginning with the fiscal year which commences not less than 60 days
following the Controller's notification to  affected
  all public agencies of the adjustment.  That
notification shall also describe the provisions of this chapter and
the benefits of using its provisions.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 22002.5 is added to the
Public Contract Code, to read:
   22002.5.  The Controller shall send notices annually to public
agencies detailing the existence of, and the benefits available,
under this chapter.