BILL NUMBER: AB 701	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 701, as amended, Fong. School districts: contracts: formal
bids: notices.
   Existing law requires that a school district that seeks to let a
contract involving a specified minimum expenditure for the purchase
of equipment, materials, or supplies to be furnished, sold, or leased
to the school district, or involving a specified minimum expenditure
on a public project,  to  publish a notice calling
for bids on the contract at least once a week for two weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation, stating the work to be done or
materials or supplies to be furnished and the time when and place
where the bids  would   will  be opened.
Existing law also allows the notice to be posted on the district's
Internet Web site or through an electronic portal.
   This bill would  instead   additionally 
require the notice to be  published at least once a week for
two weeks   posted  on the district's Internet Web
site or through an electronic portal. 
   By imposing new requirements on school districts, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   20112.  For the purpose of securing bids the governing board of a
school district shall publish at least once a week for two weeks 
in newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if
there is no such paper, then in newspaper of general circulation,
circulated in the county, and shall post  on the district's
Internet Web site or through an electronic portal, a notice calling
for bids, stating the work to be done or materials or supplies to be
furnished and the time when and the place and the Internet Web site
where bids will be opened. Whether or not bids are opened exactly at
the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bid shall not
be received after that time. The governing board of the district may
accept a bid that was submitted either electronically or on paper.
   SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.