BILL NUMBER: AB 1097	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 10326 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to state contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1097, as introduced, Eng. State contracts: motor vehicles: fuel
efficiency.
   Existing law establishes procedures for competitive bidding of
certain contracts by public entities. Existing law authorizes the
state to make certain considerations in establishing bid
specifications for the acquisition of motor vehicles.
   This bill would require a state agency, department, officer, or
other entity to only purchase or lease a motor vehicle that has a
fuel efficiency of at least 35 miles per gallon of gasoline.
   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 10326 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   10326.   (a) (1) A state agency, department, officer, or other
entity shall only purchase or lease a motor vehicle that has a fuel
efficiency of at least 35 miles per gallon of gasoline.  
   (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "motor vehicle" means a
passenger vehicle, light-duty truck, or any other vehicle determined
by the California Air Resources Board to be a vehicle with a primary
use that is noncommercial personal transportation. 
    (b)    In establishing bid specifications for
the acquisition of motor vehicles and in determining the lowest
responsible bidder, consideration may be given by the state to the
probable resale value of the vehicles as determined by recognized
published used car marketing guides and other established historical
evidence of future used motor vehicle value or, in lieu thereof, by
contractual guarantee of the apparent low bidder that the resale
value of the vehicle will be no less in proportion to bid price than
any other comparable vehicle complying with specifications for which
a bid was received.