BILL NUMBER: AB 1531	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 10101.5 to the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1531, as introduced, Portantino. State contracts: employment
clauses.
   The State Contract Act governs contracting between state agencies
and private contractors, and sets forth requirements for the bidding,
awarding, and overseeing of contracts for projects, which it defines
to include the construction or other improvement to a state
structure or building, that will exceed a total specified cost
threshold.
   This bill would additionally require that a public contract
entered into between the state and another person or entity for
services, goods, or materials include a clause stating that a person
or entity that contracts with the state is prohibited from imposing a
condition in the contract that would prohibit or penalize an
employee subject to the contract or personal services contractor from
seeking or accepting employment with the state.
   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 10101.5 is added to the Public Contract Code,
to read:
   10101.5.  Notwithstanding any other law, a public contract entered
into between the state and another person or entity for services,
goods, or materials shall include a clause stating that a person or
entity that contracts with the state is prohibited from imposing a
condition of employment that would prohibit or penalize an employee
subject to the contract or personal services contractor from seeking
or accepting employment with the state.