BILL NUMBER: AB 2184	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Arambula

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 13 of the Fresno Metropolitan Flood
Control Act (Chapter 503 of the Statutes of 1955), relating to the
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2184, as introduced, Arambula. Fresno Metropolitan Flood
Control District contracts.
   The Local Agency Public Construction Act (construction act)
generally provides that public projects of $30,000 or less may be
performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by
negotiated contract, or by purchase order.
   The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control Act (flood control act)
establishes the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District (district)
and grants to the district authority relating to flood control. The
act requires that a contract entered into by the district for
materials, supplies, or for the construction or repair of works or
improvements that has a contract price that exceeds $10,000 be let to
the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with specified
requirements.
   This bill would increase the contract price amount set forth in
the flood control act to the amount authorized in the construction
act, as specified, for purposes of competitive bidding requirements.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13 of the Fresno Metopolitan Flood Control Act
(Chapter 503 of the Statutes of 1955), as amended by Section 18 of
Chapter 142 of the Statutes of 1998, is amended to read:
  SEC. 13.   All contracts   (a)  
  A contract  for materials, supplies, or for the
construction or repair of works or improvements that has a contract
price exceeding  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) 
 the amount described in subdivision (a) of Section 22032 of the
Public Contract Code,  shall be let to the lowest responsible
bidder after notice inviting bids is published in the district
pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code  , the
  .   The  publication  to
  shall not  be  not  less than 10
days prior to the date set for the opening of bids.  The
contracts 
    (b)     The contract  may be let by
the board without public bidding  where (1) they are
  if one or more of the following applies: 
    (1)     The contract is  entered into
with any other public agency  for   or 
governmental entity  , (2) the   . 
    (2)     The  contract price does not
exceed  ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or (3) an 
 the amount described in subdivision (a) of Section 22032 of the
Public Contract Code. 
    (3)     An  emergency threatening the
public health, safety, and welfare has been declared by the board.
 Contracts 
    (c)     A contract  for the
maintenance or operation of district works or improvements may be
negotiated when determined by the board to be in the public interest.