BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2184
Author: Arambula (D)
Amended: 4/22/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE : 4-0, 6/16/10
AYES: Aanestad, Kehoe, DeSaulnier, Price
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/13/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Public contracts: local agency: alternative
bidding
procedures: notice
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires local agencies that use the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act to send the
notices inviting formal bids to construction trade journals
also by either facsimile or electronic mail, if available.
This bill reduces the time period for sending the formal
bid invitation notices from 30 days to 15 days before the
date set for opening the sealed bids.
ANALYSIS : The Public Contract Code spells out the
procedures that local officials follow when they build
public works projects, including limits on the contracts'
values.
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When counties, cities, special districts, redevelopment
agencies, school districts, and community college districts
voluntarily adopt the standards and procedures of the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, they can
use higher limits for their contracts. Projects that cost
more than $125,000 require formal bids. About 700 local
agencies participate.
The Act requires local officials to invite formal bids by
publishing notices in general circulation newspapers or by
posting notices. They must also mail the notices to all of
the construction trade journals that serve their county at
least 30 days before the date set for opening the sealed
bids.
Technology has changed since the Legislature adopted the
Act in 1983. Most local agencies and trade journals now
have fax machines and use email. Local officials and
construction firms want legislators to recognize these new
communications technologies.
This bill requires local agencies that use the Uniform
Public Construction Cost Accounting Act to send the notices
inviting formal bids to construction trade journals also by
either facsimile or electronic mail, if available. This
bill reduces the time period for sending the formal bid
invitation notices from 30 days to 15 days before the date
set for opening the sealed bids.
Comments
Recognizing the widespread use of fax machines and email,
this bill adapts the notice procedures of the Uniform
Public Construction Cost Accounting Act to improvements in
communications technologies. The bill doesn't change the
requirement to mail notices, it adds faxes and emails, when
available.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/16/10)
Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Association
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Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Contractors Association
California Chapters of the National Electrical Contractors
Association
California Legislative Conference of the Plumbing
California Special Districts Association
Construction Industry Force Account Council
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
Heating and Piping Industry
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,
Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller,
Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V.
Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson,
Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Hagman, Skinner, Vacancy
AGB:do 6/16/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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