BILL NUMBER: AB 2585	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 10140 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2585, as introduced, Bradford. State Contract Act project
notification requirements.
   Existing law, the State Contract Act, establishes procedures for
competitive bidding on contracts for public works. Existing law
requires public notice of a project to be given by publication, as
specified, to a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
which the project is located and a trade paper.
   This bill would also require notice of a project to be given to
the local business association or chamber of commerce in the county
in which the project is located, as provided.
   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 10140 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   10140.   (a)    Public notice of a project shall
be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutive
weeks or once a week for more than two consecutive weeks if the
longer period of advertising is deemed necessary by the department,
as follows: 
   (a) 
    (1)  In a newspaper of general circulation published in
the county in which the project is located, or if located in more
than one county, in such a newspaper in a county in which a major
portion of the work is to be done. 
   (b) 
    (2)  In a trade paper of general circulation published
in San Francisco for projects located in County Group No. 1, as
defined in Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, or in Los
Angeles for projects located in County Group No. 2, as defined in
said Section 187, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract
and building news among contracting and building materials supply
firms.
   The department may publish the notice to bidders for a project in
additional trade papers or newspapers of general circulation that it
deems advisable. 
   (b) Written notice shall also be provided to the local business
association or chamber of commerce in the county in which the project
is located, or if located in more than one county, to the local
business association or chamber of commerce in a county in which a
major portion of the work is to be done.