BILL NUMBER: AB 482	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

    An act relating to green buildings.   An act
to add Section 20751.2 to the Public Contract Code, relating to
public contracts   . 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 482, as amended, Williams.  Green buildings. 
 Ventura Port District: dredging contracts.  
   Existing law governing contracts for port districts requires that
contracts for new construction work exceeding $10,000, or the
purchase of supplies exceeding $25,000, or projects involving
building maintenance and improvements exceeding $10,000, be let by
the board of the port district by competitive bidding, in accordance
with specified procedures.  
   This bill would authorize the Ventura Port District to contract
for the performance of dredging work within district boundaries
without competitive bidding, provided that both the dredging
contractor has been selected through a competitive bidding process
for a federal dredging project then underway in the County of Ventura
and the board of the Ventura Port District makes certain findings
regarding cost savings.  
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Ventura Port District.
 
   Existing law establishes building standards for the protection of
public health and safety.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to encourage innovation in green building design and
natural building that meets or exceeds all existing health and safety
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 20751.2 is added to the 
 Public Contract Code   , to read:  
   20751.2.  Notwithstanding Section 20751, the board of the Ventura
Port District may award a contract for the performance of dredging
work within the district's boundaries without competitive bidding,
provided that both of the following apply:
   (a) The dredging contractor was selected through a federal
competitive bidding process for a federal dredging project then
underway in the County of Ventura.
   (b) The board finds, based on substantial evidence in the record,
that the contract awarded pursuant to this section is likely to cost
less than a contract awarded pursuant to Section 20751.  
  SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique existence of an
existing federal competitive bidding process for federal dredging
projects in the County of Ventura, which may be utilized for
preselecting dredging contractors for dredging work within the
Ventura Port District.  
       
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to encourage innovation in green building design
and natural building that meets or exceeds all existing health and
safety requirements.