BILL NUMBER: SB 741	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dutton

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 12128 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 741, as introduced, Dutton. Alternative Protest Pilot Project.
   Existing law provides for the Alternative Protest Pilot Project,
which provides for alternative protest procedures in connection with
state agency acquisition of goods and services, including the
acquisition of information technology goods and services, and
requires the Department of General Services to administer the project
until December 31, 2011.
   This bill would delete the sunset date on the above provision,
thereby extending that provision indefinitely.
   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 12128 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   12128.   (a)     The
Alternative Protest Process shall continue until December 31, 2011.
 The Department of General Services shall apply this chapter
to the following categories: 
   (1) 
    (a)  Information technology and ancillary services.

   (2) 
    (b)  Material, supplies, equipment, and ancillary
services. 
   (b) This chapter shall be operative until December 31, 2011, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is
enacted before December 31, 2012, deletes or extends that date.