Amended in Assembly April 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1578

Introduced by Assembly Member Pan

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Ting)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gordon)

(Coauthor: Senator Lieu)

January 30, 2014

An act to add begin delete Section 10373 to the Public Contract Code end delete begin insert Section 19137 to the Government Code end insert , relating to begin delete public contracts end delete begin insert personal services contracts end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1578, as amended, Pan. begin delete Public contracts for services: online database: expenditures. end delete begin insert Personal services contracts: online database: expenditures. end insert

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The California Constitution establishes that the civil service includes every officer and employee of the state, except as otherwise provided in the California Constitution, and requires civil service appointment to be made under a general system based on merit ascertained by competitive examination.

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The State Civil Service Act establishes standards for the use of personal services contracts by state agencies and authorizes personal services contracts when prescribed conditions are met.

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Existing law sets forth requirements for the acquisition of goods and services by state agencies and sets forth the various responsibilities of the Department of General Services and other state agencies in overseeing and implementing state contracting procedures and policies.

This bill would require the begin delete department end delete begin insert Department of General Services end insert to begin delete post specific information on its Internet Web site pertaining to California state government contracts for services, and would require the Governor’s Budget to identify total expenditures for service contracts. end delete begin insert establish and maintain an online database of personal services contracts, as specified. This bill would require the Department of General Services to compile an annual Personal Services Contractor Expenditure Budget to accompany the Governor’s Budget, detailing total expenditures for personal services contracts for California state government. end insert

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

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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(a) The Department of General Services shall establish
and maintain an online database of personal services contracts
that is accessible to the public, searchable, sortable, and
downloadable. The database shall include all of the following:

(1) Description of the personal services contract and services
being purchased.

(2) Name of the department, agency, or division contracting for
the service.

(3) Name of the contractor and any and all subcontractors.

(4) Effective and expiration dates of the contract.

(5) Annual amount paid to the contractor in past fiscal years
and the current fiscal year under the contract, by funding source.

(6) Annual amount proposed to be paid to the contractor in the
fiscal years beyond the approved budget.

(7) Total projected cost of the contract for all fiscal years, by
funding source.

(b) The Department of General Services shall compile the
information listed in subdivision (a) in an annual Personal Services
Contractor Expenditure Budget accompanying the Governor’s
Budget, detailing total spending on total personal services
contracts for California state government.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 10373 is added to the Public Contract
Code, to read:

10373.  

(a) The Department of General Services shall establish
and maintain an online database of service contracts that is
accessible, searchable, sortable, and downloadable. The database
shall include all of the following:

(1) Description of the contract and services being purchased.

(2) Name of the department, agency, or division contracting for
the service.

(3) Name of the contractor and any and all subcontractors.

(4) Effective and expiration dates of the contract.

(5) Annual amount paid to the contractor in past fiscal years
and the current fiscal year under the contract, by funding source.

(6) Annual amount proposed to be paid to the contractor in the
fiscal years beyond the approved budget.

(7) Total projected cost of the contract for all fiscal years, by
funding source.

(8) A list of private contractor employees for each contract,
reflected as full-time equivalent positions, their hourly wage rates,
and the number of private contractor employees and consultants
for the current and previous fiscal years.

(b) The information listed in subdivision (a) shall be compiled
in an annual Service Contractor Expenditure Budget accompanying
the Governor’s Budget, detailing total spending on total service
contracts for California state government.

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