Bill Text: CA AB2136 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2136 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Construction contract payments: internet website posting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-24 - Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. [AB2136 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2136-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2136

Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham

February 15, 2022

An act to amend Section 10261.7 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2136, as introduced, Cunningham. Construction contract payments: internet website posting.

Existing law, the State Contract Act, requires a state agency that maintains an internet website to post specified information relating to construction contracts within 10 days of making a construction contract payment, except as specified.

This bill would increase the number of days within which a state agency is required to post the information to its internet website from 10 to 15 days.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 10261.7 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:

10261.7.

(a) Within 10 15 days of making a construction contract payment, a state agency that maintains an ~~Internet Web site~~ internet website shall post on its ~~Internet Web site~~ internet website the following:

(1) The project for which the payment was made.

(2) The name of the construction contractor or company paid.

(3) The date the payment was made or the date the state agency transmitted instructions to the Controller or other payer to make the payment.

(4) The payment application number or other identifying information.

(5) The amount of the payment.

(b) This section shall not apply to a construction contract valued below twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).