Bill Text: CA AB482 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Ventura Port District: dredging contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 51, Statutes of 2012. [AB482 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB482-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 482	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  51
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 9, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 9, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 18, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 13, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 482, Williams. 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.


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 makes written findings, 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.