Bill Text: CA SB1187 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public contracts: Target Area Contract Preference Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1187 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1187-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1187 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hueso
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to amend Section 4532 of the Government Code, relating to
public contracts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1187, as introduced, Hueso. Public contracts: Target Area
Contract Preference Act.
The Target Area Contract Preference Act encourages and facilitates
job maintenance and job development in distressed and declining
areas of cities and towns in the state. This act defines various
terms for the purpose of this act.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
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 4532 of the Government Code is amended to read:
4532. As used in this chapter:
(a) "Block group" means the smallest area for which the United
States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census provides data on
personal income.
(b) "Urbanized area" means a central city or cities and
surrounding closely settled territory, as defined by the United
States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census in the Federal
Register, Vol. 39, Number 85, for Wednesday, May 1, 1974, at pages
15202-15203 , and as periodically updated.
(c) "Cluster of block groups" means one or more contiguous block
groups.
(d) "Distressed" means an urbanized area, within the State of
California and as identified by the Office of Planning and Research,
which contains at least 3,000 people in a cluster of block groups,
each of which meet at least five of the following criteria according
to the most recent available census information compared to the last
statewide census:
(1) The percentage of the block group's population over
age 25 25 years of age with less than a high
school education was within the upper quartile of all block groups.
(2) The unemployment rate of the block group was within the upper
quartile of all block groups.
(3) The per capita income of the block group was within the lower
quartile of all block groups.
(4) The percentage of the block group's households which were
female-headed households in poverty with children present was within
the upper quartile of all block groups.
(5) The percentage of the block group's population over 65
years of age who were in poverty was within the upper quartile
of all block groups.
(6) The percentage of the block group's households with more than
1.01 persons per room was within the upper quartile of all block
groups.
(7) The percentage of the block group's population younger than 18
years of age who were in poverty was within the upper
quartile of all block groups.
(8) The percentage of the block group's population who were
nonwhite or hispanic Hispanic was
within the upper quartile of all block groups.
(e) "Approved special census" means a special census approved by
the Population Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
(f) "Person with a high risk of unemployment" means a person who:
(1) As a member of one of the eligible groups defined in Section
321 of Public Law 95-600, qualifies an employer who hires him or her
for the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. These groups are: economically
disadvantaged youth, economically disadvantaged Vietnam-era veterans,
economically disadvantaged ex-convicts, vocational rehabilitation
referrals, youth participating in a qualified cooperative education
program, recipients of supplemental security income benefits under
Title XVI of the Social Security Act, and general assistance
recipients.
(2) Would have qualified an employer hiring him or her for the
Work Incentive/Welfare Tax Credit authorized by Section 322 of Public
Law 95-600. These persons include applicants and recipients of aid
to families with dependent children who would have registered for the
Work Incentive Program, and aid to families with dependent children
recipients who have been receiving welfare for at least 90 days.
(g) "Poverty" means the poverty level, as defined by the United
States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census in the Federal
Register, Volume 43, Number 87, for Thursday, May 4, 1978, at pages
19260-19269, and as periodically updated.
(h) "California based "California-based
company" means either of the following:
(1) A business or corporation whose principal office is located in
California, and the owners, or officers if the entity is a
corporation, are domiciled in California.
(2) A business or corporation that has a major office or
manufacturing facility located in California and that has been
licensed by the state on a continuous basis to conduct business
within the state and has continuously employed California residents
for work within the state during the three years prior to submitting
a bid or proposal for a state contract.
(i) "Worksite" means either of the following:
(1) A business located within a distressed area.
(2) A business located in directly adjoining census tract blocks
that when attached to the distressed area forms a contiguous
boundary. A company that intends to perform the work at a worksite
described in this paragraph shall submit a map with the bid or
proposal identifying where the worksite is located.
