Bill Text: CA SB34 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public contracts: authorized agent: limitations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 297, Statutes of 2022. [SB34 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB34-Chaptered.html

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Senate Bill No. 34

CHAPTER 297

An act to add Section 6102 to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

[ Approved by Governor  September 13, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State  September 13, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 34, Umberg. Public contracts: authorized agent: limitations.

Existing law governs the bidding and awarding of public contracts by public entities, as defined. Existing law makes it a crime for a public official, as specified, to ask, receive, or agree to receive, any bribe, upon an understanding that their official vote, opinion, judgment, or action will be influenced thereby.

This bill would declare a contract voidable that was entered into because of an act that would constitute a violation of a state or federal crime relating to bribery of a public official, including a violation of the above-described crime. The bill would specify that these provisions apply to contracts executed on or after January 1, 2023, including contracts negotiated prior to that date.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 6102 is added to the Public Contract Code, to read:

6102.

 (a) A contract that was entered into because of an act that would constitute a violation of a state or federal crime relating to bribery of a public official, including, but not limited to, a violation of Section 68 or 86 of the Penal Code is voidable.

(b) This section applies to contracts executed on or after January 1, 2023, including contracts negotiated prior to January 1, 2023.