Bill Text: CA SB532 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State Highway Routes 1, 108, 132, and 201.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 189, Statutes of 2009. [SB532 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB532-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 532	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cogdill

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act to amend Section 20131 of the Public Contract
Code, relating to public contracts.   An act to amend
Section 501 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
transportation. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 532, as amended, Cogdill.  Contracting: counties:
purchasing agents.  State Highway Route 201.  
   Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full
possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes
the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a
process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the
California Transportation Commission. Existing law also authorizes
the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local
agencies.  
   This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City
of Kingsburg the portion of State Highway Routes 201 that is located
within the city limits of that city under certain conditions. 

   Existing law, with regard to public works projects awarded by
counties, imposes certain mandatory procedures in soliciting and
evaluating bids and awarding those contracts. Existing law provides
that counties that employ purchasing agents, as specified, may exempt
the purchasing agent from those procedures (1) with regard to the
employment of state-licensed independent contractors and the purchase
of materials, furnishings, and supplies used in the construction or
repair of public works estimated as costing not more than $6,500, or
(2) in counties containing a population of 500,000 or more, with
regard to the purchase of materials and supplies used in the
construction or repair of public works estimated as costing not more
than $3,500.  
   This bill would revise these provisions to instead authorize these
exemptions where the estimation of cost is no more than $20,000 or
$11,000, respectively. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 501 of the   Streets
and Highways Code   is amended to read: 
   501.   (a)    Route 201 is from: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Route 99 near Kingsburg easterly to Route 63.

   (b) 
    (2)  Route 63 easterly to Route 245. 
   (b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best
interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and
conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Kingsburg the
portion of Route 201 that is located within the city limits of that
city if the city agrees to accept it. The following conditions shall
apply upon relinquishment:  
   (1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date
following the county recorder's recordation of the relinquishment
resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and
conditions of the relinquishment.  
   (2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the
relinquished portion of Route 201 shall cease to be a state highway.
 
   (3) The portion of Route 201 relinquished under this subdivision
shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.  
   (4) For the portion of Route 201 that is relinquished under this
subdivision, the City of Kingsburg shall install and maintain within
the jurisdiction of the city signs directing motorists to the
continuation of Route 201.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 20131 of the Public Contract
Code is amended to read:
   20131.  Counties that employ purchasing agents may:
   (a) Authorize the agent to employ state-licensed independent
contractors and purchase materials, furnishings, and supplies used in
the construction or repair of public works estimated as costing not
more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) without the formality of
obtaining bids, letting contracts, preparing specifications, and the
other things required by this article.
   (b) In counties containing a population of 500,000 or more,
authorize the agent to purchase materials and supplies used in the
construction or repair of public works estimated as costing not more
than eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) without the formality of
obtaining bids, letting contracts, preparing specifications, and the
other things required by this article.
   (c) Authorize the agent to purchase or contract for medical or
surgical equipment or supplies, or for professional services, for a
county hospital without competitive bidding, so long as an
appropriation for the costs of those purchases or contracts is
included in the county budget.
   As used in this subdivision, "medical or surgical equipment or
supplies" means only equipment or supplies commonly, necessarily, and
directly used by or under the direction of a physician and surgeon
in caring for or treating a patient in a hospital.