Bill Text: CA SB976 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public contracts: public works projects: notice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-20 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB976 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB976-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 976	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2014

   An act to amend Section 10140 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 976, as introduced, Gaines. Public contracts: public works
projects: notice.
   The State Contract Act requires that public notice of a public
works project be given by publication once a week for at least 2
consecutive weeks or once a week for more than 2 consecutive weeks if
that longer period of advertising is deemed necessary, as specified.

   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
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 10140 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   10140.  (a) Public notice of a project shall be given by
publication once a week for at least two consecutive weeks or once a
week for more than two consecutive weeks if the longer period of
advertising is deemed necessary by the department, as follows:
   (1) In a newspaper of general circulation published in the county
in which the project is located, or if located in more than one
county, in such a newspaper in a county in which a major portion of
the work is to be done.
   (2) In a trade paper of general circulation published in San
Francisco for projects located in County Group No. 1, as defined in
Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, or in Los Angeles for
projects located in County Group No. 2, as defined in  said
 Section 187  of the Streets and Highways Code  ,
devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract and building news
among contracting and building materials supply firms.
   (b) The department may publish the notice to bidders for a project
in additional trade papers or newspapers of general circulation that
it deems advisable.
   (c) In the case of the Department of Transportation,  in
lieu   instead  of the public notice described in
subdivision (a), the public notice requirement of this section may
instead be met by publishing the  public  notice
electronically on that department's Internet Web site.