BILL NUMBER: AB 2585INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bradford FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 10140 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2585, as introduced, Bradford. State Contract Act project notification requirements. Existing law, the State Contract Act, establishes procedures for competitive bidding on contracts for public works. Existing law requires public notice of a project to be given by publication, as specified, to a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the project is located and a trade paper. This bill would also require notice of a project to be given to the local business association or chamber of commerce in the county in which the project is located, as provided. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. 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:(a)(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.(b)(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, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract and building news among contracting and building materials supply firms. The department may publish the notice to bidders for a project in additional trade papers or newspapers of general circulation that it deems advisable. (b) Written notice shall also be provided to the local business association or chamber of commerce in the county in which the project is located, or if located in more than one county, to the local business association or chamber of commerce in a county in which a major portion of the work is to be done.