California Assembly Bill AB701 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 701INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fong FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 701, as introduced, Fong. School districts: contracts: formal bids: notices. Existing law requires that a school district that seeks to let a contract involving a specified minimum expenditure for the purchase of equipment, materials, or supplies to be furnished, sold, or leased to the school district, or involving a specified minimum expenditure on a public project, to publish a notice calling for bids on the contract at least once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, stating the work to be done or materials or supplies to be furnished and the time when and place where the bids would be opened. Existing law also allows the notice to be posted on the district's Internet Web site or through an electronic portal. This bill would instead require the notice to be published at least once a week for two weeks on the district's Internet Web site or through an electronic portal. 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 20112 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read: 20112. For the purpose of securing bids the governing board of a school district shall publish at least once a week for two weeks  in some newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is no such paper, then in some newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the county, and may post  on the district's  In   ternet  Web site or through an electronic portal, a notice calling for bids, stating the work to be done or materials or supplies to be furnished and the time when and the place and the  Internet  Web site where bids will be opened. Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bid shall not be received after that time. The governing board of the district may accept a bid that was submitted either electronically or on paper.