California Assembly Bill AB1859 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1859INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Buchanan FEBRUARY 22, 2012 An act to amend Section 17451 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1859, as introduced, Buchanan. School facilities: leasing of equipment: bid and contract requirements. Existing law requires a school district or county superintendent of schools, as lessee, to comply with specified provisions for bids and contracts before entering into a lease or lease-purchase agreement for equipment, as defined, or service systems with a person, firm, corporation, or public agency. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that 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 17451 of the Education Code is amended to read: 17451. Before a lease or lease-purchase agreement may be entered  into   into,  the lessee shall comply with all applicable provisions for bids and contracts prescribed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 17595) of Chapter 5 of this part.  Each   Every  contract shall show the total price for an outright purchase of  any   an  item and also its total cost for the entire specified term of the contract.