BILL NUMBER: AB 457INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Wagner FEBRUARY 15, 2011 An act to add Section 5111 to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 457, as introduced, Wagner. Public works contracts: relief for bidders. Existing law sets forth the procedures governing the bidding, awarding, and payment of public works contracts by public entities, and the relief due bidders and contractors under those contracts. This bill would entitle a bidder who successfully challenges the award of a contract determined to be invalid due to errors or omissions of the public entity to recover costs and attorney's fees incurred in pursuing the challenge. 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 5111 is added to the Public Contract Code, to read: 5111. If a contract is entered into under Section 5110 pending final decision on a challenge to the intended or actual award of the contract, and if the contract is later determined to be invalid due to errors or omissions of the public entity, a bidder who successfully challenges the intended or actual award of that contract shall be entitled to recover costs and attorney's fees incurred in pursuing that challenge.