California Senate Bill SB725 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 725INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Berryhill FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 725, as introduced, Berryhill. Public contracts. The Public Contract Code provides procedures that local agencies are required to follow when they build public works projects. When local agencies voluntarily use the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, they may use their own employees for projects of $30,000 or less, while projects of $125,000 or less require informal procedures and those in excess of $125,000 require formal bids. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change 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 22032 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read: 22032. (a) Public projects of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order. (b) Public projects of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) or less may be let to contract by  the  informal procedures  as  set forth in this article. (c) Public projects of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) shall, except as otherwise provided in this article, be let to contract by formal bidding procedure.