Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1205Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 30142 130232 of the Revenue and Taxation Public Utilities Code, relating to taxation. transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1205, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Taxation. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting.Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law authorizes LACMTA to award contracts under certain circumstances to small business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among certified small business enterprises, as long as price quotations are obtained by LACMTA from 3 or more small business enterprises, and requires LACMTA to report to the Legislature by December 31, 2017, regarding any contracts awarded in this regard. This bill would instead authorize LACMTA to award contracts in this manner as long as it solicits rather than obtains price quotations from 3 or more small business enterprises. The bill would delete the requirement that LACMTA report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded to small business enterprises in this regard.This bill would similarly authorize LACMTA to award contracts under similar circumstances to medium business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among medium business enterprises.The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law requires distributors of cigarette and tobacco products to be licensed by the State Board of Equalization and requires a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings to furnish a security deposit, subject to certain requirements, to the board. Existing law, upon authorization by the board, provides that no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed a specified amount and if the distributor meets certain requirements, including, among others, a requirement that the distributor has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns, as specified, for the preceding 3 consecutive years. This bill would extend the period of time in which a distributor must not be delinquent in the filing of reports or returns from 3 years to 4 years.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 130232 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:(1) Cash.(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.(D)(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.(E)(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.SECTION 1.Section 30142 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:30142.(a)The board shall fix the amount of the security required of any distributor and may increase or reduce the amount at any time. A minimum security in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be furnished by every distributor that is required to be licensed.(b)Except as provided in subdivision (d), if a distributor desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30166) of Chapter 3.5, the board shall require a security as follows:(1)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a monthly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 70 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.(2)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a twice-monthly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.(3)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a weekly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.(c)The security required by the board pursuant to subdivision (b) may be in the form of any of the following, in the amount required by paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b):(1)Cash, or a cash equivalent.(2)A surety bond.(d)Upon authorization by the board, no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30166) of Chapter 3.5, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed seventy-two thousand (72,000) stamps or meter register settings and if the distributor meets all of the following:(1)Has been licensed under this part for a minimum of five years.(2)Has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns required under this part for the preceding four consecutive years.(3)Has not been delinquent in the payment of any tax under this part, or for any other tax or fee administered or collected by the board, for the preceding three consecutive years.(4)Provides to the board and updates, as necessary, an electronic mail address for the purpose of receiving payment information, including, but not limited to, amounts owing for stamps and meter register settings purchased.(5)Any other criteria the board may require.
Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1205Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 30142 130232 of the Revenue and Taxation Public Utilities Code, relating to taxation. transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1205, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Taxation. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting.Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law authorizes LACMTA to award contracts under certain circumstances to small business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among certified small business enterprises, as long as price quotations are obtained by LACMTA from 3 or more small business enterprises, and requires LACMTA to report to the Legislature by December 31, 2017, regarding any contracts awarded in this regard. This bill would instead authorize LACMTA to award contracts in this manner as long as it solicits rather than obtains price quotations from 3 or more small business enterprises. The bill would delete the requirement that LACMTA report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded to small business enterprises in this regard.This bill would similarly authorize LACMTA to award contracts under similar circumstances to medium business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among medium business enterprises.The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law requires distributors of cigarette and tobacco products to be licensed by the State Board of Equalization and requires a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings to furnish a security deposit, subject to certain requirements, to the board. Existing law, upon authorization by the board, provides that no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed a specified amount and if the distributor meets certain requirements, including, among others, a requirement that the distributor has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns, as specified, for the preceding 3 consecutive years. This bill would extend the period of time in which a distributor must not be delinquent in the filing of reports or returns from 3 years to 4 years.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017
Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1205
Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 30142 130232 of the Revenue and Taxation Public Utilities Code, relating to taxation. transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1205, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Taxation. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting.
Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law authorizes LACMTA to award contracts under certain circumstances to small business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among certified small business enterprises, as long as price quotations are obtained by LACMTA from 3 or more small business enterprises, and requires LACMTA to report to the Legislature by December 31, 2017, regarding any contracts awarded in this regard. This bill would instead authorize LACMTA to award contracts in this manner as long as it solicits rather than obtains price quotations from 3 or more small business enterprises. The bill would delete the requirement that LACMTA report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded to small business enterprises in this regard.This bill would similarly authorize LACMTA to award contracts under similar circumstances to medium business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among medium business enterprises.The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law requires distributors of cigarette and tobacco products to be licensed by the State Board of Equalization and requires a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings to furnish a security deposit, subject to certain requirements, to the board. Existing law, upon authorization by the board, provides that no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed a specified amount and if the distributor meets certain requirements, including, among others, a requirement that the distributor has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns, as specified, for the preceding 3 consecutive years. This bill would extend the period of time in which a distributor must not be delinquent in the filing of reports or returns from 3 years to 4 years.
Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law authorizes LACMTA to award contracts under certain circumstances to small business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among certified small business enterprises, as long as price quotations are obtained by LACMTA from 3 or more small business enterprises, and requires LACMTA to report to the Legislature by December 31, 2017, regarding any contracts awarded in this regard.
This bill would instead authorize LACMTA to award contracts in this manner as long as it solicits rather than obtains price quotations from 3 or more small business enterprises. The bill would delete the requirement that LACMTA report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded to small business enterprises in this regard.
This bill would similarly authorize LACMTA to award contracts under similar circumstances to medium business enterprises with respect to work that is set aside for competition among medium business enterprises.
The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law requires distributors of cigarette and tobacco products to be licensed by the State Board of Equalization and requires a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings to furnish a security deposit, subject to certain requirements, to the board. Existing law, upon authorization by the board, provides that no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed a specified amount and if the distributor meets certain requirements, including, among others, a requirement that the distributor has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns, as specified, for the preceding 3 consecutive years.
This bill would extend the period of time in which a distributor must not be delinquent in the filing of reports or returns from 3 years to 4 years.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 130232 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:(1) Cash.(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.(D)(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.(E)(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.SECTION 1.Section 30142 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:30142.(a)The board shall fix the amount of the security required of any distributor and may increase or reduce the amount at any time. A minimum security in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be furnished by every distributor that is required to be licensed.(b)Except as provided in subdivision (d), if a distributor desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30166) of Chapter 3.5, the board shall require a security as follows:(1)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a monthly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 70 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.(2)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a twice-monthly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.(3)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a weekly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.(c)The security required by the board pursuant to subdivision (b) may be in the form of any of the following, in the amount required by paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b):(1)Cash, or a cash equivalent.(2)A surety bond.(d)Upon authorization by the board, no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30166) of Chapter 3.5, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed seventy-two thousand (72,000) stamps or meter register settings and if the distributor meets all of the following:(1)Has been licensed under this part for a minimum of five years.(2)Has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns required under this part for the preceding four consecutive years.(3)Has not been delinquent in the payment of any tax under this part, or for any other tax or fee administered or collected by the board, for the preceding three consecutive years.(4)Provides to the board and updates, as necessary, an electronic mail address for the purpose of receiving payment information, including, but not limited to, amounts owing for stamps and meter register settings purchased.(5)Any other criteria the board may require.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 130232 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:(1) Cash.(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.(D)(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.(E)(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.
SECTION 1. Section 130232 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:(1) Cash.(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.(D)(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.(E)(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.
130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:(1) Cash.(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.(D)(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.(E)(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.
130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:(1) Cash.(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.(D)(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.(E)(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.
130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise.
(b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared.
(c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission.
(d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidders security:
(1) Cash.
(2) A cashiers check made payable to the commission.
(3) A certified check made payable to the commission.
(4) A bidders bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission.
(e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made.
(f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:
(1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authoritys discretion, to the person who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Best value means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction.
(4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following:
(A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority.
(B) A federal, state, or local public entity.
(5) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring the authority to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the authority may, except as to contracts for professional services involving private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction management as defined in Sections 4525 and 4529.10 of the Government Code, do any of the following in facilitating contract awards with small business enterprises enterprises, medium business enterprises, and disabled veteran business enterprises:
(i) Provide for a small business preference in construction, the construction component of a design-build team, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services. The preference to a small business shall be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications that provides for small business participation.
(ii) Establish a subcontracting participation goal for small business enterprises on contracts financed with nonfederal funds and grant a preference of 5 percent to the lowest responsible bidders who meet the goal.
(iii) Require bidders, prior to the time bids are opened, to comply with the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals and requirements established by the authority on contracts financed with nonfederal funds.
(iv) In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder meeting the small business enterprise and disabled veteran business enterprise goals.
(v) Set aside work for competition among certified small business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) but is less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), as long as price quotations are obtained solicited by the authority from three or more certified small business enterprises. If the authority awards contracts under this clause, the authority, for purposes of legislative oversight, shall, on or before December 31, 2017, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding contracts awarded pursuant to this clause. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(vi) Set aside work for competition among medium business enterprises and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000) but is less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), as long as price quotations are solicited by the authority from three or more medium business enterprises.
(B) A small or medium business enterprise recommended for a contract award through use of a set aside shall be performing a commercially useful function. A small business enterprise shall be presumed to be performing a commercially useful function if it performs and exercises responsibility of at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract work with its own workforce.
(C) Small business enterprise as used in this paragraph, means a business enterprise that is classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and meets the current small business enterprise size standards found in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations appropriate to the type of work the enterprise seeks to perform. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a small business over the previous three fiscal years and establish limitations regarding the personal net worth of the owner of the small business, exclusive of the value of the owners personal residence.
(D) Medium business enterprise as used in this paragraph means a business enterprise that is not classified as a small business under United States Small Business Administration rules and does not meet the current small business enterprise size standards found in federal regulations. The authority may establish limitations regarding the average annual gross receipts of a medium business enterprise over the previous three fiscal years.
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(E) Disabled veteran business enterprise as used in this paragraph has the meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.
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(F) Goal as used in this paragraph means a numerically expressed objective that bidders are required to achieve.
(a)The board shall fix the amount of the security required of any distributor and may increase or reduce the amount at any time. A minimum security in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be furnished by every distributor that is required to be licensed.
(b)Except as provided in subdivision (d), if a distributor desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30166) of Chapter 3.5, the board shall require a security as follows:
(1)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a monthly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 70 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.
(2)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a twice-monthly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.
(3)If a distributor elects, under Section 30168, to make payments on a weekly basis, the board shall require a security equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount and no more than twice the amount, as fixed by the board, of the distributors purchases of stamps and meter register settings for which payment may be deferred.
(c)The security required by the board pursuant to subdivision (b) may be in the form of any of the following, in the amount required by paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b):
(1)Cash, or a cash equivalent.
(2)A surety bond.
(d)Upon authorization by the board, no additional security shall be required for a distributor that desires to defer payments for stamps or meter register settings, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30166) of Chapter 3.5, if the distributors average monthly purchase of stamps or meter register settings for the previous 12 months does not exceed seventy-two thousand (72,000) stamps or meter register settings and if the distributor meets all of the following:
(1)Has been licensed under this part for a minimum of five years.
(2)Has not been delinquent in the filing of any reports or returns required under this part for the preceding four consecutive years.
(3)Has not been delinquent in the payment of any tax under this part, or for any other tax or fee administered or collected by the board, for the preceding three consecutive years.
(4)Provides to the board and updates, as necessary, an electronic mail address for the purpose of receiving payment information, including, but not limited to, amounts owing for stamps and meter register settings purchased.
(5)Any other criteria the board may require.