CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1329Introduced by Senator FullerFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1329, as introduced, Fuller. Public contracts.Existing law requires every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined, involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 for any public work to file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract before entering upon the performance of the work.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.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 7103 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1329Introduced by Senator FullerFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1329, as introduced, Fuller. Public contracts.Existing law requires every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined, involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 for any public work to file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract before entering upon the performance of the work.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1329
Introduced by Senator FullerFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Senator Fuller
February 16, 2018
An act to amend Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1329, as introduced, Fuller. Public contracts.
Existing law requires every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined, involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 for any public work to file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract before entering upon the performance of the work.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law requires every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined, involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 for any public work to file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract before entering upon the performance of the work.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
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 7103 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
SECTION 1. Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdivision (d), involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any a public work shall, before entering upon the performance of the work, file a payment bond with and approved by the officer or state entity that awarded the contract. The bond shall be in a sum not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.
(2) The state entity shall state in its call for bids for any contract that a payment bond is required in the case of such an expenditure.
(b) A payment bond filed and approved in accordance with this section shall be sufficient to enter upon the performance of work under a duly authorized contract that supplements the contract for which the payment bond was filed if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the state entity.
(c) For purposes of this section, providers of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services pursuant to a contract with a state entity for a public work shall not be deemed an original contractor and shall not be required to post or file the payment bond required in subdivisions (a) and (b).
(d) For purposes of this section, state entity means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, any agency in the judicial branch of government, or the University of California. All other public entities shall be governed by Section 9550 of the Civil Code.
(e) For purposes of this section, public work includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.