{"code":"PCC","codeName":"Public Contract Code","section":"10222","citation":"Pub. Contract Code, § 10222","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [1100. - 22355.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES [10100. - 19150.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. State Contract Act [10100. - 10285.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Contract Requirements [10220. - 10232.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-1/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 45.   (SB 189)   Effective January 1, 2011.   Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Each bond shall equal at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise provided in Section <a href=\"/civ/9554\">9554</a> of the Civil Code, in the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 30000) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), or in subdivision (b).</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for projects with a contract price greater than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), the Department of Transportation shall have the discretion to specify that the payment bond shall equal not less than one-half of the contract price or five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), whichever is less.</p>","text":"(a) Each bond shall equal at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise provided in Section 9554 of the Civil Code, in the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 30000) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), or in subdivision (b). (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for projects with a contract price greater than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), the Department of Transportation shall have the discretion to specify that the payment bond shall equal not less than one-half of the contract price or five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), whichever is less.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/contract-requirements-10222","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}