{"code":"PCC","codeName":"Public Contract Code","section":"10740","citation":"Pub. Contract Code, § 10740","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 2.5. California State University Contract Law [10700. - 11005.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-2.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Advertisement for Bids [10740. - 10743.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-2.5/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.","effective":null,"html":"<p>When it appears from the estimates of cost that the estimated contract price of any project will not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), the trustees may direct that public notice to bidders be given as follows:</p><p>(a) By publication for two consecutive insertions in a weekly trade paper of general circulation, published either in Los Angeles or San Francisco, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract news among contracting firms; and</p><p>(b) Once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the project is located, or, if located in more than one county in such a newspaper in a county in which a major portion of the work is to be done.</p>","text":"When it appears from the estimates of cost that the estimated contract price of any project will not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), the trustees may direct that public notice to bidders be given as follows: (a) By publication for two consecutive insertions in a weekly trade paper of general circulation, published either in Los Angeles or San Francisco, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract news among contracting firms; and (b) Once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the project is located, or, if located in more than one county in such a newspaper in a county in which a major portion of the work is to be done.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/advertisement-for-bids-10740","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}