{"code":"PCC","codeName":"Public Contract Code","section":"20117","citation":"Pub. Contract Code, § 20117","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 3. CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES [20100. - 22199.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Local Agency Public Construction Act [20100. - 20929.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-3/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. School Districts [20110. - 20118.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-3/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 527.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are two or more identical lowest or highest bids, as the case may be, submitted to a school district for the purchase, sale, or lease of real property, supplies, materials, equipment, services, bonds, or the awarding of any contract, pursuant to a provision requiring competitive bidding, the governing board of any school district may determine by lot which bid shall be accepted.</p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are two or more identical lowest or highest bids, as the case may be, submitted to a school district for the purchase, sale, or lease of real property, supplies, materials, equipment, services, bonds, or the awarding of any contract, pursuant to a provision requiring competitive bidding, the governing board of any school district may determine by lot which bid shall be accepted.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/school-districts-20117","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}