CHAPTER 2. Bidding on Public Contracts [22000. - 22045.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1054, Sec. 1.

§§ 22000–22045 · 35 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent and Definitions §§ 22000–22003 · 5 sections

   • § 22000 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.”
   • § 22001 The Legislature finds and declares that there is a statewide need to promote uniformity of the cost accounting standards and bidding procedures on construction…
   • § 22001.5 On or before January 1, 2009, the Controller shall send a notice to all public agencies describing the provisions of this chapter and the benefits of using its…
   • § 22002 (a) “Public agency,” for purposes of this chapter, means a city, county, city and county, including chartered cities and chartered counties, any special…
   • § 22003 A public agency which has, by resolution, elected to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting procedures set forth in Article 2 (commencing…
2. ARTICLE 2. California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission §§ 22010–22020 · 11 sections

   • § 22010 There is hereby created the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. The commission is comprised of 14 members. (a) Thirteen of the members…
   • § 22011 The Controller, in an effort to select highly qualified commission members, shall solicit from organized representatives of the construction industry and…
   • § 22012 At least one commission member of the seven representing the construction industry and at least one of the seven representing public agencies shall have…
   • § 22013 The commission members shall select a chairperson from among its membership. The chairperson shall serve as chair for a term of two years from the date of…
   • § 22014 (a) The members of the commission shall hold office for terms of three years, and until their successors are appointed. (b) Members may be reappointed, by the…
   • § 22015 (a) The Controller shall make available for the conduct of the commission’s business, such staff and other support as does not conflict with the accomplishment…
   • § 22016 The commission shall meet not less than once each year, at a time and place chosen by its membership.
   • § 22017 The commission shall do all of the following: (a) After due deliberation and study, recommend for adoption by the Controller, uniform construction cost…
   • § 22018 The Controller shall, upon receipt of the commission’s recommendations, review and evaluate the recommended procedures and either formally adopt or reject the…
   • § 22019 Upon determining that the recommended uniform construction cost accounting procedures will serve the best interests of the state and public agencies, and upon…
   • § 22020 In accordance with procedures and standards adopted pursuant to Section 22017, every five years the commission shall consider whether there have been material…
3. ARTICLE 3. Public Projects: Alternative Procedure §§ 22030–22045 · 19 sections

   • § 22030 (a) This article applies only to a public agency whose governing board has by resolution elected to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting…
   • § 22031 (a) Prior to January 1, 2013, this article shall not prohibit a board of supervisors or a county road commissioner from utilizing, as an alternative to the…
   • § 22032 (a) Public projects of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated…
   • § 22033 It shall be unlawful to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any project for the purpose of evading the provisions of this article requiring…
   • § 22034 Each public agency that elects to become subject to the uniform construction accounting procedures set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22010) shall…
   • § 22035 (a) In cases of emergency when repair or replacements are necessary, the governing body may proceed at once to replace or repair any public facility without…
   • § 22035.5 In counties that are under court order to relieve justice facility overcrowding, the procedures and restrictions specified in Section 20134 shall apply to all…
   • § 22036 The commission shall determine, on a county-by-county basis, the appropriate construction trade journals which shall receive mailed, faxed, or emailed notice…
   • § 22037 Notice inviting formal bids shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and distinctly describe the project. The notice shall…
   • § 22038 (a) In its discretion, the public agency may reject any bids presented, if the agency, prior to rejecting all bids and declaring that the project can be more…
   • § 22039 The governing body of the participating public agency or its designated representative shall adopt plans, specifications, and working details for all public…
   • § 22040 Any person may examine the plans, specifications, or working details, or all of these, adopted by the public agency for any project.
   • § 22041 This article does not apply to the construction of any public building used for facilities of juvenile forestry camps or juvenile homes, ranches, or camps…
   • § 22042 The commission shall review the accounting procedures of any participating public agency where an interested party presents evidence that the work undertaken…
   • § 22042.5 The commission shall review practices of any participating public agency where an interested party presents evidence that the public agency is not in…
   • § 22043 (a) In those circumstances set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 22042, a request for commission review shall be in writing, sent by certified or registered…
   • § 22044 The commission shall prepare written findings, which shall be presented to the public agency within 30 calendar days of formal commission review. Should the…
   • § 22044.5 If the commission makes a finding, in accordance with Section 22043, on three separate occasions within a 10-year period, that the work undertaken by a public…
   • § 22045 (a) No later than January 1, 1985, the commission shall recommend, for adoption by the Controller, written procedures implementing the accounting procedures…