ARTICLE 27. Legislative Bodies—Improvement Act of 1911

Heading of Article 27 amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 35.

§§ 20410–20464 · 56 sections

§ 20410 The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by legislative bodies for the doing of work or the furnishing of materials, supplies and equipment, as…
§ 20411 Before the legislative body awards any contract for doing any work or for furnishing materials, supplies and equipment or any portion thereof, authorized by…
§ 20412 Notice shall be posted inviting sealed proposals or bids for doing such work, or for furnishing materials, supplies and equipment or any portion thereof.…
§ 20413 All bids for construction work shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security: (a) Cash. (b)…
§ 20414 The proposals or bids shall be delivered to the clerk, or any other officer designated by the legislative body, and the legislative body shall, in open session…
§ 20415 The legislative body may reject any and all proposals or bids should it deem this for the public good, and also the bid of any party who has been delinquent or…
§ 20416 Whenever the total amount bid by the lowest responsible bidder plus the estimated amount of incidental costs would result in assessments under this division…
§ 20417 If the bids are rejected or no bids are received the legislative body may readvertise for proposals or bids for the performance of the work as in the first…
§ 20418 The check or bond accompanying any proposal or bid which is accepted shall be held by the clerk until the contract for doing the work has been entered into,…
§ 20419 If any local, state or national agency or authority contributes the labor, or labor and any portion of the materials, supplies or equipment necessary for the…
§ 20420 Notice of the award of the contract shall be published by the clerk. The clerk shall, upon payment of the statutory fee prescribed therefor, record a notice of…
§ 20421 The owners of three-fourths of the area of lands liable to be assessed, or their agents (who shall make oath that they are the owners or agents) are not…
§ 20422 If the owners fail to elect to take the work, and to enter into a written contract therefor within 10 days, or to commence the work within 15 days after the…
§ 20423 If the original bidder neglects, fails or refuses, for 25 days after the first publication of the notice of the award of the contract, to enter into the…
§ 20424 If no bids are received in response to this second call for bids, the legislative body may again advertise for and receive bids under the same proceedings at…
§ 20425 The bids of all persons and the election of all owners who have previously failed to enter into the contract shall be rejected in any bidding or election…
§ 20426 All contractors, contracting owners included, shall, at the time of executing any contract for the work, execute a bond to the satisfaction and approval of the…
§ 20427 At any time prior to publication and posting notice inviting bids, the legislative body by resolution, may determine that if the contractor, contracting owners…
§ 20428 If the owner or contractor who may have taken any contract does not complete the work within the time limited in the contract, or within such further time as…
§ 20429 Before being entitled to a contract, the bidder to whom the award was made, or the owners who have elected to take the contract, must advance to the…
§ 20430 If the work is abandoned by the city before work is actually started or before any materials, supplies or equipment have been furnished or used, the incidental…
§ 20431 At any time within 10 days from the date of the first publication of the notice of award of the contract, any owner of, or other persons having any interest…
§ 20432 All objections to any act or proceeding occurring prior to the time within which such objections are permitted to be filed in relation to the work, not made in…
§ 20433 If in the opinion of the legislative body the public interest will not be served by allowing the property owners to take the contract it may so provide in the…
§ 20434 An action to determine the validity of proceedings relating to the work and the validity of any contract entered or to be entered into pursuant thereto may be…
§ 20435 In such action, all findings, conclusions and determinations of the legislative body which conducted the proceedings shall be conclusive in the absence of…
§ 20436 If an action is commenced under the provisions of this chapter to determine the validity of any contract or proposed contract, and the contract has not been…
§ 20436.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the action authorized by this chapter shall not be brought by any person other than the legislative body or the…
§ 20437 The superintendent of streets is hereby authorized in his official capacity to make all written contracts, and to receive all bonds authorized by this division…
§ 20438 He shall fix the time for the commencement, which shall not be more than 45 days from the date of the contract, and for the completion of the work under each…
§ 20439 He may extend the time fixed for completion of the work from time to time, under the direction of the legislative body. All applications for extensions of…
§ 20440 The work, in all cases, shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the superintendent of streets and the materials used shall comply with the…
§ 20441 The legislative body also may by resolution adopted within 10 days after the passage of the resolution ordering the work provide and direct that the assessment…
§ 20442 The contract shall contain express notice that, in no case, except where it is otherwise provided by law or by charter will the city, or any officer thereof,…
§ 20443 The legislative body may, by ordinance, prescribe general rules directing the superintendent of streets or the engineer, as the case may be, and the contractor…
§ 20444 If any fiscal agent of the United States government contributes any money or materials to be used in the construction of any work provided for in this…
§ 20445 If a contribution of labor or of labor and any portion of materials, supplies or equipment is to be made by any local, state or national agency or authority,…
§ 20446 “Changes” as used in this chapter shall include corrections, alterations, modifications, additions, omissions, increases or decreases.
§ 20447 Unless the power to proceed shall have ceased at the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention because of a majority protest, at any time before…
§ 20448 At the hearing on the resolution of intention, the legislative body, without further notice and hearing, may order any changes, as defined in Sections 20446…
§ 20449 Before ordering any changes made, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution briefly describing the changes proposed to be made, stating the amount of the…
§ 20450 If a resolution required under Section 20449 proposes to include additional territory in the assessment district, at least 15 days prior to the hearing fixed…
§ 20451 Written objections to the proposed changes may be filed with the clerk by any interested person at any time not later than the time set for the hearing. The…
§ 20452 (a) No changes, except as provided in Section 20453, shall be made pursuant to this chapter that will increase the estimated assessable cost by more than 20…
§ 20453 Changes may exceed the 20-percent limitation in cost when the legislative body orders such changes. That portion of the added cost which exceeds the 20-percent…
§ 20454 Any changes made pursuant to this chapter shall not release or discharge the sureties upon any bond required under this division.
§ 20455 (a) After construction has begun, the legislative body, or the superintendent of streets if authorized by the legislative body, may order changes in the work…
§ 20456 Subject to the limitations of Section 20455, the contract may include a provision to determine a fair and equitable price for changes in the work, including,…
§ 20457 Every contractor, to whom is awarded any contract for street work under this division, shall at the time of signing and executing the contract, file with the…
§ 20458 The bond shall provide that the contractor or subcontractor shall pay for any materials, provisions, provender, or other supplies or use of implements or…
§ 20459 Any person furnishing materials, provisions, provender or other supplies used in, upon, for or about the performance of the work contracted to be executed or…
§ 20460 Each person whose claim has not been paid by the contractor or his subcontractors, shall have a first lien upon and against the assessment, any partial…
§ 20461 No assignment by the contractor of the whole or any part of the money, assessment, partial assessment, any reassessment and any bonds which may be issued to…
§ 20462 If any contractor disputes the correctness or validity of any claim filed pursuant to this chapter, the city or superintendent of streets may permit the…
§ 20463 The bond shall guarantee the payment of any sum which the claimant may recover on the claim together with his costs of suit in the action, if he shall recover…
§ 20464 Suit against the sureties on the bond of the contractor filed pursuant to this chapter may be brought by any claimant, or his assigns, at any time after the…