Public contracts: local agencies: alternative procedure.
The Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act authorizes a public agency, whose governing board has by resolution elected, to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting procedures. Existing law declares that these procedures promote statewide uniformity of the cost accounting standards and bidding procedures on construction work performed or contracted by public entities. The act defines "public agency" as a city, county, city and county, including chartered cities and chartered counties, any special district, and any other agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries, and also includes a nonprofit transit corporation wholly owned by a public agency and formed to carry out the purposes of the public agency. The act authorizes public projects of $45,000 or less to be performed by the employees of a public agency, authorizes public projects of $175,000 or less to be let to contract by informal procedures, and requires public projects of more than $175,000 to be let to contract by formal bidding procedures. The act permits the governing body of a public agency, in the event all bids received for the performance of that public project are in excess of $175,000, to award the contract at $187,500 or less to the lowest responsible bidder if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.
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AB 2249
California AB 2249 (20172018)
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Public contracts: local agencies: alternative procedure.
California AB 2249 (20172018) — Public contracts: local agencies: alternative procedure.
The Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act authorizes a public agency, whose governing board has by resolution elected, to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting procedures. Existing law declares that these procedures promote statewide uniformity of the cost accounting standards and bidding procedures on construction work performed or contracted by public entities. The act defines "public agency" as a city, county, city and county, including chartered cities and chartered counties, any special district, and any other agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries, and also includes a nonprofit transit corporation wholly owned by a public agency and formed to carry out the purposes of the public agency. The act authorizes public projects of $45,000 or less to be performed by the employees of a public agency, authorizes public projects of $175,000 or less to be let to contract by informal procedures, and requires public projects of more than $175,000 to be let to contract by formal bidding procedures. The act permits the governing body of a public agency, in the event all bids received for the performance of that public project are in excess of $175,000, to award the contract at $187,500 or less to the lowest responsible bidder if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2249 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2249 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2249 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cooley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2018-04-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4791.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2018-06-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5039.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-07-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6138.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2018-08-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-08-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 169, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9a570fd-cfe7-4ad3-b15f-8d6564cc8c29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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