California Public Resources Code

§ 35159

PRC § 35159 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 26 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)The governing board may contract with any person or public agency for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials, or for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or improvement. The governing board may appoint a general manager to be the chief administrative officer of the authority, and the governing board may authorize the general manager to bind the authority, in accordance with governing board policy that has been adopted in an open meeting and without advertising, for contracts for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials, or for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or improvement, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). All expenditures related to contracts for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials, or for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or improvement, approved by a general manager shall be reported to the governing board at its next regular meeting.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, a contract for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials that exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be contracted for and let to the lowest responsible bidder. A contract for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or less may be let by informal bidding procedures, but a contract for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be let by formal bidding procedures.

(2)A contract for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or improvement that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be contracted for and let to the lowest responsible bidder. A contract for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or improvement of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less may be let by informal bidding procedures, but a contract for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or improvement of more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) shall be let by formal bidding procedures.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 733, Sec. 2. (AB 2682) Effective January 1, 2025.