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AB 396 – Hernandez: Public contracts:
bid preferences: employee health care expenditures: Increases access to
health care coverage for employees who work on public works projects by
requiring public entities bidding out public works contracts to the
lowest bidder to provide a 2.5% employee health care expenditure bid
preference.
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AB 1942 – Ruskin: Public
contracts: small businesses and disabled veteran business enterprises:
Makes a technical change to law regarding small business gaining access
to state agency contracts.
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AB 2360 – Levine: Public
contracts: state contracts: healthy lifestyle benefits: Requires
corporations seeking to do business with the State of California to
provide their employees with benefits that promote a healthy lifestyle.
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AB 2376 – Price:
Small and Emerging Contractors Technical Assistance Program: Would
provide training for small business contractors to improve their
ability to secure surety bond guarantees which is necessary to qualify
for public works construction projects. Would charge a fee to
participants in the program.
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AB 2603 – Eng:
Public contracts: reports: Requires sate agencies to prepare an annual
report regarding service and consulting contracts entered into by the
agency.
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2773 – Price: Public contracts: Small
Business Procurement and Contract Act: Changes the Small Business and
Contract Act to instead establish a 2009 cost threshold at $250,000
which would be adjusted every 2 years. |
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AB 2778 – Mendoza:
Small business and procurement: Changes the standards for manufacturers
under the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act.
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2797 – De La Torre: State contracting: small
business preference: Increases the bidding preferences afforded by DGS
(Dept. of General Services) to small businesses from 5% to 10%. |
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3020 – Salas: State Contract Act: This bill
would expand the definition of "department" for purposes of contracting
for a public work to include the Military Department. |
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SB 1596 – Yee:
University of California: public contracts: Limits the term of a
contract for services, goods or materials, to the winning bid, to 3
years with limitations on extending the contract for contracts with the
University of California schools.
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SB 1687 – McLeod:
State contracts: participation goals: developmentally disabled business
enterprises: Establishes a statewide participation goal of not less
than 2% for developmentally disabled business enterprises to
participate in all contracts awarded by the state for construction,
services, materials, supplies, equipment, alterations, repairs or
improvements.
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SB 1698 – Romero:
Contractors: Public works: Prohibits a contractor from performing work
as a contractor or subcontractor on a public works unless he or she has
obtained a public works certification from the board.
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