California Code
TITLE 1 - GENERAL
DIVISION 5 - PUBLIC WORK AND PUBLIC PURCHASES

CHAPTER 1 - Cost Records to be Kept

Section 4000. - 4000. This chapter does not apply to maintenance work, work...

Section 4001. - 4001. As used in this chapter, “engineer” means the Director...

Section 4002. - 4002. As used in this chapter, “public work” means the...

Section 4003. - 4003. The engineer directing, supervising or superintending the construction, or...

Section 4004. - 4004. Prior to the commencement of the public work, the...

Section 4005. - 4005. Within 60 days from the completion of any public...

Section 4006. - 4006. Plans, specifications, work authorizations describing work to be performed,...

Section 4007. - 4007. Every engineer who wilfully violates any of the provisions...

CHAPTER 3 - Backfilling Excavations With Native Spoil

Section 4200. - 4200. As used in this chapter: (a) “Competent spoil” means...

Section 4201. - 4201. Any local agency that undertakes or contracts for an...

CHAPTER 3.1 - Protection of Underground Infrastructure

ARTICLE 1 - Public Utility Protection in Public Contracts

Section 4215. - 4215. In any contract to which a public agency as...

ARTICLE 2 - Regional Notification Center System

Section 4216. - 4216. As used in this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 4216.1. - 4216.1. Every operator of a subsurface installation, except the Department...

Section 4216.2. - 4216.2. (a) Before notifying the appropriate regional notification center, an...

Section 4216.3. - 4216.3. (a) (1) (A) Unless the excavator and operator mutually...

Section 4216.4. - 4216.4. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if...

Section 4216.5. - 4216.5. The requirements of this article apply to state agencies...

Section 4216.6. - 4216.6. (a) (1) Any operator or excavator who negligently violates...

Section 4216.7. - 4216.7. (a) If a subsurface installation is damaged by an...

Section 4216.8. - 4216.8. This article does not apply to any of the...

Section 4216.9. - 4216.9. (a) A permit to excavate issued by any local...

Section 4216.10. - 4216.10. (a) In lieu of the notification and locate and...

Section 4216.11. - 4216.11. On or before January 1, 2020, the board shall...

Section 4216.12. - 4216.12. (a) The Dig Safe Board is hereby created under,...

Section 4216.13. - 4216.13. (a) The board shall be composed of nine members,...

Section 4216.14. - 4216.14. (a) The term of a member of the board...

Section 4216.15. - 4216.15. The board shall meet at least once every three...

Section 4216.16. - 4216.16. The board may obtain funding for its operational expenses...

Section 4216.17. - 4216.17. (a) The board shall annually convene a meeting for...

Section 4216.18. - 4216.18. The board shall develop a standard or set of...

Section 4216.19. - 4216.19. (a) The board shall investigate possible violations of this...

Section 4216.21. - 4216.21. (a) For an investigation that the board undertakes as...

Section 4216.22. - 4216.22. Consistent with all laws of this state, the board...

Section 4216.23. - 4216.23. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the board shall report to...

Section 4216.24. - 4216.24. The Safe Energy Infrastructure and Excavation Fund is hereby...

CHAPTER 3.2 - Energy Conservation Contracts

Section 4217.10. - 4217.10. To help implement the policy set forth in Section...

Section 4217.11. - 4217.11. The following terms, whenever used in this chapter, have...

Section 4217.12. - 4217.12. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public...

Section 4217.13. - 4217.13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency...

Section 4217.14. - 4217.14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the public agency...

Section 4217.15. - 4217.15. The public agency may, but is not required to,...

Section 4217.16. - 4217.16. Prior to awarding or entering into an agreement or...

Section 4217.17. - 4217.17. This chapter does not limit the authority of any...

Section 4217.18. - 4217.18. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to...

CHAPTER 3.3 - Regional Interoperable Communications System in Los Angeles County

Section 4218. - 4218. Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division...

CHAPTER 4 - Preference for Materials

ARTICLE 1 - American-Made Materials

Section 4300. - 4300. As used in this article: (a) “United States” means...

Section 4301. - 4301. This article does not apply to materials which are...

Section 4302. - 4302. This article does not apply to medical and surgical...

Section 4302.5. - 4302.5. The provisions of this article do not apply to...

Section 4302.6. - 4302.6. The provisions of this article do not apply to...

Section 4303. - 4303. The governing body of any political subdivision, municipal corporation,...

Section 4303.5. - 4303.5. Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Section 4304. - 4304. Every contract for the construction, alteration or repair of...

Section 4305. - 4305. The name of the person failing to comply, together...

ARTICLE 2 - California-Made Materials

Section 4330. - 4330. As used in this article, “supplies” includes goods, wares,...

Section 4331. - 4331. Price, fitness, and quality being equal, any body, officer,...

Section 4332. - 4332. All State, county, or city officers, all bodies, and...

Section 4333. - 4333. In any advertisement for supplies no bid shall be...

Section 4334. - 4334. Public officers and bodies charged with the letting of...

ARTICLE 3 - Services and Supplies of Agricultural Aircraft Operators

Section 4360. - 4360. As used in this article (a) “Agricultural aircraft operator”...

Section 4361. - 4361. Public officers and bodies charged with the purchase or...

CHAPTER 5 - Emergency Termination of Public Contracts

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4400. - 4400. This chapter shall be known and cited as the...

Section 4401. - 4401. “Public agency,” as used in this chapter, includes the...

ARTICLE 2 - Voluntary Termination

Section 4410. - 4410. In the event a national emergency occurs, and public...

Section 4411. - 4411. Such an agreement shall include the terms and conditions...

Section 4412. - 4412. It shall be competent for any public agency to...

CHAPTER 6 - Unfair and Coercive Insurance Requirements

Section 4420. - 4420. (a) No state or local governmental agency and no...

Section 4420.5. - 4420.5. (a) Section 4420 does not apply to any construction...

Section 4420.8. - 4420.8. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 4420, commencing January...

Section 4421. - 4421. This chapter shall not prevent the exercise by such...

Section 4422. - 4422. All provisions in any invitation for bids, or in...

CHAPTER 7 - Access to Public Buildings by Physically Handicapped Persons

Section 4450. - 4450. (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to...

Section 4450.5. - 4450.5. The State Architect’s regulations adopted pursuant to Section 4450...

Section 4451. - 4451. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this...

Section 4452. - 4452. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 4453. - 4453. The responsibility for enforcement of this chapter shall be...

Section 4453.5. - 4453.5. (a) In addition to any other inspection requirements pertaining...

Section 4454. - 4454. (a) Where state funds are utilized for any building...

Section 4454.5. - 4454.5. (a) A building or facility otherwise subject to this...

Section 4455. - 4455. The Department of Rehabilitation shall be responsible for educating...

Section 4455.5. - 4455.5. All new elevators in public buildings or facilities after...

Section 4456. - 4456. After the effective date of this section, any building...

Section 4457. - 4457. On or after January 1, 1986, all portable buildings...

Section 4458. - 4458. The district attorney, the city attorney, the county counsel...

Section 4459. - 4459. (a) The State Architect shall develop amendments for building...

Section 4459.5. - 4459.5. (a) The State Architect shall establish and publicize a...

Section 4459.6. - 4459.6. The State Architect shall appoint an ad hoc advisory...

Section 4459.7. - 4459.7. (a) (1) No later than October 31 of each...

Section 4459.8. - 4459.8. (a) The certification authorized by Section 4459.5 is effective...

Section 4460. - 4460. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

Section 4461. - 4461. If a violation of Section 4450, 4450.5, 4451, 4452,...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Disability Access and Education

Section 4465. - 4465. (a) There is hereby established in the Division of...

Section 4467. - 4467. (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2013, through...

Section 4469. - 4469. On and after January 1, 2013, each city, county,...

Section 4469.5. - 4469.5. (a) In addition to the information required by Section...

Section 4470. - 4470. (a) All funds received by the Division of the...

CHAPTER 8 - Purchases

Section 4475. - 4475. “State agency,” as used in this chapter, means any...

Section 4476. - 4476. “Person,” as used in this chapter means any individual,...

Section 4477. - 4477. No state agency shall enter into any contract for...

Section 4478. - 4478. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to...

Section 4479. - 4479. Each state agency shall exercise due diligence in determining...

Section 4480. - 4480. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply when...

Section 4481. - 4481. Each local agency or board set forth in Section...

Section 4482. - 4482. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to...

CHAPTER 9 - Rapid Transit

Section 4500. - 4500. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, rule, regulation,...

CHAPTER 10 - Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms

Section 4525. - 4525. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 4526. - 4526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, selection by a...

Section 4526.5. - 4526.5. A state agency head entering into a contract pursuant...

Section 4527. - 4527. In the procurement of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental,...

Section 4528. - 4528. (a) When the selection is by a state agency...

Section 4529. - 4529. This chapter shall not apply where the state or...

Section 4529.5. - 4529.5. Any individual or firm proposing to provide construction project...

CHAPTER 10.1 - Architectural and Engineering Services

Section 4529.10. - 4529.10. For purposes of Article XXII of the California Constitution...

Section 4529.11. - 4529.11. All projects included in the State Transportation Improvement Program...

Section 4529.12. - 4529.12. All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant...

Section 4529.13. - 4529.13. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to...

Section 4529.14. - 4529.14. Architectural and engineering services contracts procured by public agencies...

Section 4529.15. - 4529.15. This act only applies to architectural and engineering services...

Section 4529.16. - 4529.16. This act shall not be applied in a manner...

Section 4529.17. - 4529.17. The provisions of this act are severable. If any...

Section 4529.18. - 4529.18. If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the...

Section 4529.19. - 4529.19. This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its...

Section 4529.20. - 4529.20. This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which...

CHAPTER 10.5 - Target Area Contract Preference Act

Section 4530. - 4530. This chapter shall be known as the “Target Area...

Section 4531. - 4531. The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public...

Section 4532. - 4532. As used in this chapter: (a) “California-based company” means...

Section 4533. - 4533. (a) Whenever the state prepares a solicitation for a...

Section 4533.1. - 4533.1. Where a bidder complies with the provisions of Section...

Section 4534. - 4534. (a) In evaluating proposals for contracts for services in...

Section 4535. - 4535. All state contracts issued to bidders who are awarded...

Section 4535.1. - 4535.1. A business that requests and is given the preference...

Section 4535.2. - 4535.2. (a) The maximum preference and incentive a bidder may...

Section 4535.3. - 4535.3. The Department of General Services, with the cooperation of...

CHAPTER 11 - Antitrust Claims

Section 4550. - 4550. As used in this chapter: (a) “Public purchase” means...

Section 4552. - 4552. In submitting a bid to a public purchasing body,...

Section 4553. - 4553. If an awarding body or public purchasing body receives,...

Section 4554. - 4554. Upon demand in writing by the assignor, the assignee...

CHAPTER 12 - Child Care Facilities for State Employees

Section 4560. - 4560. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is...

Section 4561. - 4561. Child care facilities for the employees of the California...

Section 4562. - 4562. This chapter shall not apply to the design of...

Section 4563. - 4563. (a) Sections 4560, 4561, and 4562 are not applicable...