Bill Text: CA AB2031 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public contracts: state acquisition of new vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2010. [AB2031 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2031-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2031	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Evans and De La Torre

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to add Section 10295.2 to the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2031, as amended, Evans. Public contracts: state acquisition of
new vehicles.
   Existing law imposes various requirements and prohibitions on
state agency contracts for goods. Among these requirements is a
requirement that the contractor certify that it has not provided
goods under the contract that were produced under specified
prohibited labor conditions, and that the contractor has complied
with specified provisions of law.
   This bill would, notwithstanding existing law, prohibit  a
state agency or department, including the Department of General
Services, from purchasing new vehicles without the approval of both
the secretary or director of the agency or department, respectively,
that has requested the acquisition of new vehicles, and the
Department of Finance   the Department of General
Services from approving a contract for the   purchase of new
vehicles that would result in the expenditure of funds unless the
secretary or director of an agency or a department, respectively,
that has requested the acquisition of the new vehicles makes a
certification, as specified, verifying that the purchase is vital and
mission critical for the agency or department  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 10295.2 is added to the Public Contract Code,
to read: 
   10295.2.  Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency or
department, including the Department of General Services, shall not
purchase new vehicles without the approval of both of the following:
   (a) The secretary or director of the agency or department,
respectively, that has requested the acquisition of new vehicles.
   (b) The Department of Finance. 
    10295.2.   (a) No contract shall be approved by the
Department of General Services for the purchase of new vehicles that
would result in the expenditure of funds unless a certification is
received in writing and signed by the secretary or director of an
agency or a department, respectively, or his or her designees, that
has requested the acquisition of the new vehicles, verifying that the
purchase is vital and mission critical for the agency or department.

   (b) The certification shall include the date, title, and the
signature of the person authorizing the purchase.