SECTIONS 20940-20942 - California Statutes

PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE

SECTION 20940-20942

20940. The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by
protection districts as provided for in Chapter 201 of the Statutes
of 1895.

20941. (a) All work done in any district shall be ordered by the
board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located
and shall be under the direction of the county surveyor or county
engineer. All work which exceeds an estimated cost of one thousand
dollars ($1,000) shall be advertised and let to the lowest bidder;
provided, however, that at the time of an emergency the board of
supervisors may order emergency work done without advertising for
bids. If notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the
board of supervisors shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with
Section 22050).
(b) As soon as the district is formed, the board shall cause a
survey of the contemplated improvements to be made, or adopt a survey
already made, and shall also cause a map of the survey, and plans
and specifications showing the improvements in detail, to be
prepared, and they shall adopt those surveys, maps, plans, and
specifications, and thereafter all improvements shall be made in
accordance with the surveys, maps, plans, and specifications so
adopted; provided, that at any time after the adoption of said
surveys, maps, plans, and specifications, and before the commissioner'
s report of assessment of benefits and award of damages has been
finally adopted and confirmed by the board, the board may rescind
their action in adopting those surveys, maps, plans, and
specifications, and may modify the same or adopt others in their
place, in which case a new assessment shall be made, or may, by a
four-fifths vote of the members, abandon the contemplated improvement
and dissolve the protection district, in which case the expenses
already incurred on behalf of the district shall be a county charge.

20942. The board of supervisors shall determine the amount of work
to be done in each year and the place where such work is to be done,
and may let a contract for any portion of such work that they may
think proper. When the work is let by contract, either as a whole
work or for a portion thereof, the board shall give notice, by
publication thereof, not less than 10 days, in a newspaper published
in such county, calling for bids for the construction of such work,
or of any portion thereof; if less than the whole work is advertised,
then the portion so advertised must be particularly described in
such notice. Said notice shall set forth that plans and
specifications can be seen at the office of the board, and that the
board will receive sealed proposals therefor, and that the contract
will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, stating the time and
place for opening said proposal, and how such sealed proposals shall
be addressed, which, at the time and place appointed, shall be
opened, and, as soon thereafter as convenient, the board shall let
said work, either in portions or as a whole, to the lowest
responsible bidder; or they may reject any and all bids and
readvertise for proposals. Any person or persons to whom a contract
may be awarded shall enter into a bond, with good and sufficient
sureties, to be approved by the board, payable to said county for the
use of such protection district, for double the amount of the
contract price, conditioned for the faithful performance of said
contract. The work shall be done under the direction and to the
satisfaction of the board of supervisors.