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CA Pub Cont Code § 20952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 63 - Drainage Districts|Section 20952.

20952.  The district may enter into contracts or agreements with the State of California or other public districts for the joint construction of and for the joint use and maintenance of evaporation ponds or other works for the disposal of saline drainage waters and for the disposal of salts and other residues developed from the operation of such works.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20960 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 64 - Levee Districts|Section 20960.

20960.  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by levee districts as provided for in Chapter 310 of the Statutes of 1905.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20961 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 64 - Levee Districts|Section 20961.

20961.  No levees, dikes, or other works for the benefit of the district may be constructed or repaired except on the order of the board of trustees of the district and when the repair or construction will exceed five hundred dollars ($500) the work may be performed only under a contract let, after reasonable notice given by the board of trustees by publishing the notice at least once a week for two weeks in a newspaper published and circulated in the county and designated by the board of trustees. All bids shall be sealed and shall be opened at the time specified in the notice, and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The board may, however, reject any and all bids. The contract and bond for its performance must be entered into and approved by the board of trustees, except, however, in cases of emergency, by the unanimous consent of the whole board of trustees they may proceed at once to replace or repair levees, dikes, or other works without notice. In case of emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050). Prior to the publication of the notice of the letting of any contract for the erection or repair of dikes, levees, or other works, the board of trustees shall have prepared by a competent engineer, plans and specifications and working details of the work, that shall be adopted by the board of trustees and filed in the office of the board and shall be subject to inspection by any person for at least two weeks prior to the date of the letting of the contract. The board of trustees shall appoint an engineer to supervise the construction, repair, or other works to be done under the plans and specifications and no claim shall be allowed for any work done under any contract let under those plans and specifications without a certificate being first filed in the office of the board of trustees and in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county signed by the engineer, certifying that the work has been completed and constructed according to the plans and specifications and the terms of the contract. The engineer shall be paid the compensation agreed upon by the board of trustees and the compensation shall be paid in the same manner as other claims against the district.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 803, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20970 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 65 - Protection Districts|Section 20970.

20970.  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by protection districts as provided for in Chapter 25 of the Statutes of 1907.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20971 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 65 - Protection Districts|Section 20971.

20971.  After the adoption of a plan of works and providing funds for the construction of the same, and securing the necessary rights of way as in this act provided, the board of directors shall give notice by publication thereof not less than 20 days in one newspaper published in each of the counties composing the district (provided, a newspaper is published therein) and in such other newspapers as they may deem advisable, 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 proposals, which, at the time and place appointed shall be opened in public; and as soon as convenient thereafter the board shall let said work, whether in portions or as a whole, to the lowest responsible bidder; or they may reject any and all bids and readvertise for proposals, or may proceed to construct the work under their own superintendence. Contracts for the purchase of material shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. 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 district for its use for 50 percent of 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 engineer, and be approved by the board.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20980 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 66 - Storm Water Districts|Section 20980.

20980.  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by storm water districts as provided for in Chapter 222 of the Statutes of 1909.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20981 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 66 - Storm Water Districts|Section 20981.

20981.  All work of construction, repair, or maintenance, the cost whereof exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), shall be done by contract; and all contracts shall be let by the board to the lowest responsible bidder, who will give bond for the faithful performance thereof satisfactory to the board, after advertisement for bids published by their clerk pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in some newspaper of general circulation, designated by the board and published in the county in which the district or some part thereof is situated, specifying the time and place for the opening of bids, and the particular work to be bid for; provided, however, that the board may reject all bids and readvertise, and may by unanimous action in cases of great emergency, the nature of which shall be entered on their minutes, proceed at once to replace or repair any of the works or improvements of the district without advertisement.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20990 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20990.

20990.  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District as provided for in Chapter 755 of the Statutes of 1915.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20991 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20991.

20991.  All contracts for any improvement or unit of work, except as provided in this article, estimated to cost in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder in the manner provided in this article. The board of supervisors of the district shall advertise by five or more insertions in a daily newspaper of general circulation, or by two or more insertions in a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the district, inviting sealed proposals for the construction of the improvement or work. The board shall require the successful bidder or bidders to file with the board good and sufficient bonds, to be approved by the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract and upon the payment of all claims for labor and material. The bonds shall contain the terms and conditions set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9550) of Title 3 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code and shall be subject to the provisions of that chapter. The board shall have the right to reject any bid not suitable to the best interests of the district. In the event all proposals are rejected or no proposals are received pursuant to advertisement, or the estimated cost of the work does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or the work consists of channel protection, dam protection, temporary work, maintenance work, or emergency work, the board of supervisors may, without advertising for bids, have the work done by force account. Emergency work may also be done by negotiated contract without advertising for bids. In case of an emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 55. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20992 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20992.

20992.  It shall be the duty of the purchasing agent of Los Angeles County, and the ex officio purchasing agent of Los Angeles County Flood Control District, unless otherwise ordered by the board of supervisors, to purchase for the district all materials, supplies, equipment, and other personal property necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, except emergency purchases, and to engage independent contractors to perform sundry services for the district, where the aggregate cost of such work, exclusive of materials to be furnished by the district, does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). The purchasing agent shall make all such purchases and contracts upon proper requisition therefor, signed by the chief engineer of the district.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20993 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20993.

20993.  Any improvement for which bonds are voted under the provisions of this act shall be made in conformity with the report, plans, specifications, and map theretofore adopted, as above specified, unless the doing of any such work described in the report shall be prohibited by law, or be rendered contrary to the best interests of the district by some change of conditions in relation thereto, in which event the board of supervisors may, by vote of four-fifths of all the members thereof, order necessary changes made in such proposed work or improvements, and may cause new plans and specifications to be made and adopted therefor.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20994 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20994.

20994.  Any work or improvement provided for in this act may be located, constructed, and maintained in, along, or across any public road or highway in the County of Los Angeles, in such manner as to afford security for life and property, but the board of supervisors of the district shall restore or cause to be restored such road or highway to its former state as near as may be, so as not to impair its usefulness.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20995 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20995.

20995.  The plans and specifications for any work proposed to be done, or improvements to be made, under this act, in any municipality in the district shall first be approved by the legislative body of such municipality before the commencement of such work or improvements, and before any contract shall be let therefor; provided, that in the event such legislative body shall refuse or neglect to approve the said plans and specifications for such work or improvement within 30 days after being requested by the board of supervisors so to do, then the board of supervisors shall omit the doing of such work or making of such improvements within such municipality, and such omission shall not affect the validity of its proceedings under this act, and the funds which were to be expended for such proposed work or improvement in the municipality may be expended elsewhere by the board of supervisors for carrying out the purposes of this act. For the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the governing body of the district may delegate these duties to the chief engineer of the district on a project-by-project basis. This additional delegation right for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 371, Sec. 25. (SB 1473) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20996 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20996.

20996.  The governing body of the district may, upon receiving request therefor, cause to be designed and inserted in the specifications and contract for any flood control channel or storm drain, as to any portion thereof planned to be constructed under this act as an open channel, provision for the construction in conjunction therewith of facilities for the covering or crossing over of any such portion, or a part of such portion if, in the judgment of the governing body, such crossing or covering will not impair the usefulness of the flood control channel or storm drain and will not be otherwise adverse to the best interests of the district; provided, however, that as to any such requested covering or crossing facilities the costs of design and construction are to be fully borne by the requesting party or parties.The governing body of the district may expend funds of the district for the construction of facilities for the covering or crossing over of any portion of existing flood control channels or storm drains of the district whenever it determines such expenditures to be in the best interests of the district. The district may also expend for such purpose any funds provided it by any local agency within the district for the construction of facilities for the covering or crossing over of any portion of existing flood control channels or storm drains of the district.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20997 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20997.

20997.  The governing body of the district shall have full authority to cause to be inserted in specifications and contracts for any flood control work financed or paid for in whole or in part out of moneys obtained from the United States of America or any department or agency thereof as a loan, grant, or appropriation, the provisions or terms as may be prescribed by the United States of America or such department or agency as a condition upon which the federal funds are loaned, granted, or appropriated.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20998 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 67 - Los Angeles County Flood Control District|Section 20998.

20998.  The board of supervisors of the district may, by ordinance, resolution, or board order, authorize the chief engineer or other district officer to order changes or additions in the work being performed under contracts made pursuant to this article in an amount not to exceed:(a) For contracts whose original cost is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the amount of the change or addition shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).(b) For contracts whose original cost is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), the amount of the change or addition shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount of the cost of the original contract.(c) For contracts whose original cost exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), the extra cost for any change or addition shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), plus 5 percent of the amount of the cost of the original contract that is in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). In no event shall any change or addition exceed two hundred ten thousand dollars ($210,000).(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.(Repealed (in Sec. 9) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 95, Sec. 10. (AB 712) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 21000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 68 - Drainage Districts|Section 21000.

21000.  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by drainage districts as provided for in Chapter 354 of the Statutes of 1919.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 21001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 68 - Drainage Districts|Section 21001.

21001.  By resolution or resolutions the board of supervisors may order the work to be done, and if it does so it shall fix a time for receiving proposals or bids for doing the work, and shall direct the clerk to give notice, inviting sealed proposals or bids. Such notice shall include a statement that the work is to be done under the provisions of the Drainage District Improvement Act of 1919 and according to the plans and specifications on file, except insofar as such plans and specifications were changed by the board of supervisors in conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention in said act provided; to which said act, to the resolution of intention and all proceedings had thereunder the attention of bidders is hereby directed, and which are by this reference made part of said notice.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 21002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 68 - Drainage Districts|Section 21002.

21002.  The notice inviting sealed proposals or bids shall be published by at least two insertions in the newspaper or newspapers designated in the resolution of intention, and (though it need not be simultaneously) a copy or copies of the same shall be posted and kept posted for five days, at or near the chamber door of the board of supervisors. All proposals or bids shall be accompanied by a check, payable to the county, certified by a responsible bank in an amount not less than 10 percent of the aggregate of the proposal or bid, or by a bond in such amount running to the county, signed by the bidder, with two sureties qualifying before an officer competent to administer oaths, each in said amount over and above all statutory exemptions, or executed by some bonding company acceptable to said board of supervisors. Said proposals or bids shall be delivered to the clerk of said board.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 21003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1.5 - Water District Acts|ARTICLE 68 - Drainage Districts|Section 21003.

21003.  The board shall, in open session, open and examine and declare the same. No proposal or bid shall be considered unless accompanied by such check or such bond in terms satisfactory to the board. The board may reject any and all proposals or bids should it deem it for the public good, and shall reject all proposals or bids other than the lowest regular proposal or bid of any responsible bidder, and may award the contract for said work to the lowest responsible bidder at the price named in his or her bid.A notice of such award, attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be transmitted to the successful bidder by mail by the clerk of the board of supervisors, and shall also be published and posted in a manner herein provided as to the notice inviting proposals or bids.The check or bond accompanying such accepted proposal or bid shall be kept by the clerk of said board until the contract for doing said work, as hereinafter provided, has been entered into. Checks or bonds of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned by the clerk of said board. If said successful bidder fails, neglects or refuses for 15 days after being awarded the contract to execute the same, the certified check accompanying his bid, and the amount thereof shall be declared forfeited to the county, and may be collected by it and paid into the interest and sinking fund of the district, and any bond forfeited may be prosecuted, and the amount thereof collected and paid into said fund.Before being entitled to a contract the bidder to whom the award thereof has been made must advance and pay to the clerk of the board of supervisors, the costs and expenses of publishing and posting the resolutions, notices and orders required under this act to be made, which have been made, given, posted, or published in the proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 69.)