(a) Any state agency or department, as defined in Section
10357, which is subject to this code, shall, prior to awarding a
contract for work to be performed by a contractor, as defined by
Section 7026 of the Business and Professions Code, verify with the
Contractors' State License Board that the person seeking the contract
is licensed in a classification appropriate to the work to be
undertaken.  Verification as required by this section need only be
made once every two years with respect to the same contractor.
   (b) In lieu of the verification, the state entity may require the
person seeking the contract to present his or her pocket license or
certificate of licensure and provide a signed statement which swears,
under penalty of perjury, that the pocket license or certificate of
licensure presented is his or hers, is current and valid, and is in a
classification appropriate to the work to be undertaken.

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