California Public Contract Code ARTICLE 33 - Joint Highway Districts

• Section 20530.
  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by a joint highway district, as provided in the Joint Highway District Act, Part 1 (commencing...
• Section 20531.
  All construction work shall be done by contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids in a newspaper of general circulation published...
• Section 20532.
  All bids for construction work shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security:(a) Cash.(b) A cashier’s...
• Section 20533.
  All bids shall be delivered to the secretary of the board of directors not later than the hour fixed for receiving bids and shall thereafter...
• Section 20534.
  The board of directors shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. However, before awarding the contract the board may:(a) Reject all bids should it...
• Section 20535.
  If all bids have been rejected because it appears that they are too high and that the work can be done more cheaply by day...
• Section 20536.
  The bidder to whom any contract is awarded shall, within 20 days after the date of the award by the board of directors, execute a...
• Section 20537.
  Before the contract is executed, the person to whom it is awarded shall execute bonds for the faithful performance of the contract and for the...
• Section 20538.
  All of the bonds shall be executed by the bidder and by a corporate surety duly authorized to do business as such under the laws...
• Section 20539.
  The president or vice president and secretary or assistant secretary shall sign and attest all construction contracts on behalf of the district.(Added by Stats. 1982,...
• Section 20540.
  All construction contracts shall provide that a maximum of eight hours shall constitute a day’s labor and that three dollars ($3) shall be the minimum...
• Section 20541.
  If any bidder to whom a contract is awarded fails to enter into the contract and execute the required bonds, the board of directors shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018