GOVERNMENT RELATIONS


Bills, Bills…and More Bills L


By Dave Ackerman


ike swallows returning to Capistrano – the California Legislature keeps introducing


thousands of new bills every year – this year is no exception. As of the deadline for 2016 bill


introductions – and of course there are exceptions to this deadline – there were 1,362 Assembly Bills and 673 Senate Bills introduced for a total of 2,035 bills for the 2016 Session. Tis is slightly fewer bills than were intro- duced in 2015. Tere is always some good news,


bad news, and “ugly” news, and this year is no different.


For 2016, AGC is sponsoring or co-sponsoring four legislative bills:


Prevailing Wage Claims – AB


326 (Frazier) addresses the issue of contractors having to post a cash deposit with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to avoid liquidated damages from prevailing wage claims. Te bill will require DIR, following a settlement or dismissal, to refund the cash deposit to the contractor within 30 days. Currently there is no deadline, and in many cases it has taken months to return monies


rightfully owed to contractors. Storm Water Plans – SB 1170


(Weickowski) clarifies that public works project owners are responsible for required storm water pollution prevention and must provide contractors, subcontractors and small businesses who are not the holders of the storm water permit a construction


plan as part of the bid documents. Lease-leaseback School


Construction - AB 2316 (O’Donnell)


proposes reforms in the lease-leaseback procurement process to address recent court decisions and protect contractors from possible disgorgement of monies


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already paid for school construction. (Co-Sponsored with the Construction


Employers Association) Contractors: license require-


ments: recovery actions - AB 1793 (Holden) addresses the issue of disgorgement of funds when a


contractor has been found to be unlicensed for any period during a contract. Tere have been several court cases that have decided the current code section 7031 does not provide any discretion for the courts and they


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