The board shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, and the person to whom the contract is awarded shall perform the work in accordance with the plans, specifications, strain sheets, and working details, unless the contract is modified by a four-fifths vote of the board.
Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 20128
Counties
Known as the Local Agency Public Construction Act
The act spans §§ 20100–20929 (618 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 9 Cal. 4th 161 - Domar Electric, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (1994)
Most recently applied in Jauregui v. City of Palmdale (May 2014)
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 465, Sec. 11.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.