If the owners fail to elect to take the work, and to enter into a written contract therefor within 10 days, or to commence the work within 15 days after the date of the written contract, and to prosecute the work with diligence to completion, the superintendent of streets shall enter into a contract with the original bidder to whom the contract was awarded, and at the prices specified in his or her bid.
Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 20422
Legislative Bodies—Improvement Act of 1911
Known as the Local Agency Public Construction Act
The act spans §§ 20100–20929 (618 sections).
Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 54.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.