The Legislature finds that the practices of bid shopping and bid peddling in connection with the construction, alteration, and repair of public improvements often result in poor quality of material and workmanship to the detriment of the public, deprive the public of the full benefits of fair competition among prime contractors and subcontractors, and lead to insolvencies, loss of wages to employees, and other evils.
Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 4101
Subletting and Subcontracting
Known as the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act
The act spans §§ 4100–4114 (18 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 66 Cal. App. 4th 359 - MCM Constr., Inc. v. City & County of San Francisco (1998)
Most recently applied in 146 Cal. App. 4th 757 - D.H. Williams Construction, Inc. v. Clovis Unified School District (January 2007)
Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 42.1.
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