Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 130051.20
Creation of Commissions
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
(a) (1) No construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, or any company, vendor, or business entity seeking a contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall give to a member, alternate member, or employee of the authority, or to any member of their immediate families, a contribution of over ten dollars ($10) in value or amount. A “contribution” includes contributions to candidates or their committees in any federal, state, or local election.
(2) Neither the owner, an employee, or any member of their immediate families, of any construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, or any company, vendor, or business entity seeking a contract with the authority shall make a contribution of over ten dollars ($10) in value or amount to a member, alternate member, or employee of the authority, or to any member of their immediate families.
(3) No member, alternate member, or employee of the authority, or member of their immediate families, shall accept, solicit, or direct a contribution of over ten dollars ($10) in value or amount from any construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, or any company, vendor, or business entity seeking a contract with the authority.
(4) No member, alternate member, or employee of the authority shall make or participate in, or use his or her official position to influence, a contract decision if the member, alternate member, or employee has knowingly accepted a contribution of over ten dollars ($10) in value in the past four years from a participant, or its agent, involved in the contract decision.
(5) No member, alternate member, or employee of the authority, or member of their immediate families shall accept, solicit, or direct a contribution of over ten dollars ($10) in value or amount from a construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, or any company, vendor, or business entity that has contracted with the authority in the preceding four years.
(b) A member, alternate member, or employee of the authority who has participated as a decisionmaker in the preparation, evaluation, award, or implementation of a contract and who leaves the authority shall not, within three years of leaving the authority, accept employment with any company, vendor, or business entity that was awarded a contract as a result of his or her participation, evaluation, award, or implementation of that contract.
(a) A former board member or employee of MTA shall not accept compensation from an MTA contractor as an employee, officer, director, or consultant of the contractor within 12 months after the former board member or employee served in any of the following capacities:
(1) As a member of the procurement evaluation team for a contract that was awarded to that contractor.
(2) As the procuring contract officer for a contract that was awarded to that contractor.
(3) As the project manager or deputy project manager for a contract that was awarded to that contractor.
(4) As an agency executive with oversight responsibilities for a contract awarded to that contractor if the executive participated in the contract development, proposal review, or approval, or provided agency signatory authority related to the contract or project.
(5) As a substantial participant in an MTA decision to do any of the following:
(A) Award a contract, subcontract, modification of a contract or subcontract, or a task order or delivery order to that contractor.
(B) Develop a contract awarded to that contractor, including developing the scope of work.
(C) Approve issuance of one or more contract payments to that contractor.
(D) Pay or settle a claim with that contractor.
(b) For purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), a former board member’s or former employee’s service ends at the completion of the evaluation period, or the former board member’s or former employee’s last day of service with MTA, whichever occurs first.
(c) For purposes of paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a), a former board member’s or former employee’s service ends at the completion of the contract term, or the former board member’s or former employee’s last day of service with MTA, whichever occurs first.
(d) The inspector general appointed pursuant to Section 130051.28 may enforce this section.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.