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AB-778: Local Agency Public Construction Act Website Posting
This law requires local agencies with websites to post specific construction payment details online, similar to rules for state agencies.
What This Bill Does
- Requires local agencies that have a website to list project and payment information within 10 days of paying a contractor or sending payment instructions.
- Mandates posting the project name, contractor name, date of payment or instruction, application number, and total amount paid.
- Exempts construction contracts valued at less than $25,000 from these website posting rules.
- Prohibits local agencies that fail to post this information from withholding retention money on remaining payments.
Who It Names or Affects
- Local government agencies that maintain an internet website and pay construction contractors.
- Construction companies or contractors receiving payment from those local agencies.
Terms To Know
- Retention Proceeds
- Money held back by an agency from a contractor's payment until certain project conditions are met.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not apply to construction contracts worth less than $25,000.
- Reimbursement for costs depends on the Commission on State Mandates determining that state-mandated costs exist.
- The text specifies rules only for agencies with an internet website; it does not address those without one.