Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: contracts.

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Sponsor: Laird
Last action: 2026-06-09
Official status: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Effective date: Not listed

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Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: Contracts

The bill allows the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency to use certain alternative methods for awarding contracts and sets rules for these methods until January 1, 2035.

What This Bill Does

Allows the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency to use different ways of giving out contracts if its leaders agree.
Requires that any contract given must go to the best value or lowest responsible bidder.
Sets rules for using a method called Job Order contracting, including limits on how much money can be awarded in one contract and how long the contract lasts.
Needs the agency to make an independent cost estimate for each job order under a Job Order contract.

Who It Names or Affects

The Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency
Contractors working with the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency

Terms To Know

Job Order Contracting: A method where a contractor agrees to do multiple jobs over time, and each job is estimated separately.
Best Value Basis: Choosing the contract that offers the best overall value, not just the lowest price.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only applies until January 1, 2035.
It does not say how much money will be spent or saved by these changes.

Bill History

2026-06-09 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
June 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-05-07 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-07 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-05 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-04 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
2026-04-24 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4014.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 22.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2026-02-12 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1055, as amended, Laird.
Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: contracts.
Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, governs public works contracts awarded by counties and requires the work of construction or repair of specified public buildings to be done by contract, if the estimated cost exceeds $4,000, as prescribed. Existing law, in counties containing a population of 500,000 or more, exempts that work from the above-described requirement if the estimated cost of the work is less than $6,500.
This bill would, until January 1, 2035, authorize the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, upon approval of its governing body, to use specified alternative project delivery methods, in addition to other contracting methods allowable by law, and require a contract awarded pursuant to these provisions to be awarded on a best value basis or to the lowest responsible bidder. Because the bill would expand the
crime of perjury, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the agency to follow specified procedures if its governing body approves the use of Job Order contracting, as defined, and limit the maximum total dollar amount that may be awarded under a single Job Order contract and the term of a Job Order contract. The bill would require the agency to prepare an independent cost estimate for each individual job order developed under a Job Order contract.
The bill would prohibit an agency from using job order contracting unless it enters into a project labor agreement, as specified.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency.
The California
Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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