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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Valladares</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 6100 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law requires a state agency, before awarding a contract for work to be performed by a contractor, to verify with the Contractors State License Board that the person seeking the contract is licensed in a classification appropriate to the work to be undertaken. Under existing law, in lieu of the verification, the state entity is authorized to require the person seeking the contract to present their pocket license or certificate of licensure and provide a signed statement, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 6100 of the
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(a)
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A state agency, as defined in Section 10335.7 that is subject to this code, shall, before awarding a contract for work to be performed by a contractor, as defined by Section 7026 of the Business and Professions Code, verify with the Contractors State License Board that the person seeking the contract is licensed in a classification appropriate to the work to be undertaken. Verification as required by this section need only be made once every two years with respect to the same contractor.
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(b)
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In lieu of the verification, the state entity may require the person
seeking the contract to present
their pocket license or certificate of licensure and provide a signed statement that swears, under penalty of perjury, that the pocket license or certificate of licensure presented is theirs, is current and valid, and is in a classification appropriate to the work to be undertaken.
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