尽管上周五,州立法机关在2009年立法会议的官方官方官员中撤下了一整夜,但他们仍然无法提出足够的选票来通过州长寻求的大规模水发展计划。

The AGC of California reports that agreement在有争议的新水坝和一条可以将饮用水转移到环境敏感的三角洲周围的饮用水方面,迅速发展,但有关如何支付近120亿美元项目的疑问。共和党人和州长偏爱要求选民批准将从该州普通基金中偿还的债券,但大多数民主党人希望该项目中的某些项目可以通过用户费用资助。

因此,随着2009 - 2010年立法会议的一半,加利福尼亚州的AGC将一些主要的建筑问题的状态总结了。

两张法案将前往州长的办公桌以签名:

付款/保留立法(SB 802,Leno&Fuentes)was originally introduced as AB 396, but AGC’s original sponsored bill that protected contractors against late payment bond claims and limited retention on public works jobs was stalled in the assembly. Provisions of AB 396 were amended into SB 802 the last week of session in order to keep the issue alive. The senate approved SB 802 the last night of session and the bill is headed to the governor for signature.

和有限责任公司(SB 392,Florez)将允许承包商获得有限责任公司的许可。最终反对该法案的最后一晚,并与国家建筑行业达成协议,要求$ 50,000的工资和福利债券作为有限责任公司许可的条件。与审判律师达成了较早的协议,以取消反对派。最终修正案将在一月份对SB 392进行,该法案将迅速移交给州长。

其他无处可去的建筑问题包括消除公共工程竞标。AGC teamed up with other industry associations and negotiated legislation with the governor’s office to reinstate the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise good faith effort for public works that was eliminated by budget related legislation in July. In spite of the governor’s office commitment to secure passage of clean-up legislation, the legislative proposal that AGC amended into unrelated legislation during the last days of session fell victim to end of the session partisan bickering between the legislature and governor. Ultimately, the legislation incurred the opposition of the DVBE and veteran community, due to legislative demands for amendments to the legislation. A solution may again be considered in January.

免税营业税(AB 1523,Calderon)本来可以将带有固定价格合同的承包商豁免不得不支付4月1日生效的营业税增加1​​%确定成本影响的其他立法。目前,正在讨论一月份恢复立法的讨论,以使其适用于州销售税的未来变更,以便在当前的销售税收到期时将受到保护。

以及计划和规格 - 竞标(AB 815,马萨诸塞州)允许承包商向公共机构提出索赔,以免提供竞标的完整计划。AB 815在参议院举行,直到加利福尼亚最高法院就悬而未决的案件作出决定为止;当时,该法案将进行修改,以解决最高法院的裁决。

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