AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2024

AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 20, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 325

Statutes of 2024

[ Approved by Governor September 20, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 20, 2024. ]

Introduced by Senator Dahle

(Coauthor: Senator Becker)

February 15, 2024

An act to amend Section 3501 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law, the Buy Clean California Act, requires the Department of General Services, by January 1, 2022, to establish and publish in the State Contracting Manual, in a department management memorandum, or on the department’s internet website, a maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials, as defined, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law defines “eligible materials” for those purposes to mean carbon steel rebar, flat glass, mineral wool board insulation, or structural steel. By January 1, 2025, and every 3 years thereafter, existing law requires the department to review the maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials, as provided.

This bill would revise the definition of “eligible materials” to delete mineral wool board insulation and additionally include insulation, and would make various nonsubstantive changes to the definition provisions of the act.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 3501 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:

3501.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Awarding authority” means any of the following:

(1) A state agency for a contract for a public works project that is subject to the State Contract Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2).

(2) The Regents of the University of California for a contract for a public works project that is subject to Chapter 2.1 (commencing with Section 10500) of Part 2.

(3) The Trustees of the California State University for a contract for a public works project that is subject to the California State University Contract Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 10700) of Part 2).

(b) “Department” means the Department of General Services.

(c) “Eligible materials” means any of the following:

(1) Carbon steel rebar.

(2) Flat glass.

(3) Insulation.

(4) Structural steel.

(d) “Eligible project” means a project that the awarding authority determines will require eligible materials.