Public Contract Code: In 1981, following four major study groups’ recommendations, the Legislature repealed the former State Contract Act that appeared in the Government Code and re-codified it, verbatim, in this newly created Public Contract Code. In addition to the Government Code, former provisions of the Public Contract Code can be traced to former uncodified sections of early acts, and former sections of the Education Code, former Political Code, and the Public Utilities Code.
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Public Contract Code Sections
Section 100: Derived from former Public Utilities Code § 10300, added in 1983.
Section 3400: Derived from former Government Code § 4380, enacted in 1961.
Sections 4100 et seq.: Derived from uncodified § 1, enacted in 1941.
Sections 4101 and 4104: Section 4104 is derived from former uncodified § 1, enacted in 1941 and § 4101 is derived from former Government Code § 4101, enacted in 1943.
Section 4104: Derived from former uncodified § 1, enacted in 1941.
Section 4107: Derived from former uncodified § 1, added in 1941.
Section 5105: Relating to Bidding; derived from former Government Code § 4205, enacted in 1971.
Section 5110: Added in 2003.
Section 7102: Added in 1984 and amended in 1987.
Section 7107: Added in 1992 and amended in 1998.
Section 7201: Added in 2011 and amended in 2014 and 2017.
Section 9204: Added in 2016 and amended in 2019.
Section 10115.2: Added in 1988.
Section 10120: Derived from former uncodified § 1, added in 1875-76.
Section 10124: Derived from former uncodified § 5, enacted in 1875-76.
Section 10240.2: Derived from former Government Code § 14410.2, enacted in 1981.
Section 10240.13: Derived from former Government Code § 14410.13, enacted in 1981.
Section 10262.5: Added in 1990 amended amended three times thereafter.
Section 10286.1: Added in 2003 and amended two times thereafter.
Section 10295: Derived from former Political Code § 675a, enacted in 1927.
Section 10300: Added in 1995 and amended in 2000.
Section 10301: Derived from former Government Code § 13402, enacted in 1955.
Section 10365.5: Added in 1990 and amended in 1991.
Section 10381: Derived from former Government Code § 14830.26, enacted in 1982.
Section 10430: Derived from former uncodified § 2, enacted in 1915.
Section 10516: Enacted in 2002.
Section 20103.5: Derived from former Public Contract Code § 20104, added in 1990.
Section 20104.50: Enacted in 1992.
Section 20118: Added in 1987 and amended in 2006.
Section 20118.4: Derived from former Education Code § 15963, enacted in 1961.
Section 20123: Derived from former Government Code § 25450.41, enacted in 1957.
Section 20131: Derived from former uncodified § 25, enacted in 1883.
Section 20137: Derived from former uncodified § 38, enacted in 1883.
Section 20142: Derived from former Government Code § 25466, enacted in 1953.
Section 20162: Derived from former uncodified § 777, enacted in 1883.
Section 20395: Derived from former Political Code § 2640, enacted in 1921.
Section 20405: Derived from former Political Code § 4041.18, enacted in 1929.
Section 20455: Derived from former Streets and Highways Code § 5236, enacted in 1965.
Section 20659: Derived from former Education Code § 15963, enacted in 1961.
Section 20783: Derived from former uncodified § 16, enacted in 1923.
Sections 20800 through 20806: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 6515.5, enacted in 1951.
Section 20801: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 6407, enacted in 1961.
Section 20803: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 6515.5, added in 1951.
Section 21293: Derived from former Water Code Appendix § 77-125, enacted in 1955.
Section 21551: Derived from former Water Code Appendix § 105-33, enacted in the 1966 First Extraordinary Session.
Section 22001 and 22002: Derived from former Public Contract Code §§ 21001 and 21002, enacted in 1983.
Section 22034: Added in 1983 and amended eight times thereafter.