California · Public Contract Code - PCC
PCC §20150.4: Public projects between four thousand dollars ($4,000) and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be let to contract by informal or formal bidding procedures.
What this law says, in plain English
Public projects costing $4,000 to $10,000 must be awarded through informal or formal bidding procedures.
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Public projects between four thousand dollars ($4,000) and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be let to contract by informal or formal bidding procedures. Public projects of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and more shall, in all instances, be let to contract by formal bidding procedure.
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