Title GOV, California Gov. Code

All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process which prohibits governmental agency employees from participating in the selection process when they have a financial or business relationship with any private entity see…

Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to change project design standards, seismic safety standards or project construction standards established by state, regional or local governmental entities. Nor shall any provision of this act be construed to prohibit or restrict …

Architectural and engineering services contracts procured by public agencies shall be subject to standard accounting practices and may require financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and budget. (Added Nov…

This act only applies to architectural and engineering services defined in Government Code Section 4529.10. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to expand or restrict the authority of governmental entities to contract for fire, ambulance, police, sheriff, probation, c…

This act shall not be applied in a manner that will result in the loss of federal funding to any governmental entity. (Added November 7, 2000, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 4.)

The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. (Added November 7, 2000, by initiati…

If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this act, this act shall prevail. (Added November 7, 2000, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 4.)

This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. (Added November 7, 2000, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 4.)

This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which are contained within its provisions. These are matters of statewide concern and when enacted are intended to apply to charter cities as well as all other governmental entities. (Added November 7, 2000, by initiative Pro…