Certain state laws require the University to follow specified procedures for the design, bidding, and construction of projects. The University has elected by policy to follow additional state laws regarding construction contracting.
The table lists state laws the University is either required to follow, or has elected to follow, regarding the performance of construction projects. This selected list has been limited to laws specifically mentioned or implied in the University's construction documents.
| SELECTED STATE LAWS APPLICABLE TO UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING - July 1999 revision | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA CODE TITLE | CODE SECTION | APPLICABLE SUBJECTS COVERED | UC DOCUMENT WHERE REFERENCED OR APPLICABLE* |
| Business and Professions Code | 5500, 5538 | Architecture | Executive Design Professional Agreement |
| 6700, 6745 | Professional engineers | Executive Design Professional Agreement | |
| 7000, 7025, 7026, 7028.15 7029.1, 7057, 7059 | Contractors' State License Law | Instructions to Bidders, 2.1.4 | |
| California Code of Regulations (CCR) | Title 8 | Industrial Relations (Safety) | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D |
| Title 13 | Motor Vehicles (Hazardous Materials Transportation) | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 17 | Public Health (Radiation Safety) | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 19 | Public Safety (State Fire Marshal) | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 20 | Public Utilities and Energy | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 21 | Public Works | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 22 | Social Security (Hospital Safety Standards) | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 24 | Building Standards | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 25 | Housing and Community Development | Specifications, 01080 Executive Design Professional Agreement , Exhibits C, D | |
| Title 26 | Toxics | --- | |
| Civil Code | 3084, 3179, 3181, 3184 | Mechanic's lien laws (Stop Notices) | --- |
| 9550 | Payment bonds | Payment Bond | |
| Code of Civil Procedure | 337.1, 337.15 | Time of Commencing Actions - Latent and patent defects | General Conditions, Art. 12 |
| 1280 | Arbitration | General Conditions, 4.7 | |
| Education Code | 92050 | Liquidated damages | --- |
| Government Code | 4450-4458, 7250-7252 | Disabled access to public facilities | --- |
| 54999 | Capital fees for public utility services | --- | |
| 12900, 12926, 12970, 12973 | Fair employment and housing (nondiscrimination) | General Conditions, 14.2 | |
| 13332.11, 15849.1, 16312 | Financial provisions | Long Form for High-Tech Bonds | |
| Health and Safety Code | 1275, 129675-129998 | Hospital seismic safety | Specifications, 01060 |
| 25249.5 | Safe drinking water | General Conditions, 3.7.2 | |
| Labor Code | 1770-1777.1 | Wages | General Conditions, 14.3.2 |
| 1777.5-1777.7, 3077 | Apprentices | General Conditions, 14.5.2 | |
| 3200 | Workers' Compensation | General Conditions, 11.1.2.3 | |
| 6300 | Safety in employment | Specifications, 01080 | |
| 6705, 6707 | Trenching | Specifications, 01080 | |
| Public Contract Code | 3300 | Contractor's license | Instructions to Bidders, 2.1.4 |
| 3400 | Specifications | Specifications, 01640 | |
| 4100-4114 | Subletting and subcontracting | Instructions to Bidders, 2.1.5, 3.4.2 | |
| 5100-5107 | Relief of bidders | Instructions to Bidders, 5.4.4 | |
| 10500, 10502-10506 | University of California competitive bidding, construction | --- | |
| Public Resources Code | 21000 | California Environmental Quality Act of 1983 (CEQA) | Executive Design Professional Agreement |
| 30000 | California Coast Act of 1976 | --- | |
| Unemployment Insurance Code | 13020 | Withholding tax | Payment Bond |