Public Contract Code section 20605

When the board of supervisors and the board of directors of the district, if any, determine that any work of repairing, improving, renewing or extending district facilities can be done more economically and satisfactorily by day labor without letting contracts to the lowest bidder as provided in Section 20601, the governing body of the district may cause the work to be done by day labor.

Source: Section 20605, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PCC§ionNum=20605. (updated Jan. 1, 1982; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/public_contract_code_section_20605

Original Source: Section 20605, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PCC§ionNum=20605. (last accessed May 12, 2025).