Public Utilities Code section 132354.7

The consolidated agency shall not enter into a construction contract over one million dollars ($1,000,000) with any entity unless the entity provides to the consolidated agency an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or a contract that falls within an apprenticeship occupation in the building and construction trades in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

(a)

This subdivision shall not apply if any of the following requirements are met:

(1)

The consolidated agency has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or the consolidated agency has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce and the entity has agreed to be bound by that project labor agreement.

(2)

The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the consolidated agency before January 1, 2017.

(3)

The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or the entity has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce.

(b)

For purposes of subdivision (a), “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

Source: Section 132354.7, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=132354.­7.­ (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

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