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Senate Bill 129 (Boatwright – 1983)
Chapter 1231, Statutes of 1983
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As enacted in 1983, numerous sections of the Health and Safety Code and the Public Contract Code, relating to public agency transactions, were affected by the legislative passage of Senate Bill 129. (See Exhibit #1g) Senator Daniel E. Boatwright, as lead author, introduced the bill on January 11, 1983. (See Exhibit #1a)
While before the Senate, the measure was heard in the Committee on Governmental Organization and the Committee on Finance. (See Exhibits #2 and #3) In the Assembly, the bill was heard by the Committee on Governmental Organization and the Committee on Ways and Means. (See Exhibits #9 and #10) Senate Bill 129 was amended five times during the legislative process. (See Exhibits #1b through #1f and #2) When the Senate refused to concur in the Assembly amendments, a conference committee was appointed by both Houses. (See Exhibit #2) The purpose of a Conference Committee is to bring together six legislators, three from each House, in an attempt to reach a compromise on a bill’s language which is acceptable to both the Senate and the Assembly.
Before the Conference Committee on Senate Bill 129 met, the Senate rescinded its action refusing to concur and did concur to the Assembly amendments. (See Exhibit #2) The bill was thus enrolled and signed by Governor George Deukmejian on September 29, 1983, and enacted on September 30, 1983 as Chapter 1231 of the Statutes of 1983. (See Exhibits #1g and #2)
Senate Bill 129 was an urgency bill going into immediate effect. (See Exhibit #1g) The reason necessitating the urgency is set forth in uncodified section 8 of the bill. (See Exhibit #1g, pages 39 and 40)
The analysis prepared by the Senate Republican Caucus provides the following digest of Senate Bill 129 as it was last amended on August 15, 1983:
This bill clarifies and reorganizes various Government Code provisions relative to state procurement of materials, supplies, equipment and services, and transfers them to the Public Contract Code.
This measure specifies that certain lesser violations of state procurement shall constitute a misdemeanor and more serious infractions are made felonies.
This bill is in conjunctions with SB 130.
(See Exhibit #12, page 1)