Public contracts: sanitation districts: notice.

Existing law authorizes a sanitation district to make and perform any agreement with a public or private corporation of any kind or a person for the joint construction, acquisition, disposition, or operation of any property or works of a kind that might be constructed, acquired, disposed of, or operated by the district. Existing law requires a district, when an expenditure for work exceeds $35,000, to contract with the lowest responsible bidder after notice. Existing law requires the notice to be published, at least twice, not less than 5 days apart, in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the district, or if there is none, to be posted in at least 3 public places in the district that have been designated by the district board as places for posting this notice. This bill would instead require the notice to be published in a manner that the district board determines to be reasonable, which may include, but is not limited to, newspapers, Internet Web sites, radio, television, or other means of mass communication.