Water replenishment districts: contracts.

The Water Replenishment District Act provides for the formation of water replenishment districts with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. The act requires a district to advertise for bids before making any contract totaling $25,000 or more within any 12-month period and, when work is to be done, to give notice calling for bids by publication, as prescribed. The act requires contracts and other documents executed by a district that require or authorize the district to expend $10,000 or more to be authorized by the board of directors and signed by the president and the secretary, except as specified. This bill would revise and recast the provisions establishing the competitive bidding and related public notice procedures for water replenishment districts, including, among other revisions, only until January 1, 2028, deleting the requirement that a district advertise for bids before making any contract totaling $25,000 or more within any 12-month period, and instead requiring a district expenditure for the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of a public structure or building of $25,000 or more be let by contract by formal bidding procedure. The bill would also require, only until January 1, 2028, a district to adopt policies and procedures governing contracts for professional services, materials, supplies, and equipment. The bill would prohibit the estimated cost of any improvement or unit of work done by district personnel from exceeding $25,000, except as specified. The bill would increase from $10,000 to $40,000 the threshold amount for contracts and other documents that require authorization by the board of directors and would make related changes.