2009 California Government Code - Section 4529.10-4529.20 :: Chapter 10.1. [architectural And Engineering Services] ..

4529.10.  For purposes of Article XXII of the California
Constitution and this act, the term "architectural and engineering
services" shall include all architectural, landscape architectural,
environmental, engineering, land surveying, and construction project
management services.

4529.11.  All projects included in the State Transportation
Improvement Program programmed and funded as interregional
improvements or as regional improvements shall be subject to Article
XXII of the California Constitution. The sponsoring governmental
entity shall have the choice and the authority to contract with
qualified private entities for architectural and engineering
services. For projects programmed and funded as regional
improvements, the sponsoring governmental entity shall be the
regional or local project sponsor. For projects programmed and funded
as interregional improvements, the sponsoring governmental entity
shall be the State of California, unless there is a regional or local
project sponsor, in which case the sponsoring governmental entity
shall be the regional or local project sponsor. The regional or local
project sponsor shall be a regional or local governmental entity.

4529.12.  All architectural and engineering services shall be
procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process which
prohibits governmental agency employees from participating in the
selection process when they have a financial or business relationship
with any private entity seeking the contract, and the procedure
shall require compliance with all laws regarding political
contributions, conflicts of interest or unlawful activities.

4529.13.  Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to change
project design standards, seismic safety standards or project
construction standards established by state, regional or local
governmental entities. Nor shall any provision of this act be
construed to prohibit or restrict the authority of the Legislature to
statutorily provide different procurement methods for design-build
projects or design-build-and-operate projects.

4529.14.  Architectural and engineering services contracts procured
by public agencies shall be subject to standard accounting practices
and may require financial and performance audits as necessary to
ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and
budget.

4529.15.  This act only applies to architectural and engineering
services defined in Government Code Section 4529.10. Nothing
contained in this act shall be construed to expand or restrict the
authority of governmental entities to contract for fire, ambulance,
police, sheriff, probation, corrections or other peace officer
services. Nor shall anything in this act be construed to expand or
restrict the authority of governmental entities to contract for
education services including but not limited to, teaching services,
services of classified school personnel and school administrators.

4529.16.  This act shall not be applied in a manner that will result
in the loss of federal funding to any governmental entity.

4529.17.  The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision
of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application.

4529.18.  If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the
provisions of this act, this act shall prevail.

4529.19.  This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its
purposes.

4529.20.  This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters
which are contained within its provisions. These are matters of
statewide concern and when enacted are intended to apply to charter
cities as well as all other governmental entities.