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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

2013 California Construction Law Update

by Garret Murai | Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP on 1/7/2013

More than 4,000 bills were introduced in the California State Legislature during the 2011-2012 legislative session. Of these bills, 996 made it to Governor Brown’s desk, of which 876 were signed into law, and 120 were...more

Legislative Update: Governor Signs Education-Related Bills That Address Principal Evaluations, Public Contract Bidding...

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 10/23/2012

KMTG is continuing our series reviewing new legislation. Unless noted otherwise, the new laws take effect January 1, 2013. Evaluations of Principals — SB 1292: The Legislature declared in passing SB 1292 that...more

BSC Wants Your Input!

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 9/5/2012

The Building Standards Commission ("BSC") recently initiated formal rulemaking and public review for portions of the 2012 triennial code update to the California Building Standards Code ("Code"). ...more

AB 1903 Would Prohibit Districts from Levying Level III Developer Fees

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 6/15/2012

AB 1903 (Buchanan and Hagman), as proposed, would suspend the ability of school districts to levy Level III developer fees. The bill is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday, June 20 in the Senate Education...more

New Jersey Governor Signed into Law Act Permitting Private Companies to Construct and Operate Public Schools in Newark, Trenton...

by Cole Schotz on 1/18/2012

On January 12, 2012, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law the Urban Hope Act (“Act”), S3173/A4426, which allows private companies to construct, operate and manage up to twelve public schools in three...more

Contractors and Subcontractors Beware

by Cole Schotz on 9/12/2011

Subcontractor’s bids, when coupled with its backlog of uncompleted contracts, must not cause subcontractor to exceed aggregate rating limit in public school projects. If so, contractor’s bid will be rejected due to...more