Section 10240.2 Of Article 7.1. Resolution Of Contract Claims From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 7.1.
10240.2
. A failure by the claimant to pursue diligently and
exhaust, as to the claim, the required administrative procedures set
forth in the contract under which the claim arose shall be a bar to
arbitration hereunder until there has been compliance therewith.
Subject to the preceding sentence, if more than 240 days have elapsed
since acceptance of the work by the department, the claimant is
entitled to arbitration, even though the procedures are not
concluded.