Article 1. American-made Materials of California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.

As used in this article:
  (a) "United States" means the United States of America, and includes any Territory or insular possession of the United States.
  (b) "Produced" includes mined and manufactured.
  (c) "Materials" includes articles and supplies.

This article does not apply to materials which are of a class or kind which are not, or which are manufactured from materials which are not, produced in the United States, nor to key-driven calculators manufactured in branch plants located outside continental United States, but which plants are wholly owned and operated by a corporation the majority of whose stock is owned or controlled by an American manufacturer whose principal manufacturing centers and home offices are located in the United States.

This article does not apply to medical and surgical instruments, scientific equipment, microscopes, lenses, or instruments used for scientific or medical purposes, including research.

The provisions of this article do not apply to the purchase of sewing machines, regardless of the place of their manufacture or the source of the materials from which such machines were manufactured.

The provisions of this article do not apply to the purchase of printing presses of rotary gripper system or single revolution design, which are purchased exclusively for use in schools and colleges for educational purposes; provided, however, that if printing presses of rotary gripper system or single revolution design are manufactured within the United States that only such presses as are manufactured in the United States shall be purchased.

The governing body of any political subdivision, municipal corporation, or district, and any public officer or person charged with the letting of contracts for (1) the construction, alteration, or repair of public works or (2) for the purchasing of materials for public use, shall let such contracts only to persons who agree to use or supply only such unmanufactured materials as have been produced in the United States, and only such manufactured materials as have been manufactured in the United States, substantially all from materials produced in the United States.

Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any such body or person may let a contract for the purchase of office machines or supplies therefor without regard to the place of their manufacture or the source of the materials from which such machines or supplies are manufactured, except that such contracts or purchases shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4334.

Every contract for the construction, alteration or repair of public works or for the purchase of materials for public use shall contain a provision that only unmanufactured materials produced in the United States, and only manufactured materials manufactured in the United States, substantially all from materials produced in the United States shall be used in the performance of the contract. Any person who fails to comply with such provision shall not be awarded any contract to which this article applies for a period of three years from the date of the violation.

The name of the person failing to comply, together with a report of the facts constituting the violation, shall be posted by the governing board or person who let the contract in at least three public places in the county in which the contract was made.