Article 7. Contract Requirements of California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.5. >> Article 7.

Every contract awarded under this chapter shall be submitted to the Attorney General or the attorney appointed according to law and authorized to represent the trustees. Such a contract is not binding on the state until the appropriate attorney finds it to be in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, and endorses such finding thereon. A certified copy of each contract shall be filed with the Controller, but the failure to so file does not invalidate it.

Every contract shall provide for the filing of separate performance and payment bonds by the contractor executed by an admitted surety insurer, subject to the approval of the trustees.

Each bond shall be in a sum equal to at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise provided in Section 9554 of the Civil Code.

The payment bond shall secure the payment of the claims of laborers, mechanics, or materialmen employed on the work under the contract and shall contain all other provisions required by law.

The performance bond shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract by the contractor.

No payment shall be made upon the contract to the contractor or any assignee of the contractor until an order by the trustees that a sufficient surety be substituted on the bond, or that a new, additional, or supplemental bond be given, is satisfied.

Every contract shall contain a provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of the work contemplated shall be completed, and shall provide that for each day completion is delayed beyond the specified time, the contractor shall forfeit and pay to the state a specified sum of money, to be deducted from any payments due or to become due to the contractor. The sum so specified is valid as liquidated damages unless manifestly unreasonable under the circumstances existing at the time the contract was made. A contract for a road project may also provide for the payment of extra compensation to the contractor, as a bonus for completion prior to the specified time, such provision, if used, to be included in the specifications and to clearly set forth the basis for such payment.

Every contract shall provide that the trustees may make changes in the plans and specifications pursuant to this chapter.