Section 17019.3.

(a) Any applicant school district may contract with a firm, as defined in Section 4525 of the Government Code, for construction project management services to assist in the development or implementation of a project for which the district has applied for funding under this chapter, subject to the requirement that a performance bond be required from all building contractors hired to construct the project in order to ensure the completion of performance under the contract.

(b) That portion of any contract, as described in subdivision (a), concerning the final phase of construction of the project, shall be submitted by the applicant district to the board for approval. If the board does not approve, reject, or recommend modifications to, that contract portion within 15 business days after receiving that contract information, that portion of the contract shall be deemed to be approved by the board.

(c) From the amount of funding approved by the board under this chapter for any project, the board shall authorize the expenditure of funds for the costs of construction project management services provided to the project, as described in subdivision (a), where the board finds that the contracting for those services was necessary and appropriate to the school district's development or implementation of that project.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)