Section 22031.

(b) On or after January 1, 2013, this article shall not prohibit a board of supervisors or a county road commissioner from utilizing, as an alternative to the procedures set forth in this article, the procedures set forth in Article 25 (commencing with Section 20390) of Chapter 1 for both of the following:

(1) Maintenance and emergency work.

(2) New road construction and road reconstruction as long as the total annual value of the new road construction and the road reconstruction performed under the procedures set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 20395 does not exceed 30 percent of the total value of all work performed by force account other than maintenance as reported in the Controller's Streets and Roads Annual Report as of January 1 of each year.

(c) On or after January 1, 2013, for a county with a population of less than 50,000, this article shall not prohibit a board of supervisors or a county road commissioner from utilizing, as an alternative to the procedures set forth in this article, the procedures set forth in Article 25 (commencing with Section 20390) of Chapter 1.

(d) The requirements set forth in Section 22038 shall apply to any county subject to this section.

(e) Any county board of supervisors or county road commissioner acting pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) shall declare its intention to use this authority prior to commencing work.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 683, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2012.)