SB 1428 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 34-201 regarding public bidding requirements for construction contracts by agents (counties, cities, towns, and other public entities).

• Establishes different bidding thresholds for counties based on population: counties with 250,000+ persons must bid projects over $150,000 (as adjusted annually), while counties with less than 250,000 persons can proceed without bids for street, road, bridge, water, and sewer work up to $250,000 (starting in fiscal year 2011-2012, adjusted annually).

• Requires surety bonds for construction bids to be executed only by licensed surety companies, prohibiting individual sureties regardless of other statutory qualifications.

• Updates energy cost savings contract provisions to reference specific statutory definitions and adds competitive sealed proposal requirements aligned with title 41, chapter 23, article 3.

• Establishes retroactive applicability to June 30, 2011, with staggered effective dates for different provisions (September 30, 2011, and June 30, 2013).