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FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra
May 23 , 1988 Costa
DATE; C �/
Status of Legislation to Implement the General �/b`"I "J
SUBJECT: Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Buy America Policy)
in California
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Request the County Administrator to keep the Board of
Supervisors advised of the status of SB 2185 as it proceeds
through the Legislature.
2 . Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
On January 5, 1988 the Board of Supervisors asked our Committee
to follow one item in the Board' s 1988 Legislative Program. This
item would place in California statutes a provision of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) which allows
government to require contractors doing work for the government
to utilize only materials manufactured in the United States.
Senator Boatwright has introduced SB 2185 for this purpose. The
bill has passed the State Senate and is currently pending a
hearing in the Assembly Committee on Governmental Efficiency and
Consumer Protection. This bill would authorize, but not
require, State and local governments to insist that a contractor
use or supply materials purchased or manufactured in the United
States when the amount of the contract - is in excess of $1'
million. Passage of SB 2185 would allow CAL TRANS, for instance,
to insist that the new Martinez-Benicia Bridge be constructed
with American-made steel.
We would like the County Administrator to keep the Board at large
apprised of the progress of SB 2185, but we don' t believe it is
necessary to keep the item on referral to our Committee.
SB 2185 passed the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization
9 : 0 on April 13 . It passed the Senate Appropriations Committee
8 : 0 on May 3 and the full Senate 26: 3 on May 12 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
—p— RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE s : Sunne W. McPe k Tom. Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON _ Une APFROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT II AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: _ NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE. DATE SHOWN.
CG: County Administrator ATTESTED
County Counsel
Public Works Div. ---
PPILBATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
General Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY ,DEPUTY
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