California Code, Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 180.1

(a) Projects under this article shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, except the following:

(b) Projects undertaken by a local agency under this article shall not be subject to the Local Agency Public Construction Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20100) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).

(c) Projects under this article shall be performed under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, except that they may be done by day labor under the direction of the department or local agency, by contract upon informal bids, or by a combination thereof, in the discretion of the department or local agency.

(d) The Department of Transportation shall report at the end of each calendar quarter to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider transportation issues regarding the department's progress toward completion of seismic safety retrofit projects.