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Health & Saf. Code, § 5020 · Article 5. Powers

Health & Saf. Code, § 5020

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

At the time of entering into the contract the contractor shall execute, deliver, and file with the governing body a good and sufficient surety bond, in a sum not less than one-half the total amount payable by the terms of the contract, conditioned upon the payment by the contractor or his subcontractors, for any and all materials, provisions, provender, other supplies, or teams, or the use of implements or machinery used in, upon, or about the performance of the work.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=5020.
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