Under California's Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act, a prime contractor bidding on a public works project must list each subcontractor whose work exceeds:
Explanation
Public Contract Code §4104(a)(1) requires the prime to set out in its bid the name, place of business, California licence number, DIR registration number and portion of work of each subcontractor whose work exceeds one-half of 1 percent of the prime's total bid. Street and highway work has its own variant — one-half of 1 percent or $10,000, whichever is greater — which is where the $10,000 in another option comes from, but the percentage there is still one-half of 1 percent, not 5 percent. The $25,000 and 10 percent figures are not in the statute; listing wrongly can cost the contract under §4110.
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