Cal. PCC § 20428
This is the official text of Cal. PCC § 20428, part of California’s Public Contract Code — governs how California government agencies award and manage contracts.
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Official statutory text
If the owner or contractor who may have taken any contract does not complete the work within the time limited in the contract, or within such further time as the legislative body may give him, or abandons or fails to proceed with the work, the legislative body may declare him in default and may either relet all or any portion of the work, or it may complete the work by direct purchase of labor and materials, and the owner or contractor shall pay to the city the entire cost of completing the work before the warrant is delivered to the owner or contractor.
Notice of the declaration of default shall be given by the clerk of the legislative body to the owner or contractor by personal service or by mail. Upon receipt of such notice, the owner or contractor shall forthwith quit the work, and shall receive no payment for any work performed thereafter, unless ordered by the legislative body to resume the work.
Notice of the declaration of default shall be given by the clerk of the legislative body to the owner or contractor by personal service or by mail. Upon receipt of such notice, the owner or contractor shall forthwith quit the work, and shall receive no payment for any work performed thereafter, unless ordered by the legislative body to resume the work.
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