Cal. SHC § 5835.3
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 5835.3, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
“Maintenance” as used in this chapter in relation to lighting systems, includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with new modern equipment found by the board of supervisors or legislative body of a city to be necessary for the proper operation of the district. The replacement of any such obsolete equipment with any such new modern equipment, except for work done by a utility district or a private utility company under contract with the maintenance district, shall be subject to the requirements of Article 56 (commencing with Section 20840) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
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