{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pcc-10222","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PCC § 10222","heading":"","body":"(a) Each bond shall equal at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise provided in Section 9554 of the Civil Code, in the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 30000) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), or in subdivision (b).\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for projects with a contract price greater than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), the Department of Transportation shall have the discretion to specify that the payment bond shall equal not less than one-half of the contract price or five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), whichever is less.","path":["Public Contract Code - PCC","DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [1100. - 22355.]","PART 2. CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES [10100. - 19150.]","CHAPTER 1. State Contract Act [10100. - 10285.5.]","ARTICLE 7. Contract Requirements [10220. - 10232.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a43fbc491ff14334f32d9bbb39a6fa38ff3ec5bde8b707425197db194d7fdfec","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pcc-10221","next":"us-ca/pcc-10223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}