{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pcc-22180.7","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PCC § 22180.7","heading":"","body":"(a) If the local agency elects to award a project pursuant to this chapter, retention proceeds withheld by the local agency from the design-build entity shall not exceed 5 percent if a performance and payment bond, issued by an admitted surety insurer, is required in the solicitation. Work performed to establish the guaranteed maximum price shall not be subject to retention.\n(b) In a contract between the design-build entity and a subcontractor, and in a contract between a subcontractor and any subcontractor thereunder, the percentage of the retention proceeds withheld shall not exceed the percentage specified in the contract between the local agency and the design-build entity. If the design-build entity provides written notice to any subcontractor that is not a member of the design-build entity, before or at the time the bid is requested, that a bond may be required, and the subcontractor subsequently is unable or refuses to furnish a bond to the design-build entity, then the design-build entity may withhold retention proceeds in excess of the percentage specified in the contract between the local agency and the design-build entity from any payment made by the design-build entity to the subcontractor.","path":["Public Contract Code - PCC","DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [1100. - 22355.]","PART 3. CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES [20100. - 22199.6.]","CHAPTER 4.6. Transit Progressive Design-Build Contracting [22180. - 22180.11.]"],"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":"716c800b67a8d1be1cf64e06e68753547538cea4f2385232aaacc088ab909d2d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pcc-22180.6","next":"us-ca/pcc-22180.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}