{"data":{"id":"us-ca/shc-909","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"SHC § 909","heading":"","body":"No agreement entered into by the board of supervisors for the purchase, hire, or rental of any apparatus used in the construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways shall create a charge against the county, unless the agreement complies with all of the following:\n(a) The agreement is in writing.\n(b) The writing is signed by the chair of the board of supervisors.\n(c) A copy of the writing is certified by and filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors.\nAll of these writings and copies are public documents.\nIf a county purchases, hires, or rents any apparatus specified herein pursuant to a local purchasing ordinance, including competitive bidding procedures, it does not have to comply with subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) herein to create a charge against the county. Compliance with the local purchasing ordinance shall be sufficient to create a charge against the county for said purchase, hire, or rental.","path":["Streets and Highways Code - SHC","DIVISION 2. COUNTY HIGHWAYS [900. - 1757.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [900. - 909.]"],"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":"796aa37bfabc8524fa0a746ac1aa89791f97f78345ebcce94e268c19f0d7a6f0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/shc-908","next":"us-ca/shc-940"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}