{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-10626","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 10626","heading":"","body":"(a) The department shall contract with, or award grants to, public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for purposes of this chapter. Those contracts or grants shall be competitively bid pursuant to a request for proposals or applications, either statewide or by specific region or regions. Each contract or grant shall have a term not to exceed five years. Before the end of each contract or grant term, the department shall conduct a timely competitive request for proposals or applications that allows sufficient time for execution of a subsequent contract or grant to avoid a lapse in services.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts necessary pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.\n(c) A private nonprofit corporation shall submit a complete financial statement for its most recent fiscal year as prepared by a certified public accountant prior to a renewal or new award of a contract or grant.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 2. ADMINISTRATION [10500. - 10985.]","CHAPTER 2.1. Public Social Services for Deaf Persons [10620. - 10629.]"],"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":"5c453e27c51db829f1efd36c2493cf2d906aece81359cbf2e112dcf987241710","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-10625","next":"us-ca/wic-10626.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}