(a) This chapter only applies to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2002.

(b) Except for the obligations specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1061, nothing in this chapter changes or increases the relationship or duties of a property owner or an awarding authority, or their agents, with respect to contractors, subcontractors, or their employees.

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(c) Nothing in this chapter limits the right of a property owner or an awarding authority to terminate a service contract or to replace a contractor with another contractor or with the property owner’s or awarding authority’s own employees.

(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 795, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)