Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are two or more identical lowest or highest bids, as the case may be, submitted to a local agency for the purchase, sale, or lease of real property, supplies, materials, equipment, services, bonds, or the awarding of any contract, pursuant to a provision requiring competitive bidding, the local agency may determine by lot which bid shall be accepted. “Local agency” shall include any city, county, city and county, or public district.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 59.)