(

a) In order to enforce a claim against a payment bond, a claimant shall give the preliminary notice provided in

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 9300). (

b) If preliminary notice was not given as provided in

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 9300), a claimant may enforce a claim by giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal within days after recordation of a notice of completion. If no notice of completion has been recorded, the time for giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal is extended to days after completion of the work of improvement. (

c) Commencing July 1, 2012, and except as provided in subdivision (b), if the preliminary notice was required to be given by a person who has no direct contractual relationship with the contractor, and who has not given notice as provided in

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 9300), that person may enforce a claim by giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal, as provided in

Section 9562, within days after recordation of a notice of completion. If no notice of completion has been recorded, the time for giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal is extended to days after completion of the work of improvement. (

d) Subdivision (

c) shall not apply in either of the following circumstances:

(1) All progress payments, except for those disputed in good faith, have been made to a subcontractor who has a direct contractual relationship with the general contractor to whom the claimant has provided materials or services.

(2) The subcontractor who has a direct contractual relationship with the general contractor to whom the claimant has provided materials or services has been terminated from the project pursuant to the contract, and all progress payments, except those disputed in good faith, have been made as of the termination date. (

e) Pursuant to

Section 9300, this

section shall not apply to a laborer, as defined under

Section 8024. (

f) This

section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.