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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2402 By: Russ
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public buildings and public works;
defining term; authorizing design -build for public
water supply and wastewater treatm ent; requiring
certain permit process; authorizing pilot programs;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 220.1 of Title 61, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For purposes of this section "design-build" means a project
delivery method in which on e entity works under a single contract
with the project owner to provide design and construction services.
B. A conservancy district formed pursuant to Section 541 of
Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a municipality, a county, a
public trust, and any oth er political subdivision in this state that
operates a public water supply system or wastewater treatment or
collection system is authorized to utilize design -build as a project
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delivery method for public water supply and wastewater treatment
facilities and wastewater collection systems.
C. No later than November 1, 2022, the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality shall incorporate into its administrative
rules a flexible permitting process to allow the utilization by the
entities identified in subse ction B of this section of the design-
build project delivery method for public water supply and wastewater
treatment facilities and wastewater collection systems.
D. In the interim between the effective date of this act and
promulgation of rules, the Depa rtment may authorize no more than
five pilot projects in which the entities identified in subsection B
of this section may utilize the design -build project delivery method
for public water supply and wastewater treatment facilities and
wastewater collectio n systems, and the Department may use the
results to promulgate rules.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
58-1-7229 LRB 01/20/21