An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2402 By: Russ, Wallace and Moore of
the House
and
Jech of the Senate
An Act relating to public buildings and public works;
defining term; authorizing design -build for public
water supply and wastewater treatment; re quiring
certain permit process; authorizing pilot programs;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergency .
SUBJECT: Public buildings and public works
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 one 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 cou nty, a
public trust, and any other 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
delivery method for public water supply and wa stewater treatment
facilities and wastewater collection systems.
C. No later than November 1, 2022, the Department of
Environmental Quality shall incorporate into its administrative
rules a flexible permitting process to allow the utilization by the
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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 Department 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 collection 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
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Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 14th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________ , 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________