83S20039 JTS-D
By: Turner of Collin H.B. No. 36
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elimination of certain limitations on design-build
contracts for transportation infrastructure projects to increase
efficiency in transportation infrastructure funding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 223.251 to read as follows:
Sec. 223.251. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DESIGN-BUILD
CONTRACTS. To pay for design-build contracts under this
subchapter, the department may transfer appropriated amounts
between appropriations items listed under the bill pattern of the
department in the General Appropriations Act related to
transportation planning, transportation improvements, and
preserving the transportation system without Legislative Budget
Board or gubernatorial approval otherwise required by the General
Appropriations Act if:
(1) the total amount of transfers from an item does not
exceed 50 percent of the appropriated amount to the item for the
fiscal year; and
(2) the department determines that the expenditure of
transferred amounts will result in an overall savings in the cost of
the contract over the life of the project.
SECTION 2. Sections 223.242(d) and (d-1), Transportation
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.