85R25115 GRM-F
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3188
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the number of civil works projects certain municipally
owned water utilities may contract for in a fiscal year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2269.354(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) After August 31, 2013:
(1) a governmental entity with a population of 500,000
or more within the entity's geographic boundary or service area
may, under this subchapter, enter into contracts for not more than
six projects in any fiscal year;
(2) a municipally owned water utility with a separate
governing board appointed by the governing body of a municipality
with a population of 500,000 or more may:
(A) independently enter into contracts for not
more than four [two] civil works projects in any fiscal year; and
(B) enter into contracts for additional civil
works projects in any fiscal year, but not more than the number of
civil works projects prescribed by the limit in Subdivision (1) for
the municipality, provided that:
(i) the additional contracts for the civil
works projects entered into by the utility under this paragraph are
allocated to the number of contracts the municipality that appoints
the utility's governing board may enter under Subdivision (1); and
(ii) the governing body of the municipality
must approve the contracts; and
(3) a governmental entity that has a population of
100,000 or more but less than 500,000 or is a board of trustees
governed by Chapter 54, Transportation Code, may enter into
contracts under this subchapter for not more than four projects in
any fiscal year.
SECTION 2. Section 2269.361(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A governmental entity shall request proposals from
design-build firms identified under Section 2269.359(c). A
response to a request for detailed proposals must be submitted on or
before the earlier of the time for submission as requested by the
governmental entity or [A firm must submit a proposal not later
than] the 180th day after the date the governmental entity makes a
public request for the proposals from the selected firms. The
request for proposals must include:
(1) a design criteria package;
(2) if the project site is identified, a geotechnical
baseline report or other information that provides the design-build
firm minimum geotechnical design parameters to submit a proposal;
(3) detailed instructions for preparing the technical
proposal and the items to be included, including a description of
the form and level of completeness of drawings expected; and
(4) the relative weighting of the technical and price
proposals and the formula by which the proposals will be evaluated
and ranked.
SECTION 3. Section 2269.361(a), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a contract awarded on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2017.