Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1		85R25115 GRM-F
2	2		By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3188
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3188:
4		-	By: Alvarado C.S.H.B. No. 3188
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to the number of civil works projects certain municipally
10	8		owned water utilities may contract for in a fiscal year.
11	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	10		SECTION 1. Section 2269.354(a), Government Code, is amended
13	11		to read as follows:
14	12		(a) After August 31, 2013:
15	13		(1) a governmental entity with a population of 500,000
16	14		or more within the entity's geographic boundary or service area
17	15		may, under this subchapter, enter into contracts for not more than
18	16		six projects in any fiscal year;
19	17		(2) a municipally owned water utility with a separate
20	18		governing board appointed by the governing body of a municipality
21	19		with a population of 500,000 or more may:
22	20		(A) independently enter into contracts for not
23	21		more than four [two] civil works projects in any fiscal year; and
24	22		(B) enter into contracts for additional civil
25	23		works projects in any fiscal year, but not more than the number of
26	24		civil works projects prescribed by the limit in Subdivision (1) for
27	25		the municipality, provided that:
28	26		(i) the additional contracts for the civil
29	27		works projects entered into by the utility under this paragraph are
30	28		allocated to the number of contracts the municipality that appoints
31	29		the utility's governing board may enter under Subdivision (1); and
32	30		(ii) the governing body of the municipality
33	31		must approve the contracts; and
34	32		(3) a governmental entity that has a population of
35	33		100,000 or more but less than 500,000 or is a board of trustees
36	34		governed by Chapter 54, Transportation Code, may enter into
37	35		contracts under this subchapter for not more than four projects in
38	36		any fiscal year.
39	37		SECTION 2. Section 2269.361(a), Government Code, is amended
40	38		to read as follows:
41	39		(a) A governmental entity shall request proposals from
42	40		design-build firms identified under Section 2269.359(c). A
43	41		response to a request for detailed proposals must be submitted on or
44	42		before the earlier of the time for submission as requested by the
45	43		governmental entity or [A firm must submit a proposal not later
46	44		than] the 180th day after the date the governmental entity makes a
47	45		public request for the proposals from the selected firms. The
48	46		request for proposals must include:
49	47		(1) a design criteria package;
50	48		(2) if the project site is identified, a geotechnical
51	49		baseline report or other information that provides the design-build
52	50		firm minimum geotechnical design parameters to submit a proposal;
53	51		(3) detailed instructions for preparing the technical
54	52		proposal and the items to be included, including a description of
55	53		the form and level of completeness of drawings expected; and
56	54		(4) the relative weighting of the technical and price
57	55		proposals and the formula by which the proposals will be evaluated
58	56		and ranked.
59	57		SECTION 3. Section 2269.361(a), Government Code, as amended
60	58		by this Act, applies only to a contract awarded on or after the
61	59		effective date of this Act.
62	60		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
63	61		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
64	62		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
65	63		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
66	64		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.