By: Capriglione H.B. No. 2705
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of job order contracts method by certain joint
airport boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2269.402, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 2269.402. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO BUILDINGS;
EXCEPTIONS. (a) This subchapter applies only to a facility that is
a building, the design and construction of which is governed by
accepted building codes, or a structure or land, whether improved
or unimproved, that is associated with a building. This subchapter
does not apply to:
(1) a highway, road, street, bridge, utility, water
supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater
distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or
taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated
with civil engineering construction; or
(2) a building or structure that is incidental to a
project that is primarily a civil engineering construction project.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a joint board created
under Section 22.074, Transportation Code, that:
(1) is comprised of constituent agencies that are
home-rule municipalities with a population of more than 400,000,
and
(2) operates a facility that:
(A) is an airport roadway, bridge, runway,
taxiway, or building or structure incidental to an airport
roadway, bridge, runway, or taxiway, or related type of project
associated with civil engineering construction; and
(B) for which an individual job, task or purchase
order for the facility do not exceed $300,000 and are for the
maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, remediation, or
minor construction of a facility described in Subsection (b)(2)(A).
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.