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AN ACT
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relating to certain requirements for and limitations on |
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design-build contracts for highway projects of the Texas Department |
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of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 223.242(d-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The department may not enter into more than six |
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[three] contracts under this section in each state fiscal biennium |
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[year]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 223.246(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue a request for proposals to |
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proposers short-listed under Section 223.245. A request for |
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proposals must include: |
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(1) information on the overall project goals; |
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(2) publicly available cost estimates for the |
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design-build portion of the project; |
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(3) materials specifications; |
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(4) special material requirements; |
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(5) a [schematic] design approximately 30 percent |
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complete; |
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(6) known utilities, provided that the department is |
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not required to undertake an effort to locate utilities; |
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(7) quality assurance and quality control |
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requirements; |
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(8) the location of relevant structures; |
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(9) notice of any rules or goals adopted by the |
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department relating to awarding contracts to disadvantaged |
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business enterprises or small business enterprises; |
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(10) available geotechnical or other information |
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related to the project; |
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(11) the status of any environmental review of the |
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project; |
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(12) detailed instructions for preparing the |
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technical proposal required under Subsection (d), including a |
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description of the form and level of completeness of drawings |
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expected; |
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(13) the relative weighting of the technical and cost |
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proposals required under Subsection (d) and the formula by which |
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the proposals will be evaluated and ranked; and |
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(14) the criteria to be used in evaluating the |
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technical proposals, and the relative weighting of those criteria. |
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SECTION 3. Section 223.246(a), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a highway project for which a |
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request for qualifications is issued on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. A highway project for which a request for |
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qualifications is issued before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the request for |
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qualifications was issued, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2830 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2830 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |