Mississippi Senate Bill 2841 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Provision Allowing Design-build Method Of Construction Contracting; To Provide That The Method May Be Used On Residential Buildings Residential Mixed-use Developments, Parking Garages And Other Prescriptive Type Facilities; To Allow The Method To Be Used When The Department Of Finance And Administration Or Governing Authority Has Determined That It Satisfies The Public Interest Better Than Traditional Design-bid-build Method; To Revise Notice Requirements; To Provide That Proposals Which Include Criteria Other Than Cost Shall Be Evaluated By An Evaluation Committee Established By The Procuring Entity; To Provide That Cost As An Evaluation Factor Shall Be Given The Highest Criteria Weighting; And For Related Purposes.

Public construction; revise authority to use design-build method of construction contracting.

Sen. Josh Harkins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
31	7	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2841.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2841IN.htm