STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1185	By:	Sears and Martin (Scott) of the House

				and

		Myers and Jolley of the Senate

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to transportation; amending 69 O.S. 2001, Section 1101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 264, O.S.L. 2007 (69 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 1101), which relates to highway contracts; defining term; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     69  O.S. 2001, Section 1101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 264, O.S.L. 2007 (69 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 1101), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1101.  A.  All contracts for construction work upon the state highway system shall be let and awarded pursuant to the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974.  If the project advertised pursuant to the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 is for the construction of more than eight (8) miles of road, and is not a surface treatment only project, said advertisement shall provide for bids on sections of the road no longer than eight (8) miles, as well as bids on the project as a whole.  If the project advertised pursuant to the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 is a surface treatment only project of more than twenty (20) miles of road, the advertisement shall provide for bids on sections of the road no longer than twenty (20) miles, as well as bids on the project as a whole.  As used in this subsection, “surface treatment only” means those projects that address the surface of the road, highway, or bridge that do not add capacity or increase the structural integrity of the facility.
B.  The Department may extend a contract no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the length and extent of the original project.  The price for the extension work shall not be greater than the contract unit basis.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective September 1, 2011.

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