Bill Text: TX HB36 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the elimination of certain limitations on design-build contracts for transportation infrastructure projects to increase efficiency in transportation infrastructure funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-10 - Referred to Appropriations [HB36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB36-Introduced.html
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By: Turner of Collin | H.B. No. 36 |
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relating to the elimination of certain limitations on design-build | ||
contracts for transportation infrastructure projects to increase | ||
efficiency in transportation infrastructure funding. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.251 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.251. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DESIGN-BUILD | ||
CONTRACTS. To pay for design-build contracts under this | ||
subchapter, the department may transfer appropriated amounts | ||
between appropriations items listed under the bill pattern of the | ||
department in the General Appropriations Act related to | ||
transportation planning, transportation improvements, and | ||
preserving the transportation system without Legislative Budget | ||
Board or gubernatorial approval otherwise required by the General | ||
Appropriations Act if: | ||
(1) the total amount of transfers from an item does not | ||
exceed 50 percent of the appropriated amount to the item for the | ||
fiscal year; and | ||
(2) the department determines that the expenditure of | ||
transferred amounts will result in an overall savings in the cost of | ||
the contract over the life of the project. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 223.242(d) and (d-1), Transportation | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |