By: West S.B. No. 297

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition of the committee appointed to review the uniform general conditions of state building construction contracts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2166.305, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) A committee appointed by the commission shall perform the review. The committee consists of:

(1) the director of facilities construction and space management appointed under Section 2152.104, who serves as the presiding officer of the committee;

(2) six [seven] individuals appointed by the commission, one each from the lists of nominees submitted respectively by the:

(A) president of the Texas Society of Architects;

(B) president of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers;

(C) presiding officer of the Executive Council of the Texas Associated General Contractors Chapters;

(D) executive secretary of the Mechanical Contractors Associations of Texas, Incorporated;

(E) executive secretary of the Texas Building and Construction Trades Council; and

(F) president of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas[; and

[(G) executive director of the National Association of Minority Contractors, with the list composed of persons who reside in this state];

(3) one individual appointed by the commission representing an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(4) one individual appointed by the commission representing a state agency that has a substantial ongoing construction program;

(5) one individual appointed by the commission representing the attorney general's office; [and]

(6) one individual appointed by the commission representing the interests of historically underutilized businesses; and

(7) two individuals appointed by the commission, each representing a different minority contractors association.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.