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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the committee appointed to review |
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the uniform general conditions of state building construction |
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contracts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2166.305(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A committee appointed by the commission shall perform |
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the review. The committee consists of: |
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(1) the director of facilities construction and space |
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management appointed under Section 2152.104, who serves as the |
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presiding officer of the committee; |
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(2) eight [seven] individuals appointed by the |
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commission, one each from the lists of nominees submitted |
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respectively by the: |
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(A) president of the Texas Society of Architects; |
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(B) president of the Texas Society of |
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Professional Engineers; |
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(C) presiding officer of the Executive Council of |
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the Texas Associated General Contractors Chapters; |
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(D) executive secretary of the Mechanical |
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Contractors Associations of Texas, Incorporated; |
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(E) executive secretary of the Texas Building and |
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Construction Trades Council; |
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(F) president of the Associated Builders and |
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Contractors of Texas; [and] |
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(G) board of directors of the Hispanic |
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Contractors Association de Tejas; and |
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(H) board of directors of the Black Contractors |
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Association [executive director of the National Association of
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Minority Contractors, with the list composed of persons who reside
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in this state]; |
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(3) one individual appointed by the commission |
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representing an institution of higher education, as defined by |
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Section 61.003, Education Code; |
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(4) one individual appointed by the commission |
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representing a state agency that has a substantial ongoing |
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construction program; and |
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(5) one individual appointed by the commission |
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representing the attorney general's office[; and
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[(6) one individual appointed by the commission
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representing the interests of historically underutilized
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businesses]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |