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Amend Amendment No. 39 by Darby (page 153 of the pre-filed
amendment packet) as follows:
(1) Strike page 1 of the amendment, line 16, through page 3
of the amendment, line 4, and substitute the following:
(b) The report must include:
(1) the number of licensed professional engineers and
graduate engineers employed by the department in each of the
previous five state fiscal years aggregated by work function and by
strategy;
(2) the number of department employees associated with
the planning, design, and management of department construction
projects in each of the previous five state fiscal years;
(3) the dollar amount of highway and bridge projects
awarded by the department in each of the previous five state fiscal
years, including the percentage of those projects for which
planning, design, and management activities were conducted by:
(A) department personnel;
(B) private sector personnel; and
(C) both department personnel and private sector
personnel;
(4) the cost, including all direct and indirect costs,
for all planning, design, and management activities performed by
department personnel, private sector personnel, and both
department personnel and private sector personnel aggregated by
type of project per $100 million of highway and bridge projects
awarded by the department in each of the previous five state fiscal
years;
(5) an analysis of the dollar volume impact to the
department's highway and bridge construction and maintenance
program per $100 million of highway and bridge projects awarded for
each one percent increase in production by consultants offset by a
reduction to production by department personnel, considering cost
to produce as developed in Subdivision (4);
(6) a recommended plan for staffing and usage of
department and private sector personnel in the planning, design,
and management of department highway and bridge projects for the
next 10-year period based on projected funding for the department.
(7) an attrition plan to reach recommended department
staffing levels described by Subsection (b)(6) not later than
January 1, 2013, if applicable;
(8) a detailed description for how the report will be
incorporated in the department's ongoing restructuring effort.
(2) On page 3 of the amendment, line 5, strike "Subsection
(b)(7)" and substitute "Subsection (b)(4)".
(4) On page 3 of the amendment, strike line 20 and
substitute the following:
(e) Not later than April 1, 2010, the department shall
implement the recommended plan for staffing described by Subsection
(b)(6), subject to approval by the Legislative Budget Board under
Subsection (d).
(f) This section expires September 1, 2011.