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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the elimination of certain limitations on design-build |
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contracts for transportation infrastructure projects to increase |
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efficiency in transportation infrastructure funding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 223.251 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.251. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DESIGN-BUILD |
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CONTRACTS. To pay for design-build contracts under this |
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subchapter, the department may transfer appropriated amounts |
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between appropriations items listed under the bill pattern of the |
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department in the General Appropriations Act related to |
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transportation planning, transportation improvements, and |
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preserving the transportation system without Legislative Budget |
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Board or gubernatorial approval otherwise required by the General |
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Appropriations Act if: |
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(1) the total amount of transfers from an item does not |
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exceed 50 percent of the appropriated amount to the item for the |
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fiscal year; and |
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(2) the department determines that the expenditure of |
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transferred amounts will result in an overall savings in the cost of |
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the contract over the life of the project. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 223.242(d) and (d-1), Transportation |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |