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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of job order contracts method by certain joint |
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airport boards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2269.402, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2269.402. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO BUILDINGS; |
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EXCEPTIONS. (a) This subchapter applies only to a facility that is |
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a building, the design and construction of which is governed by |
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accepted building codes, or a structure or land, whether improved |
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or unimproved, that is associated with a building. This subchapter |
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does not apply to: |
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(1) a highway, road, street, bridge, utility, water |
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supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater |
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distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or |
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taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated |
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with civil engineering construction; or |
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(2) a building or structure that is incidental to a |
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project that is primarily a civil engineering construction project. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a joint board created |
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under Section 22.074, Transportation Code, that: |
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(1) is comprised of constituent agencies that are |
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home-rule municipalities with a population of more than 400,000, |
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and |
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(2) operates a facility that: |
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(A) is an airport roadway, bridge, runway, |
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taxiway, or building or structure incidental to an airport |
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roadway, bridge, runway, or taxiway, or related type of project |
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associated with civil engineering construction; and |
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(B) for which an individual job, task or purchase |
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order for the facility do not exceed $300,000 and are for the |
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maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, remediation, or |
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minor construction of a facility described in Subsection (b)(2)(A). |
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SECTION 2. 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. |
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If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |