Senate Bill No. 350
(By Senators Wooton and Burdette, Mr. President)
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[Introduced March 10, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirty-
seven-b, relating to prohibiting change orders in excess of
ten percent of the original successful contract bid for all
state contracts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-seven-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-37b. Change orders in excess of ten percent of original
contract prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary, no change order may be made in excess of ten percent of
the original successful contract bid involving any contract withthe state.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit change orders
on contracts with the state that exceed ten percent of the
original successful bid.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.