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Senate Bill No. 553

(Senators Beach, McCabe, Miller and Stollings, original sponsors)

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[Passed April 11, 2013; in effect from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend and reenact §17-2D-2 and §17-2D-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the continuation of the Highway Design-Build Pilot Program; changing the name to the Highway Design-Build Program; removing the sunset date of the program; modifying limitations on design-build projects; requiring identification of design-build projects; modifying reporting requirements; and requiring annual reporting.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That §17-2D-2 and §17-2D-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2D. HIGHWAY DESIGN-BUILD PROGRAM.

§17-2D-2. Highway Design-Build Program.

    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Highways may expedite the construction of projects by combining the design and construction elements of a highway or bridge project into a single contract as provided in this article.

    (b) The Division of Highways may expend no more than $50 million in each year in the program: Provided, That if any of the $50 million is unused in one year, the remaining amount may be applied to the following year’s amount: Provided, however, That the total aggregate amount to be expended may not exceed $150 million in any one year.

    (c) A design-build project may be let to contract only in accordance with the commissioner’s established policies and procedures concerning design-build projects.

    (d) Projects receiving funding above the amount of federal core funding as appropriated to the state by formula in a federal highway authorization, currently titled MAP-21, may utilize the program, but shall not be included in expenditure limits provided by subsection (b) of this section.

§17-2D-5. Report to the Legislature.

    On or before January 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare and submit to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a written report evaluating the experience of the Division of Highways with each project completed during the prior calendar year, including whether the division realized any cost or time savings, the number and cost of change orders, the quality of work performed, the number of bids received and other issues the commissioner considers appropriate: Provided, That the report submitted on or before January 15, 2014, shall contain such information as to all design-build projects that have been completed under the program prior to 2014.

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