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House Study Bill 593 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the definition of a public improvement.
2BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 26.2, subsection 3, paragraph b,
2subparagraph (3), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3(3) Emergency work or repair or maintenance work performed
4by employees or agents of a governmental entity.
5EXPLANATION
6The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
7the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
8This bill revises the definition of a public improvement
9for purposes of Code chapter 26 (public construction bidding)
10to exclude emergency work, repair work, and maintenance work
11performed by agents of a governmental entity.
12By operation of law, the bill affects the term “public
13improvement” as used in Code chapter 26A (guaranteed maximum
14price contracts) and in Code sections 8.46 (lease-purchase
15reporting); 260C.38 (community college lease-purchase
16contracts); 278.1 (school district lease-purchase contracts);
17297.7 (construction, renovation, and repair of school
18buildings); 298.3 (school district levy revenue); 314.1B (bid
19threshold subcommittees); 331.341 (county board of supervisors
20contracts); 364.4 (city lease-purchase contracts); and 384.20
21(city finance accounts).
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2BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 26.2, subsection 3, paragraph b,
2subparagraph (3), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3(3) Emergency work or repair or maintenance work performed
4by employees or agents of a governmental entity.
5EXPLANATION
6The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
7the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
8This bill revises the definition of a public improvement
9for purposes of Code chapter 26 (public construction bidding)
10to exclude emergency work, repair work, and maintenance work
11performed by agents of a governmental entity.
12By operation of law, the bill affects the term “public
13improvement” as used in Code chapter 26A (guaranteed maximum
14price contracts) and in Code sections 8.46 (lease-purchase
15reporting); 260C.38 (community college lease-purchase
16contracts); 278.1 (school district lease-purchase contracts);
17297.7 (construction, renovation, and repair of school
18buildings); 298.3 (school district levy revenue); 314.1B (bid
19threshold subcommittees); 331.341 (county board of supervisors
20contracts); 364.4 (city lease-purchase contracts); and 384.20
21(city finance accounts).
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