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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 324 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 3 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 73A.2, Code 2001, is amended 1 5 to read as follows: 1 6 73A.2 NOTICE OF HEARING. 1 7 Before any municipality shall enter into any 1 8 contract for any public improvement to costtwenty-1 9fivefifty thousand dollars or more, the governing 1 10 body proposing to make the contract shall adopt 1 11 proposed plans and specifications and proposed form of 1 12 contract, fix a time and place for hearing at the 1 13 municipality affected or other nearby convenient 1 14 place, and give notice by publication in at least one 1 15 newspaper of general circulation in the municipality 1 16 at least ten days before the hearing. 1 17 Sec. . Section 73A.18, Code 2001, is amended to 1 18 read as follows: 1 19 73A.18 WHEN BIDS REQUIRED ADVERTISEMENT 1 20 DEPOSIT. 1 21 When the estimated total cost of construction, 1 22 erection, demolition, alteration or repair of a public 1 23 improvement exceedstwenty-fivefifty thousand 1 24 dollars, the municipality shall advertise for bids on 1 25 the proposed improvement by two publications in a 1 26 newspaper published in the county in which the work is 1 27 to be done. The first advertisement for bids shall be 1 28 not less than fifteen days prior to the date set for 1 29 receiving bids. The municipality shall let the work 1 30 to the lowest responsible bidder submitting a sealed 1 31 proposal. However, if in the judgment of the 1 32 municipality bids received are not acceptable, all 1 33 bids may be rejected and new bids requested. A bid 1 34 shall be accompanied, in a separate envelope, by a 1 35 deposit of money or a certified check or credit union 1 36 certified share draft in an amount to be named in the 1 37 advertisement for bids as security that the bidder 1 38 will enter into a contract for the doing of the work. 1 39 The municipality shall fix the bid security in an 1 40 amount equal to at least five percent, but not more 1 41 than ten percent of the estimated total cost of the 1 42 work. The checks, share drafts or deposits of money 1 43 of the unsuccessful bidders shall be returned as soon 1 44 as the successful bidder is determined, and the check, 1 45 share draft or deposit of money of the successful 1 46 bidder shall be returned upon execution of the 1 47 contract documents. This section does not apply to 1 48 the construction, erection, demolition, alteration or 1 49 repair of a public improvement when the contracting 1 50 procedure for the doing of the work is provided for in 2 1 another provision of law." 2 2 #2. Page 4, by inserting after line 16 the 2 3 following: 2 4 "Sec. . Section 384.96, Code 2001, is amended 2 5 to read as follows: 2 6 384.96 SEALED BIDS. 2 7 When the estimated total cost to a city of a public 2 8 improvement exceeds the sum oftwenty-fivefifty 2 9 thousand dollars, the governing body shall advertise 2 10 for sealed bids for the proposed improvement by 2 11 publishing a notice to bidders as provided in section 2 12 362.3, except that the notice to bidders may be 2 13 published more than twenty days but not more than 2 14 forty-five days before the date for filing bids. 2 15 Sec. . Section 384.102, Code 2001, is amended 2 16 to read as follows: 2 17 384.102 WHEN HEARING NECESSARY. 2 18 When the estimated total cost of a public 2 19 improvement exceeds the sum oftwenty-fivefifty 2 20 thousand dollars, the governing body shall not enter 2 21 into a contract for the improvement until it has held 2 22 a public hearing on the proposed plans, 2 23 specifications, and form of contract, and estimated 2 24 cost for the improvement. Notice of the hearing must 2 25 be published as provided in section 362.3. At the 2 26 hearing any interested person may appear and file 2 27 objections to the proposed plans, specifications, 2 28 contract, or estimated cost of the improvement. After 2 29 hearing objections, the governing body shall by 2 30 resolution enter its decision on the plans, 2 31 specifications, contract, and estimated cost." 2 32 #3. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 2 33 word "transportation" the following: "and 2 34 infrastructure". 2 35 #4. By renumbering and correcting internal 2 36 references as necessary. 2 37 2 38 2 39 2 40 HATCH of Polk 2 41 HF 324.501 79 2 42 nh/pj
Text: H01070 Text: H01072 Text: H01000 - H01099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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