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House Amendment 8471

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2090 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 23 and 24 and
  1  3 inserting the following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  72.6  PUBLIC WORKS
  1  5 PROJECTS – PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED –
  1  6 CONTRACTING PROCEDURES – CIVIL REMEDIES."
  1  7    #2.  Page 2, by inserting after line 24 the
  1  8 following:
  1  9    "3.  CONTRACTING PROCEDURES.
  1 10    a.  In the award of a contract for a public works
  1 11 project, the public contracting entity shall give due
  1 12 consideration not only to the prices bid, but also to
  1 13 the mechanical or other equipment and the financial
  1 14 responsibility and experience of a bidder in the
  1 15 performance of like or similar contracts.  In seeking
  1 16 the lowest responsible bid through the competitive bid
  1 17 process, the public contracting entity may require a
  1 18 successful bidder to provide reasonable assurances of
  1 19 having available sufficient resources to complete the
  1 20 project in a timely and quality manner according to
  1 21 the plans and specifications of the public works
  1 22 project.  All contracts shall be in writing and shall
  1 23 be secured by a bond for the faithful performance of
  1 24 the contract as provided by law.
  1 25    b.  In the award of a contract for a public works
  1 26 project, a public contracting entity may provide an
  1 27 enhancement of payments upon early completion of the
  1 28 public works project if the availability of the
  1 29 enhancement payments is included in the notice to
  1 30 bidders, the enhancement payments are competitively
  1 31 neutral to potential bidders, the enhancement payments
  1 32 are considered as a separate item in the public
  1 33 hearing on the award of the contract, and the total
  1 34 value of the enhanced payments does not exceed ten
  1 35 percent of the value of the contract."
  1 36    #3.  Page 2, line 25, by striking the figure "3."
  1 37 and inserting the following:  "4.".
  1 38    #4.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
  1 39 word "Act" the following:  "concerning public works
  1 40 projects, by".
  1 41    #5.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
  1 42 word "projects," the following:  "establishing certain
  1 43 contracting procedures,".
  1 44    #6.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 45 
  1 46 
  1 47                               
  1 48 HORBACH of Tama 
  1 49 HF 2090.1
  1 50 ec/es/25
     

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