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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 324, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 2, line 19, by striking the words 1 4 "improvement, or repair or maintenance" and inserting 1 5 the following: "or improvement". 1 6 #2. Page 3, line 3, by striking the words 1 7 "improvement, or repair or maintenance" and inserting 1 8 the following: "or improvement". 1 9 #3. Page 4, line 19, by inserting after the figure 1 10 "384.96" the following: ", as modified by the bid 1 11 threshold subcommittee pursuant to section 314.1B,". 1 12 #4. Page 4, line 23, by inserting after the words 1 13 "excess of" the following: "a threshold of". 1 14 #5. Page 4, line 23, by inserting after the word 1 15 "dollars," the following: "as modified by the bid 1 16 threshold subcommittee pursuant to section 314.1B,". 1 17 #6. By striking page 4, line 35, through page 5, 1 18 line 15, and inserting the following: "reject any or 1 19 all bids, or. The agency may readvertise and relet 1 20 the project without conducting an additional public 1 21 hearing if no substantial changes are made to the 1 22 project's plans or specifications. The agency may let 1 23 by private contract or build by day labor, at a cost 1 24 not in excess of the lowest bid received." 1 25 #7. Page 6, by inserting after line 9 the 1 26 following: 1 27 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 314.1B BID THRESHOLD 1 28 SUBCOMMITTEE – ADJUSTMENTS – NOTICE. 1 29 1. The director of the department shall appoint, 1 30 from the members of the advisory committee established 1 31 under section 314.1A, a bid threshold subcommittee. 1 32 The subcommittee shall consist of seven members, three 1 33 of whom shall be representatives of local public 1 34 sector agencies, three of whom shall be 1 35 representatives of private sector contractor 1 36 organizations, and with the remaining member being the 1 37 director or the director's designee, who shall serve 1 38 as chairperson of the subcommittee. A vacancy in the 1 39 membership of the subcommittee shall be filled by the 1 40 director. 1 41 2. a. The subcommittee shall review the 1 42 competitive bid thresholds applicable to city and 1 43 county highway, bridge, and culvert projects. The 1 44 subcommittee shall review price adjustments for all 1 45 types of city and county highway, bridge, and culvert 1 46 construction, reconstruction, and improvement 1 47 projects, based on changes in the construction price 1 48 index from the preceding year. Upon completion of the 1 49 review the subcommittee may make adjustments in the 1 50 applicable bid thresholds for types of work based on 2 1 the price adjustments. 2 2 b. A bid threshold shall not be adjusted to an 2 3 amount that is less than the bid threshold applicable 2 4 to a city or county on the effective date of this 2 5 section of this Act, as provided in section 73A.18, 2 6 309.40, 310.14, 314.1, or 384.96. An adjusted bid 2 7 threshold shall take effect as provided in subsection 2 8 3, and shall remain in effect until a new adjusted bid 2 9 threshold is established and becomes effective as 2 10 provided in this section. 2 11 3. The subcommittee shall meet to conduct the 2 12 review and make the adjustments described in this 2 13 section on or before August 1 of every other year, or 2 14 of every year if determined necessary by the 2 15 subcommittee, with the first meeting occurring on or 2 16 before August 1, 2002. By September 1 of each year in 2 17 which the subcommittee makes adjustments in the bid 2 18 thresholds, the director shall cause an advisory 2 19 notice to be published in the Iowa administrative 2 20 bulletin and in a newspaper of general circulation in 2 21 this state, stating the adjusted bid thresholds to be 2 22 in effect on January 1 of the following year, as 2 23 established by the subcommittee under this section." 2 24 #8. Page 6, by striking lines 10 through 24. 2 25 #9. Page 7, line 6, by inserting after the word 2 26 "USE" the following: " – RULES". 2 27 #10. Page 7, by striking lines 7 through 12 and 2 28 inserting the following: 2 29 " . The rules adopted by the department pursuant 2 30 to section 314.1A, as enacted in this Act, shall be in 2 31 draft form prior to December 31, 2001, and shall 2 32 specifically define the terms "construction", 2 33 "reconstruction", "improvement", and "repair or 2 34 maintenance" as such terms relate to highway, bridge, 2 35 and culvert projects." 2 36 #11. Page 7, line 14, by striking the word 2 37 "purchase" and inserting the following: 2 38 "procurement". 2 39 #12. Page 7, line 18, by striking the word 2 40 "purchase" and inserting the following: 2 41 "procurement". 2 42 #13. Page 7, line 21, by striking the word 2 43 "purchasing" and inserting the following: 2 44 "procurement". 2 45 #14. Page 7, by inserting before line 23, the 2 46 following: 2 47 "Sec. 101. DISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES – OTHER 2 48 EMPLOYMENT – RECALL. If a city or county employee is 2 49 displaced from employment as a result of a city's or 2 50 county's compliance with the provisions of this 3 1 division of this Act, which enact section 314.1, 3 2 subsection 2, and amend section 314.1, unnumbered 3 3 paragraph 2, and redesignate that unnumbered paragraph 3 4 as section 314.1, subsection 3, the city or county 3 5 shall offer the displaced employee other available 3 6 employment with the city or county, as applicable. A 3 7 city or county employee who is placed in such other 3 8 employment or who elected to be laid off shall be 3 9 eligible for recall to the position held by the 3 10 employee at the time of displacement. This provision 3 11 shall not supersede the provisions of any applicable 3 12 collective bargaining agreement." 3 13 #15. Page 7, by inserting after line 30, the 3 14 following: 3 15 " . The provision enacting section 314.1B. 3 16 . Section 101 of this Act relating to the 3 17 displacement of employees." 3 18 #16. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting 3 19 internal references as necessary. 3 20 3 21 3 22 3 23 RICHARD F. DRAKE 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 JOHN P. KIBBIE 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 31 SHELDON RITTMER 3 32 3 33 3 34 3 35 DICK L. DEARDEN 3 36 HF 324.314 79 3 37 nh/cf
Text: S03274 Text: S03276 Text: S03200 - S03299 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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