House Journal: Page 1132: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
30 from the members of the advisory committee established
31 under section 314.1A, a bid threshold subcommittee.
32 The subcommittee shall consist of seven members, three
33 of whom shall be representatives of local public
34 sector agencies, three of whom shall be
35 representatives of private sector contractor
36 organizations, and with the remaining member being the
37 director or the director's designee, who shall serve
38 as chairperson of the subcommittee. a vacancy in the
39 membership of the subcommittee shall be filled by the
40 director.
41 2. a. The subcommittee shall review the
42 competitive bid thresholds applicable to city and
43 county highway, bridge, and culvert projects. The
44 subcommittee shall review price adjustments for all
45 types of city and county highway, bridge, and culvert
46 construction, reconstruction, and improvement
47 projects, based on changes in the construction price
48 index from the preceding year. Upon completion of the
49 review the subcommittee may make adjustments in the
50 applicable bid thresholds for types of work based on
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1 the price adjustments.
2 b. A bid threshold shall not be adjusted to an
3 amount that is less than the bid threshold applicable
4 to a city or county on the effective date of this
5 section of this Act, as provided in section 73A.18,
6 309.40, 310.14, 314.1, or 384.96. An adjusted bid
7 threshold shall take effect as provided in subsection
8 3, and shall remain in effect until a new adjusted bid
9 threshold is established and becomes effective as
10 provided in this section.
11 3. The subcommittee shall meet to conduct the
12 review and make the adjustments described in this
13 section on or before August 1 of every other year, or
14 of every year if determined necessary by the
15 subcommittee, with the first meeting occurring on or
16 before August 1, 2002. By September 1 of each year in
17 which the subcommittee makes adjustments in the bid
18 thresholds, the director shall cause an advisory
19 notice to be published in the Iowa administrative
20 bulletin and in a newspaper of general circulation in
21 this state, stating the adjusted bid thresholds to be
22 in effect on January 1 of the following year, as
23 established by the subcommittee under this section."
24 8. Page 6, by striking lines 10 through 24.
25 9. Page 7, line 6, by inserting after the word
26 "USE" the following: " - RULES".
27 10. Page 7, by striking lines 7 through 12 and
28 inserting the following:
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