Senate Amendment 3158


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 513 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by striking line 1 and inserting the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 26.2, subsection 1, Code 2007,
     1  5 is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    1.  "Estimated total cost of a public improvement"
     1  7 or "estimated total cost" means the estimated total
     1  8 cost to the governmental entity to construct a public
     1  9 improvement, including cost of labor, materials,
     1 10 equipment, and supplies, but excluding the cost of
     1 11 architectural, landscape architectural, or engineering
     1 12 design services and inspection.
     1 13    Sec.    .  Section 26.2, subsection 4, Code 2007,
     1 14 is amended to read as follows:
     1 15    4.  "Repair or maintenance work" means the
     1 16 preservation of a road, street, bridge, culvert
     1 17 building, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, or other public
     1 18 facility or structure so that it remains in sound or
     1 19 proper condition, including minor replacements and
     1 20 additions as necessary to restore the public facility
     1 21 or structure to its original condition with the same
     1 22 design.
     1 23    Sec.    .  Section 26.3, subsections 1 and 2, Code
     1 24 2007, are>.
     1 25 #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 9 through 12 and
     1 26 inserting the following:  <to bidders shall be
     1 27 published at least once, not less than four and not
     1 28 more than forty=five days before the date for filing
     1 29 bids, in a newspaper published at least once weekly
     1 30 within the geographic area served by the governmental
     1 31 entity.  Additionally, the governmental entity may>.
     1 32 #3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 20 the
     1 33 following:
     1 34    <2.  A governmental entity shall have an engineer
     1 35 licensed under chapter 542B, a landscape architect
     1 36 licensed under chapter 544B, or an architect
     1 37 registered under chapter 544A prepare plans and
     1 38 specifications, and calculate the estimated total cost
     1 39 of a proposed public improvement.
     1 40    Sec.    .  Section 26.4, Code 2007, is amended to
     1 41 read as follows:
     1 42    26.4  EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPETITIVE BIDS AND
     1 43 QUOTATIONS.
     1 44    Architectural, landscape architectural, or
     1 45 engineering design services procured for a public
     1 46 improvement are not subject to sections 26.3 and
     1 47 26.14.>
     1 48 #4.  Page 4, by inserting after line 8 the
     1 49 following:  <Good faith effort shall include advising
     1 50 all contractors who have filed with the governmental
     2  1 entity a request for notice of projects.  The
     2  2 governmental entity shall provide such notice in a
     2  3 timely manner so that a requesting contractor will
     2  4 have a reasonable opportunity to submit a competitive
     2  5 quotation.>
     2  6 #5.  Page 4, line 12, by inserting after the word
     2  7 <architect> the following:  <, landscape architect,>.
     2  8 #6.  Page 4, line 12, by inserting after the figure
     2  9 <542B> the following:  <, 544B,>.
     2 10 #7.  By striking page 4, line 24, through page 5,
     2 11 line 27.
     2 12 #8.  Page 5, line 28, by striking the words <b.
     2 13 c.> and inserting the following:  <b.>
     2 14 #9.  Page 6, line 17, by striking the words <c.
     2 15 d.> and inserting the following:  <c.>
     2 16 #10.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 20 HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH
     2 21 SF 513.501 82
     2 22 eg/je/7249

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