House File 2408 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ANDERSON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to contract letting procedures for city and 2 county hospitals. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6074HH 81 5 eg/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.341, subsection 1, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. When the estimated cost of a public improvement, other 1 4 than improvements which may be paid for from the secondary 1 5 road fund, exceeds the amount specified in section 309.40 or, 1 6 for a county hospital exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, 1 7 the board shall follow the contract letting procedures 1 8 provided for cities in sections 384.95 to 384.103. However, 1 9 in following those sections the board shall substitute the 1 10 word "county" for the word "city", section 331.305 for section 1 11 362.3, shall consider "governing body" to mean the board, and 1 12 shall exclude references to a city utility, utility board of 1 13 trustees, or public utilities. As used in this section, 1 14 "public improvement" means the same as defined in section 1 15 384.95 as modified by this subsection. This subsection 1 16 applies to all county hospitals whether organized under 1 17 chapter 37, 347, or 347A, or otherwise established by law. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 384.96, Code 2005, is amended to read as 1 19 follows: 1 20 384.96 SEALED BIDS. 1 21 When the estimated total cost to a city of a public 1 22 improvement exceeds the sum of twenty=five thousand dollars 1 23 or, for a city hospital, including a city memorial hospital, 1 24 exceeds the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, the governing 1 25 body shall advertise for sealed bids for the proposed 1 26 improvement by publishing a notice to bidders as provided in 1 27 section 362.3, except that the notice to bidders may be 1 28 published more than twenty days but not more than forty=five 1 29 days before the date for filing bids. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 This bill raises the bid threshold amount for county and 1 32 city hospital public improvements. For county hospitals, 1 33 whether organized pursuant to Code chapter 37, 347, or 347A, 1 34 or otherwise established by law, the bid threshold amount is 1 35 raised from $50,000 to $100,000. Similarly, for city 2 1 hospitals, including city memorial hospitals, the bid 2 2 threshold is raised from $25,000 to $100,000. 2 3 LSB 6074HH 81 2 4 eg:nh/gg/14