SF 2164 (LSB 5895XS (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 2164

BY  WEBSTER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the definition of public improvement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 26.2, subsection 3, paragraph b, subparagraph (5), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (5)  Construction, equipment, or repair or maintenance work performed for a city utility under chapter 388 when such work is performed by its employees, relates to an electric generation or transmission project, or when such work relates to existing utility infrastructure or establishing connections to existing utility infrastructure. For purposes of this subparagraph, “utility infrastructure” includes facilities used for the storage, collection, disposal, treatment, generation, transmission, or distribution of water, sewage, waste, electricity, gas, or telecommunications service.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill revises the definition of “public improvement” for purposes of Code chapter 26 (public construction bidding) to exclude equipment. The bill also excludes from the definition repair or maintenance work performed for a city utility when the work is related to an electric generation or transmission project.
   By operation of law, the bill affects the term “public improvement” as used in Code chapter 26A (guaranteed maximum price contracts) and in Code sections 8.46 (lease-purchase reporting); 260C.38 (community college lease-purchase contracts); 278.1 (school district lease-purchase contracts); 297.7 (construction, renovation, and repair of school buildings); 298.3 (school district levy revenue); 331.341 (county board of supervisors contracts); 364.4 (city lease-purchase contracts); and 384.20 (city finance accounts).