Bill Text: IN HB1191 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Costs of local public works projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government [HB1191 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1191-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 36-1-12-3.
Synopsis: Costs of local public works projects. Provides that for
purposes of determining whether a political subdivision may perform
a public works project with its own workforce, the cost of design,
construction inspection, and other engineering work performed by the
political subdivision's own employees is not included in the cost of the
public works project.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
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(1) the actual cost of materials, labor, equipment, and rental;
(2) a reasonable rate for use of trucks and heavy equipment owned; and
(3) all other expenses incidental to the performance of the project, but not the costs of design, construction inspection, or other engineering work performed by a political subdivision's own employees.
subdivision or agency must have a group of employees on its staff who
are capable of performing the construction, maintenance, and repair
applicable to that work. For purposes of this subsection, the cost of a
public work project includes:
(1) the actual cost of materials, labor, equipment, and rental;
(2) a reasonable rate for use of trucks and heavy equipment
owned; and
(3) all other expenses incidental to the performance of the project.
(b) (c) This subsection applies only to a municipality or a county.
The workforce of a municipality or county may perform a public work
described in subsection (a) (b) only if:
(1) the workforce, through demonstrated skills, training, or
expertise, is capable of performing the public work; and
(2) for a public work project under subsection (a) (b) whose cost
is estimated to be more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000), the board:
(A) publishes a notice under IC 5-3-1 that:
(i) describes the public work that the board intends to
perform with its own workforce; and
(ii) sets forth the projected cost of each component of the
public work as described in subsection (a); (a)(1) through
(a)(3); and
(B) determines at a public meeting that it is in the public
interest to perform the public work with the board's own
workforce.
A public work project performed by a board's own workforce must be
inspected and accepted as complete in the same manner as a public
work project performed under a contract awarded after receiving bids.
(c) (d) When the project involves the rental of equipment with an
operator furnished by the owner, or the installation or application of
materials by the supplier of the materials, the project is considered to
be a public work project and subject to this chapter. However, an
annual contract may be awarded for equipment rental and materials to
be installed or applied during a calendar or fiscal year if the proposed
project or projects are described in the bid specifications.
(d) (e) A board of aviation commissioners or an airport authority
board may purchase or lease materials in the manner provided in
IC 5-22 and perform any public work by means of its own workforce
and owned or leased equipment, in the construction, maintenance, and
repair of any airport roadway, runway, taxiway, or aircraft parking
apron whenever the cost of that public work project is estimated to be
less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
