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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to job order contracting for certain airport facilities by |
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certain joint airport boards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2269.402, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2269.402. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO BUILDINGS; |
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EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter applies only to a facility that is a |
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building, the design and construction of which is governed by |
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accepted building codes, or a structure or land, whether improved |
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or unimproved, that is associated with a building. Except as |
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provided by Section 22.0741, Transportation Code, this [This] |
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subchapter does not apply to: |
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(1) a highway, road, street, bridge, utility, water |
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supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater |
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distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or |
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taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated |
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with civil engineering construction; or |
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(2) a building or structure that is incidental to a |
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project that is primarily a civil engineering construction project. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 22.0741 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.0741. JOB ORDER CONTRACTING BY CERTAIN JOINT |
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AIRPORT BOARDS. (a) This section applies only to a joint board: |
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(1) for which the constituent agencies are populous |
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home-rule municipalities; and |
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(2) that operates a facility that is: |
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(A) an airport roadway, bridge, runway, taxiway, |
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or related type of project associated with civil engineering |
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construction; or |
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(B) a building or structure incidental to a |
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facility described by Paragraph (A). |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 2269.402, Government Code, a |
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joint board to which this section applies may award a job order |
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contract as provided by Subchapter I, Chapter 2269, Government |
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Code, for the maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, |
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remediation, or minor construction of a facility described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) if the individual job, task, or purchase order |
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for the maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, remediation, |
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or construction does not exceed $300,000. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |