85R25115 GRM-F     By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3188       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the number of civil works projects certain municipally   owned water utilities may contract for in a fiscal year.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2269.354(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  After August 31, 2013:                (1)  a governmental entity with a population of 500,000   or more within the entity's geographic boundary or service area   may, under this subchapter, enter into contracts for not more than   six projects in any fiscal year;                (2)  a municipally owned water utility with a separate   governing board appointed by the governing body of a municipality   with a population of 500,000 or more may:                      (A)  independently enter into contracts for not   more than four [two] civil works projects in any fiscal year; and                      (B)  enter into contracts for additional civil   works projects in any fiscal year, but not more than the number of   civil works projects prescribed by the limit in Subdivision (1) for   the municipality, provided that:                            (i)  the additional contracts for the civil   works projects entered into by the utility under this paragraph are   allocated to the number of contracts the municipality that appoints   the utility's governing board may enter under Subdivision (1); and                            (ii)  the governing body of the municipality   must approve the contracts; and                (3)  a governmental entity that has a population of   100,000 or more but less than 500,000 or is a board of trustees   governed by Chapter 54, Transportation Code, may enter into   contracts under this subchapter for not more than four projects in   any fiscal year.          SECTION 2.  Section 2269.361(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  A governmental entity shall request proposals from   design-build firms identified under Section 2269.359(c). A   response to a request for detailed proposals must be submitted on or   before the earlier of the time for submission as requested by the   governmental entity or [A firm must submit a proposal not later   than] the 180th day after the date the governmental entity makes a   public request for the proposals from the selected firms. The   request for proposals must include:                (1)  a design criteria package;                (2)  if the project site is identified, a geotechnical   baseline report or other information that provides the design-build   firm minimum geotechnical design parameters to submit a proposal;                (3)  detailed instructions for preparing the technical   proposal and the items to be included, including a description of   the form and level of completeness of drawings expected; and                (4)  the relative weighting of the technical and price   proposals and the formula by which the proposals will be evaluated   and ranked.          SECTION 3.  Section 2269.361(a), Government Code, as amended   by this Act, applies only to a contract awarded on or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.