South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A283, R307, S1365

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ryberg
Document Path: l:\s-res\wgr\006desi.kmm.doc

Introduced in the Senate on April 20, 2006
Introduced in the House on May 2, 2006
Last Amended on April 26, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on May 4, 2006
Governor's Action: May 23, 2006, Signed

Summary: Highway construction contracts

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/20/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   4/20/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-4
   4/25/2006  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-8
   4/26/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-94
   4/26/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-94
   4/26/2006  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-94
   4/27/2006  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-34
    5/2/2006  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-23
    5/3/2006  House   Read second time HJ-26
    5/4/2006  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-95
   5/18/2006          Ratified R 307
   5/23/2006          Signed By Governor
   5/25/2006          Copies available
   5/25/2006          Effective date See Act for Effective Date
    6/8/2006          Act No. 283

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/20/2006
4/25/2006
4/26/2006
5/2/2006


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A283, R307, S1365)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 57 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY REENACTING SECTION 57-5-1625, NUNC PRO TUNC, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY AWARD HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS USING A DESIGN-BUILD PROCEDURE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONTRACT SELECTION CRITERIA.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Awarding of construction contract using a design-build procedure

SECTION    1.    Section 57-5-1625 of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 13 of Act 176 of 2005, is reenacted nunc pro tunc to read:

"Section 57-5-1625.    (A)    The department may award highway construction contracts using a design-build procedure. A design-build contract means an agreement that provides for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of a project by a single entity. The design-build contract may also provide for the maintenance, operation, or financing of the project. The agreement may be in the form of a design-build contract, a franchise agreement, or any other form of contract approved by the department.

(B)    Selection criteria shall include the cost of the project and may include contractor qualifications, time of completion, innovation, design and construction quality, design innovation, or other technical or quality related criteria."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies nunc pro tunc retroactively to June 14, 2005, the original effective date of Section 57-5-1625 of the 1976 Code.

Ratified the 18th day of May, 2006.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 2006.

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