HF 3334
1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)
Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29 p.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; amending trunk highway project bidding procedures;
1.3requiring use of alternative bidding for competing paving materials;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 161.32, by adding a subdivision; 174.185.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.32, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 new text begin Subd. 8.new text end new text begin Alternative bidding; paving materials.new text end new text begin (a) For purposes of this new text end
1.9new text begin subdivision, the terms defined in section 174.185, subdivision 1, have the meanings given new text end
1.10new text begin them.new text end
1.11new text begin (b) For all contracts for an applicable project entered into on or after January 31, new text end
1.12new text begin 2011, the commissioner shall use the standard for life-cycle cost analysis developed under new text end
1.13new text begin section 174.185, subdivision 1a, as the basis for alternative bidding in which bidders may new text end
1.14new text begin select alternative project designs that use alternative paving materials.new text end
1.15new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.185, is amended to read:
1.17174.185 PAVEMENT LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.
1.18 Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following
1.19definitions apply.
1.20 (a) new text begin "Applicable project" means any suitable trunk highway project in the statewide new text end
1.21new text begin transportation improvement program categorized for construction, reconstruction, new text end
1.22new text begin resurfacing, or reconditioning. Applicable project does not include (1) overlays; (2) on new text end
1.23new text begin a two-lane road, a main-line project in which there is less than two miles of length of new text end
2.1new text begin roadway within the construction limits; and (3) on a multilane road, a main-line project in new text end
2.2new text begin which there is less than 30,000 square yards of paving within the construction limits.new text end
2.3new text begin (b) new text end "Life-cycle cost" is the sum of the cost of the initial pavement project and
2.4all anticipated costs for maintenance, repair, and resurfacing over the life of the
2.5pavement. Anticipated costs must be based on Minnesota's actual or reasonably projected
2.6maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules, and costs determined by the Department
2.7of Transportation district personnel based upon recently awarded local projects and
2.8experience with local material costs.
2.9 (b)new text begin (c)new text end "Life-cycle cost analysis" is a comparison of life-cycle costs among
2.10competing paving materials using equal design lives and equal comparison periods.
2.11 new text begin Subd. 1a.new text end new text begin Uniform standard.new text end new text begin By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall develop new text end
2.12new text begin a statewide uniform standard for life-cycle cost analysis based on the net present value new text end
2.13new text begin method of comparative analysis of alternate paving materials from the Federal Highway new text end
2.14new text begin Administration, United States Department of Transportation.new text end
2.15 Subd. 2. Required analysis. For eachnew text begin applicablenew text end project in the reconditioning,
2.16resurfacing, and road repair funding categories, the commissioner shall perform a
2.17life-cycle cost analysis and shall document the lowest life-cycle costs and all alternatives
2.18considered. The commissioner shall document the chosen pavement strategy and, if the
2.19lowest life cycle is not selected, document the justification for the chosen strategy. A
2.20life-cycle cost analysis is required for projects to be constructed after July 1new text begin January 31new text end ,
2.212011. For projects to be constructed prior to Julynew text begin before Februarynew text end 1, 2011, when feasible,
2.22the department will use its best efforts to perform life-cycle cost analyses.
2.23 Subd. 3. Report. new text begin By January 15, 2012, and annually by January 15 thereafter, new text end the
2.24commissioner shall report annually to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
2.25senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation
2.26finance beginning on January 1, 2012, new text begin on:new text end
2.27new text begin (1) new text end the results of the analyses required in subdivision 2new text begin ; andnew text end
2.28new text begin (2) the results of alternative bidding under section 161.32, subdivision 8, including a new text end
2.29new text begin listing of projects awarded using alternative bidding and projects identified as unsuitable new text end
2.30new text begin for alternative biddingnew text end .
2.31new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end