HF 2500

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; restoring pre-1999 
  1.3             language to certain light rail transit project 
  1.4             contract requirements; explicitly requiring normal and 
  1.5             usual state procurement laws and ethical requirements 
  1.6             for light rail transit project contracts; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 473.3993, 
  1.8             subdivision 3.  
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.11  473.3993, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 3.  [FINAL DESIGN PLAN.] (a) "Final design plan" 
  1.13  means a light rail transit plan that includes the items in the 
  1.14  preliminary design plan and the preliminary engineering plan for 
  1.15  the facilities proposed but with greater detail and specificity 
  1.16  needed for construction.  The final design plan must include, at 
  1.17  a minimum:  
  1.18     (1) final plans for the physical design of facilities, 
  1.19  including the right-of-way definition; environmental impacts and 
  1.20  mitigation measures; intermodal coordination with bus operations 
  1.21  and routes; and civil engineering plans for vehicles, track, 
  1.22  stations, parking, and access, including handicapped access; and 
  1.23     (2) final plans for civil engineering for electrification, 
  1.24  communication, and other similar facilities; operational rules, 
  1.25  procedures, and strategies; capital costs; ridership; operating 
  1.26  costs and revenues, and sources of funds for operating 
  1.27  subsidies; financing for construction and operation; an 
  2.1   implementation method; and other similar matters.  
  2.2      The final design plan must be stated with sufficient 
  2.3   particularity and detail to allow the proposer to begin the 
  2.4   acquisition and construction of operable facilities.  If a 
  2.5   design-build turn-key implementation method is proposed, instead 
  2.6   of civil engineering plans the final design plan must state 
  2.7   detailed design criteria and performance standards for the 
  2.8   facilities. 
  2.9      The commissioner of transportation may use a design-build 
  2.10  method of project development and construction for light rail 
  2.11  transit.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
  2.12  commissioner may award a design-build contract on the basis of 
  2.13  requests for proposals or requests for qualifications without 
  2.14  bids.  "Design-build method of project development and 
  2.15  construction" means a project delivery system in which a single 
  2.16  contractor is responsible for both the design and construction 
  2.17  of the project and bids the design and construction together. 
  2.18     (b) Notwithstanding other law, chapter 16C applies to 
  2.19  project development and construction for light rail transit. 
  2.20     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.21     Section 1 is effective the day after its final enactment.