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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 757

    Amendment No. 003 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 32, of the bill between lines 27 and 28,

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17         Section 11.  Effective July 1, 2003, paragraph (a) of

18  subsection (7) of section 337.11, Florida Statutes as  amended

19  by section 4 of chapter 2001-350, Laws of Florida, is amended

20  to read:

21         337.11 Contracting authority of department; bids;

22  emergency repairs, supplemental agreements, and change orders;

23  combined design and construction contracts; progress payments;

24  records, requirements of vehicle registration.--

25         (7)(a) If the head of the department determines that it

26  is in the best interests of the public, the department may

27  combine the right-of-way services and design and construction

28  phases of a building, a major bridge, a limited access

29  facility, or a rail corridor project into a single

30  contract.  Such contract is referred to as a design-build

31  contract.  Design-build contracts may be advertised and

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  1  awarded notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph

  2  (3)(c).  However, construction activities may not begin on any

  3  portion of such projects until title to the necessary

  4  rights-of-way and easements for the construction of that

  5  portion of the project has vested in the state or a local

  6  governmental entity and all railroad crossing and utility

  7  agreements have been executed.  Title to rights-of-way vests

  8  in the state when the title has been dedicated to the public

  9  or acquired by prescription.

10         Section 12.  Effective July 1, 2005, paragraph (a) of

11  subsection (7) of section 337.11, Florida Statutes, as amended

12  by section 4 of chapter 2001-350, Laws of Florida, is amended

13  to read:

14         337.11 Contracting authority of department; bids;

15  emergency repairs, supplemental agreements, and change orders;

16  combined design and construction contracts; progress payments;

17  records, requirements of vehicle registration.--

18         (7)(a) If the head of the department determines that it

19  is in the best interests of the public, the department may

20  combine the design and construction phases of a building, a

21  major bridge, a limited access facility, or a rail corridor

22  project into a single contract.  Such contract is referred to

23  as a design-build contract.  Design-build contracts may be

24  advertised and awarded notwithstanding the requirements of

25  paragraph (3)(c).  However, construction activities may not

26  begin on any portion of such projects until title to the

27  necessary rights-of-way and easements for the construction of

28  that portion of the project has vested in the state or a local

29  governmental entity and all railroad crossing and utility

30  agreements have been executed.  Title to rights-of-way vests

31  in the state when the title has been dedicated to the public

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  1  or acquired by prescription.

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  5  And the title is amended as follows:

  6         On page 2, line 10, after the semicolon,

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  9         amending s. 337.11, F.S.; related to

10         design-build contracts effective July 1, 2003;

11         adding right-of-services to activities that can

12         be part of a design-build contract; amending s.

13         337.11, F.S.; related to design-build contracts

14         effective July 1, 2005; deleting right-of-way

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